Louisville Slugger 2012 Preseason All-American Teams

Louisville Slugger has announced its 2012 Preseason College Baseball All-American Teams. The SEC leads the way with six first team selections, all of whom played in the 2011 College World Series national championship game. Florida is loaded with returning talent. The Gators, last year’s national runner-up, boast four first team All-Americans, two second team selections and one third team honoree. Two-time defending national champion South Carolina has two first team picks and one second team honoree. Here are some of the top conferences with the total number of players on the first, second or third teams: SEC – 14 ACC – 10 Pac-12 – 9 Here’s a look at the first team (a link to the complete release with stats is included below). First Team LHP Michael Roth – South Carolina RHP Matt Price – South Carolina RHP Sam Stafford – Texas RHP Mark Appel – Stanford RHP Hudson Randall – Florida RHP Karsten Whitson – Florida Relief Corey Knebel – Texas C Mike Zunino – Florida 1B Adam Brett Walker – Jacksonville 2B Ross Hefley – Western Carolina 3B Tyler Hannah – Troy SS Deven Marrero – Arizona State OF Victor Roache – Georgia Southern OF Tyler Naquin – [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/12/20/louisville-slugger-2012-preseason-all-american-teams/

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