Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Deiten Lachance

ABC grad Deiten Lachance (Sherbrooke, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s college Player of the Week after his standout performance for McLennan Community College at the NJCAA Div. 1 World Series tournament.

June 2, 2025

By Matt Betts

Canadian Baseball Network

When you’re still playing at the end of May, you know it’s been a good season. 

And while they didn’t accomplish the ultimate goal, catcher Deiten Lachance (Sherbrooke, Que.) and his McLennan Community College teammates had a memorable campaign that ended in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I World Series semifinal. 

Lachance got his national championship tournament started with a hit and a walk in a win over Johnson County. 

After a hit in a loss to Walters State, he went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBIs during an 18-9 victory over Blinn to keep their season alive. 

Another win came in Game 4 against Walters State by an 18-13 score, in which Lachance had three hits, three walks and two RBIs. 

In the semifinal, he went 2-for-5 with an RBI but it wasn’t enough as the Highlanders fell 11-9 in their third meeting of the tournament with Walters State. 

Lachance finished the season leading the team with a .380 average and 21 home runs to go along with a 1.153 OPS. 

Deiten Lachance is the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week for May 26 to June 1. 

Week 1: OF David Alvarez (Woodbridge, Ont.) - Northwest Florida State College  

Week 2: RHP Carter Krawchuk (St. Catharines, Ont.) - Seminole State College of Florida 

Week 3: INF Alfonso Villalobos (Kirkland, Que.) - Southeastern University 

Week 4: OF Jude Hall (Chilliwack, BC) - Southeastern Louisiana University 

Week 5: LHP/INF Cory Wouters (Saskatoon, Sask.) - McCook Community College 

Week 6: INF Core Jackson (Wyoming, Ont.) - University of Utah 

Week 7: RHP Blake Gillespie (Lucan, Ont.) - University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

Week 8: C/OF Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) - University of British Columbia  

Week 9: RHP Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC) - Dallas Baptist University 

Week 10: OF Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) - Cloud County Community College 

Week 11: C Connor Hicks (Toronto, Ont.) - Southeastern University  

Week 12: RHP Tate Carey (Windsor, Ont.) - University of Michigan 

Week 13: INF Brandon Nicoll (Coombs, BC) - Southern Arkansas University 

Week 14: INF/OF Ayden Makarus (Okotoks, Alta.) - Bellevue University 

Week 15: INF Jimmy Dionne (Quebec, Que.) - Howard College 

Week 16: RHP Kyle Froehlich (Nipawin, Sask.) - University of Texas at Tyler 

Week 17: OF Noah Konings (Brampton, Ont.) - Cloud County Community College 

Week 18: RHP Logan Knight (London, Ont.) - North Dakota State University 

Week 19: C Deiten Lachance (Sherbrooke, Que.) - McLennan Community College