C-USA Announces Preseason Baseball Awards
2016 PRESEASON BASEBALL AWARDS
(as selected by C-USA's head coaches)
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. Rice (12)
2. Florida Atlantic
3. Southern Miss
4. FIU
5. Old Dominion
6. UTSA
7. Middle Tennessee
8. UAB
9. WKU
10. Charlotte
11. Louisiana Tech
12. Marshall
(first place votes in parentheses)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CJ Chatham, Florida Atlantic (Junior, Infielder)
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Blake Fox, Rice (Senior, Left-hander)
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
P Chase Boster Sr. Marshall
P Blake Fox Sr. Rice
P Sam Sinnen Jr. Old Dominion
RP Thomas Lowery Jr. UAB
C Esteban Tresgallo Sr. UAB
IF CJ Chatham Jr. Florida Atlantic
IF Danny Hudzina Sr. WKU
IF Tim Lynch Sr. Southern Miss
IF Zach Rutherford So. Old Dominion
OF Corey Bird Jr. Marshall
OF Brad Jarreau Sr. Middle Tennessee
OF Connor Myers Sr. Old Dominion
OF Ryan Chandler So. Rice
DH/UT Brett Lashley Sr. Florida Atlantic
2016 PRESEASON BASEBALL AWARDS
(as selected by C-USA's head coaches)
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. Rice (12)
2. Florida Atlantic
3. Southern Miss
4. FIU
5. Old Dominion
6. UTSA
7. Middle Tennessee
8. UAB
9. WKU
10. Charlotte
11. Louisiana Tech
12. Marshall
(first place votes in parentheses)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CJ Chatham, Florida Atlantic (Junior, Infielder)
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Blake Fox, Rice (Senior, Left-hander)
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
P Chase Boster Sr. Marshall
P Blake Fox Sr. Rice
P Sam Sinnen Jr. Old Dominion
RP Thomas Lowery Jr. UAB
C Esteban Tresgallo Sr. UAB
IF CJ Chatham Jr. Florida Atlantic
IF Danny Hudzina Sr. WKU
IF Tim Lynch Sr. Southern Miss
IF Zach Rutherford So. Old Dominion
OF Corey Bird Jr. Marshall
OF Brad Jarreau Sr. Middle Tennessee
OF Connor Myers Sr. Old Dominion
OF Ryan Chandler So. Rice
DH/UT Brett Lashley Sr. Florida Atlantic