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For all of Perfect Game's conference previews as part of the 2023 college baseball preview content, the 2022 records and all-conference teams are available for free. The conference top prospects and individual team breakdowns can be viewed with a subscription.
2022 Records
*Members of the Western Athletic in 2022
| School |
W |
L |
W |
L |
| Houston Baptist |
18 |
36 |
11 |
13 |
| Incarnate Word |
21 |
31 |
9 |
15 |
| Lamar* |
37 |
21 |
20 |
10 |
| McNeese State |
34 |
23 |
15 |
9 |
| New Orleans |
30 |
23 |
13 |
11 |
| Nicholls |
26 |
25 |
12 |
12 |
| Northwestern State |
25 |
29 |
12 |
12 |
| Southeastern La. |
30 |
31 |
14 |
10 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
27 |
28 |
10 |
14 |
Preseason All-Conference Team
| Pos. |
Player |
School |
Stats/Notes |
| C |
Miguel Useche |
UNO |
Put up an absolute monster fall batting .480, easy to project double digit homers |
| 1B |
Edgar Alvarez |
Nicholls St. |
Plus defender with real juice from the left side. Batted .300 with 9 bombs in 2022 |
| MIF |
Kasten Furr |
UNO |
Prototypical middle infield type, finds a bunch of barrel with premium defense |
| MIF |
Brad Burckel |
McNeese St. |
The Burkel/Harden combo is going to be tough to contain for the whole conference |
| MIF |
Alec Carr |
UIW |
Coming off an All-Conference season. Expect double digit home runs, swipes and a .300+ batting average |
| 3B |
Shea Thomas |
SE-Louisiana |
Will bat clean-up in 2023. Could easily bat over .300 with double digit jacks. |
| OF |
Payton Harden |
McNeese St. |
High level athlete with track record of elite production |
| OF |
Brendan Ryan |
TAMU-CC |
Johnson County product, athletic defender with multi-faceted impact on games, 25 stolen bases in 2022 |
| OF |
Tre Jones |
TAMU-CC |
Coming off a monster 2022 batting .354 with a OPS of 1.184 and 11 pumps |
| DH |
Joshua Blankenship |
Lamar |
A well seasoned C/1B that is coming of a remarkable 2022 where he hit .339 |
| UTL |
Tyler Finke |
SE-Louisiana |
Elite low 6's runner that will swipe a ton of bags and play an elite CF. Top of the order table setter |
| SP |
Tyler Leblanc |
UNO |
7-1 record in 2022 striking out over a batter per inning. 90-93 with a quality CH and high spin slider. |
| SP |
Zach Garcia |
TAMU-CC |
Posted a 3.82 in 67.2 innings pitched with a team low batting average against. |
| SP |
Grant Rogers |
McNeese St |
Reigning Pitcher of the Year. Monstrous 6'7 frame with the stuff to match. Big time competitor |
| SP |
Brennan Stuprich |
SE-Louisiana |
In recent days has lived 91-94 touching 96 with a polished full mix. |
| RP |
Rye Gunter |
HCU |
Grayson transfer is a high leverage power arm that could draw more opportunity in 2023 |
Pitcher of the Year: Brennan Stuprich, RHP, SE-Louisiana
Player of the Year: Brendan Ryan, OF, TAMU-CC
Freshman of the Year: Jacob Mayers, RHP, Nicholls St.
Top Prospects
Conference top prospects by class and team by team breakdowns included with subscription
2023 MLB Draft Prospects
1. Grant Rogers, RHP, McNeese St
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