Texas State Tabbed In 2012 Southland Baseball Polls

All-Conference Teams Named As Well… FRISCO, Texas ? Texas State is favored to win its fourth consecutive Southland Conference regular-season baseball championship by a vote of the league?s head coaches and sports information directors, the conference announced Thursday. The Bobcats were the overwhelming favorites in both polls, receiving the maximum 11 first-place votes and 121 points in the coaches? and SID polls. Texas State returns 20 letterwinners, six starters and 10 pitchers from a Bobcat squad that won its third consecutive regular-season title and first conference tournament title since 2000. Among the returning players are senior All-Americans Casey Kalenkosky and Tyler Sibley, senior all-conference selection Jeff McVaney and senior starting pitcher Mitchell Pitts. Texas State, which finished the 2011 season with a 41-23 overall record, went 24-9 in conference play, recording its fifth 20-win season in conference play in the last six years. The second-, third- and fourth-place teams in both polls are separated by less than 10 points. Stephen F. Austin was selected second in the SID poll, gathering the final first-place from the SIDs and 92 total points. The Lumberjacks, who fell to Texas State in the conference championship a year ago, finished third in the coaches? poll [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/02/02/texas-state-tabbed-in-2012-southland-baseball-polls/

Tennessee Ole Miss