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College  | Story  | 1/31/2020

Conference Preview: WAC

Mike Rooney     
Photo: Nick Gonzales (NM State Athletics)



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Predicted Order of Finish

Overall/conference win-loss records from 2019 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid

No. Team W L W L
1 Sacramento State* 40 25 18 9
2 Grand Canyon 36 24 18 9
3 New Mexico State 38 17 19 8
4 Cal Baptist 35 20 19 8
5 UTRGV 34 221 19 8
6 Bakersfield 24 35 12 15
7 Seattle 13 39 8 19
8 Utah Valley 15 41 9 18
9 Northern Colorado 12 35 8 19
10 Chicago State 10 41 5 22


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Conrado Diaz Sr. UTRGV .319-1-31; 13th toughest to K in NCAA
1B Tristan Peterson Sr. New Mexico State .400-20-90; physical middle-of-order bat
2B Nick Gonzales Jr. New Mexico State .432-16-80; best pure bat in college ball
3B Tyler Jorgensen Sr. Bakersfield .323-2-30; versatile defender w/ size, skill
SS Christian Sepulveda Sr. UTRGV .274-9-40; 6-4 middle-of-field player
OF Matt Smith R-Sr. Sacramento State .311-7-38; possible double-digit HRs, SBs
OF Chad Castillo So. Cal Baptist .335-1-27; LHH w/ size, feel for barrel
OF Alexander Marco Sr. Utah Valley .297-6-42; .864 OPS, tough ABs
DH Cuba Bess R-Jr. Grand Canyon .341-11-40; pure hit, more BBs than Ks
UT Andy Atwood R-Sr. UTRGV .303-2-12; ballplayer, 27 runs in 30 games
SP Pierson Ohl So. Grand Canyon 7-5, 3.45 ERA; + cmnd., Eshelman comp
SP Kade Mechals Sr. Grand Canyon 11-1, 2.16 ERA; 5-11 RHP w/ big stuff
SP Scott Randall Jr. Sacramento State 8-2, 2.59 ERA; career record of 15-5
SP Chance Hroch Sr. New Mexico State 10-1, 2.74 ERA; good stats in hitters' park
RP Stone Churby Jr. Sacramento State 2-1, 4.11 ERA; 32 appearances led WAC

Player of the Year: Nick Gonzales, 2b, New Mexico State
Pitcher of the Year: Kade Mechals, rhp, Grand Canyon
Freshman of the Year: Christian Culpepper, rhp, Cal Baptist


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