Southland announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference baseball team

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Brennan Stuprich

All eight schools represented on preseason teams; Southeastern leads with eight picks

FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern leads the way with eight honorees on the 2022 Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference baseball teams, announced by the league Wednesday. The preseason all-conference teams are presented by Ready®.

Among the Lions’ league-leading five first-team nods is Brennan Stuprich, who earned Southland Freshman of the Year honors in 2021 after he went 6-2 with a league-best 2.17 ERA and three complete games in 11 starts. He led the conference in innings pitched (68) and ranked second in ERA (2.12) against league competition.

Southeastern landed three on the second team, including Rhett Rosevear, who was an all-tournament pick at the 2021 Southland Conference Tournament in Hammond, La. The first-year second-baseman hit .500 (6-for-12) with three RBI and a home run in the Lions’ four tournament contests.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi followed with five honorees, including a pair of first-team selections, and New Orleans placed three of their four total picks on the top squad. The Privateers’ Kasten Furr, Pearce Howard and Caleb Seroski all return after receiving second-team all-Southland recognition in 2021.

Two-time defending conference tournament champion McNeese also garnered four spots on the all-league rosters, led by outfielder Payton Harden. The redshirt junior was named to the all-tournament squad last spring after scoring six runs in the Cowboys’ run to a second-straight trophy.

UIW earned two selections, and HBU and Nicholls each accounted for one spot on the teams.

The 2022 Southland Baseball Preseason Poll will be announced at 10 a.m. Thursday. The season opens Friday, Feb. 18 with all eight teams in action, beginning with 1 p.m. first pitch between SIU-Edwardsville and Southeastern in Hammond, America.

Southland preseason all-conference teams are nominated and voted upon by the league’s head coaches. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted. Returning all-conference selections from the previous season are automatically named to the preseason teams and may be elevated to higher teams based on available positions.

2022 Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams

First Team

Name

School

Pos.

Class

Hometown

Preston Faulkner*

Southeastern

1B

Gr.

Denham Springs, La.

Daunte Stuart*

Northwestern State

2B

So.

The Woodlands, Texas

Kasten Furr*

New Orleans

3B

So.

Ruston, La.

Evan Keller*

Southeastern

SS

Gr.

Destrehan, La.

Bryce Grizzafi

Southeastern

C

Jr.

Morgan City, La.

Tre Obregon III*

McNeese

DH

R-Sr.

Sallisaw, Okla.

Tyler Finke*

Southeastern

OF

Sr.

Columbus, Ind.

Payton Harden*

McNeese

OF

R-Jr.

Atascocita, Texas

Pearce Howard*

New Orleans

OF

Sr.

Silver Spring, Md.

Cal Carver*

Northwestern State

SP

Jr.

San Antonio, Texas

Brennan Stuprich*

Southeastern

SP

So.

Kenner, La.

Hayden Thomas

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

SP

Jr.

Leander, Texas

Caleb Seroski*

New Orleans

RP

So.

New Iberia, La.

Josh Caraway

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

U

So.

Roanoke, Texas

 

Second Team

Name

School

Pos.

Class

Hometown

Brennen Bales

HBU

1B

Jr.

Nebraska City, Neb.

Rhett Rosevear

Southeastern

2B

So.

Denham Springs, La.

Austin Cain*

Nicholls

3B

Jr.

St. Joseph, Ill.

Grant Smith

UIW

SS

Sr.

Albuquerque, N.M.

Justin Taylor

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

C

Jr.

Dripping Springs, Texas

Anthony Herron Jr.

New Orleans

DH

Jr.

Chicago, Ill.

Christian Garcia

Southeastern

OF

Jr.

Slidell, La.

Julian Gonzales

McNeese

OF

R-Sr.

Sulphur, La.

Brendan Ryan

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

OF

Jr.

Leawood, Kan.

Will Kinzeler

Southeastern

SP

So.

Covington, La.

Donovan Ohnoutka

Northwestern State

SP

Sr.

Natchitoches, La.

Jaime Ramirez

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

SP

So.

San Antonio, Texas

Drayton Brown

Northwestern State

RP

So.

Nacogdoches, Texas

Nixon Brannan

UIW

U

Jr.

San Angelo, Texas

* – Member of 2021 All-Southland Conference teams

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