College Baseball 360 » Baseball America 2010 Preseason College Baseball Poll http://collegebaseball360.com baseball news, college baseball stats, sean stires, pete lafleur, college world series video, college baseball podcast, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Unprecedented Early Honors For East Carolina Baseball http://collegebaseball360.com/unprecedented-early-honors-for-east-carolina-baseball/ http://collegebaseball360.com/unprecedented-early-honors-for-east-carolina-baseball/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:55:41 +0000 http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=3222

ECU GARNERS SIX PRESEASON TOP 20 RANKINGS FOR FIRST TIME

GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the first time in school history, the East Carolina baseball team has garnered a Top 20 ranking in six preseason polls, when the Pirates were tabbed No. 11 by Rivals and No. 16 by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Monday afternoon. The Pirates are also ranked No. 18 by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 20 by Ping!Baseball.

The Pirates (46-20, 17-7 C-USA), who have made 10 NCAA Regional appearances in the last 11 seasons, claimed the 2009 Conference USA regular season and 2009 Greenville Regional titles before advancing to their third NCAA Super Regional on the way to a 46-20 overall record.

ECU welcomes back 20 letterwinners including 2010 preseason All-America selections Kyle Roller and Trent Whitehead, along with 2008 All-American Seth Maness, 2009 Freshman All-American Kevin Brandt, All C-USA second-teamer Brad Mincey and  NCAA Greenville Regional star Devin Harris.

Also stepping onto the diamond are eight new faces, which consist of junior college transfer Daniel Warzon (Young Harris), as well as seven freshmen: Bryan Bass, Chris Gosik, Jake Harris, D.J. Jauss, Tyler Joyner, Tanner Merritt and John Wooten.

Head Coach Billy Godwin and the Pirates will open the 2010 season against No. 2 Virginia at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium on Feb. 19, 2010 with a 3 p.m. first pitch scheduled.

Pirate Preseason Honors:

  • Kyle Roller: First-Team All-America (Collegiate Baseball, Second-Team All-America (NCBWA and Ping!Baseball), Sixth-best player in college baseball (CollegeBaseballBlog.com), First-Team All Conference USA.
  • Trent Whitehead: Second-Team All-America (NCBWA) and Third-Team (Ping!Baseball), First-Team All Conference USA.
  • Seth Simmons: NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List
  • Seth Maness: First-Team All Conference USA
  • Devin Harris: First-Team All Conference USA

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TEXAS TOPS BA’S PRESEASON TOP 25

DURHAM, N.C–Texas is No. 1 in Baseball America’s preseason Top 25 for a record sixth time in the 30-year history of the rankings. The Longhorns, who last topped the preseason rankings in 2006, broke a tie with Stanford for most years starting atop the rankings. Texas was also preseason No. 1 in 1983 (when it became one of four teams ever to start the season in the top spot and go on to win the national title) and in ’85-’87. The ‘Horns, who finished as the national runner-up last year, claim the top spot based largely on the strength of the nation’s most talented pitching staff.

Three other 2009 College World Series participants fill the next three slots, highlighted by defending national champ Louisiana State at No. 3. Second-ranked Virginia leads a group of three Atlantic Coast Conference teams in the top 10 and six in the top 25. The Southeastern Conference ties the ACC for most among all conferences with three teams in the top 10 and six in the top 25.

All eight participants in last year’s CWS start in the 2010 rankings, including No. 21 Southern Mississippi, which opens in the rankings for the second time ever. The Golden Eagles started the 2001 season at No. 25. Twelfth-ranked Coastal Carolina is ranked in the preseason for the first time.

The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Last year’s records do not include ties.

Team

1.   Texas

2.   Virginia

3.   Louisiana State

4.   Cal State Fullerton

5.   Rice

6.   Georgia Tech

7.   Florida

8.   UC Irvine

9.   Florida State

10.   South Carolina

11.   Texas Christian

12.   Coastal Carolina

13.   Louisville

14.   Arizona State

15.   Clemson

16.   Miami

17.   Arkansas

18.   East Carolina

19.   San Diego

20.   North Carolina

21.   Southern Mississippi

22.   Georgia

23.   UCLA

24.   Mississippi

25.   Oregon State

By Conference Poll Breakdown

SEC -6

ACC -6

C-USA – 3

Pac 10 -3

Big West -2

Big 12 – 1

Big East – 1

Big South – 1

Mountain West – 1

WCC – 1

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