Cats selected 2d and 3d in SoCon Polls

Western Carolina finished third in the coaches’ poll with 53 points and the remaining first-place vote, and second in the media poll. 


2017 Preseason Southern Conference Coaches Poll
Place Team (1st-place votes) Points
1. UNCG (5)                   58
2. Mercer (3)                  57
3. Western Carolina (1)   53
4. Furman                     40
5. Samford                    34
6. ETSU                       33
7. Wofford                     20
8. VMI                          17
9. The Citadel               12

2017 Preseason Southern Conference Media Poll
Place Team (1st-place votes) Points
1. Mercer (8)                 131
2. Western Carolina (4)  124
3. UNCG (3)                  115
4. Furman (1)                 84
5. Samford                    83
6. ETSU                       82
7. Wofford                    46
8. The Citadel               32
9. VMI                         23

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Coaches - 

2017 Preseason All-Southern Conference

Preseason Player of the Year
Hagen Owenby, Jr., C, ETSU

Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Will Gaddis, Jr., RHP, Furman

First Team
SP   Will Gaddis, Furman
SP   Ryan Askew, Mercer
RP   Andrew Wantz, UNCG
C     Hagen Owenby, ETSU
1B   Austin Edens, Samford
2B   Ben Spitznagel, UNCG
SS   Matt Meeder, Mercer
3B   Danny Edgeworth, Mercer
OF   Trey Truitt, Mercer
OF   Jabari Richards, Furman
OF   Bryson Bowman, Western Carolina
DH   Cesar Trejo, UNCG

Second Team
SP   Matt Frisbee, UNCG
SP   Bryan Sammons, Western Carolina
RP   Wyatt Burns, Samford
C     Charlie Madden, Mercer
1B   Collin Fleischer, VMI
2B   Ryan Hagan, Mercer
SS   Chris Cook, ETSU
3B   Jake Crawford, Furman
3B   Max McDougald, Wofford
OF   Andrew Moritz, UNCG
OF   Dillon Stewart, UNCG
OF   Matt Smith, Western Carolina
DH   Andrew Bullock, Western Carolina