Today the Big South Conference’s Head Baseball Coaches voted Coastal Carolina University’s baseball team the conference’s preseason favorite. The coaches also voted Coastal outfielder Rico Noel the Conference’s Preseason Player of the Year and Coastal junior Cody Wheeler the Pitcher of the Year.
This is the third consecutive year that Coastal has been named the Big South’s preseason favorite. Coastal is ranked 16th by Ping! Baseball and 17th by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Noel received four first-place votes from the league’s coaches according to The Roost. He hit .315 with 17 doubles, eight home runs and 45 RBIs last season. His 48 steals tied for the national lead, and he had an on-base percentage of .427.
The question I have for Brian Foley is how did Rico not make his top 100 list?
