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Conference Preview: Big South

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2023 Records

Teams are listed in alphabetical order

Team W L W L
Charleston Southern 22 28 13 14
Gardner Webb 31 25 15 12
High Point 20 34 12 15
Longwood 23 31 11 16
Presbyterian 21 34 12 15
Radford 10 45 2 25
UNC-Asheville 26 26 12 15
USC-Upstate 38 22 21  6
Winthrop 28 28 15 12


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name School Stats/Notes
C  Nicholas Badillo  Winthrop Named to Big South All-Freshman team in 2023. Hit .360 with 12 XBH over 100 At-bats.
1B Grant Sherrod  USC Upstate 1st Team All-Big South in 2023. Hit .335 with 15 HR, 66 RBI. One of the top returning power bats in the conference.
MIF Brody Fahr  Presbyterian 2nd Team All-Big South in 2023. Pure hitter hit .361 with an OBP over .450. Could lead the conference in hits in 2024.
MIF Troy Hamilton  USC Upstate 3rd year starter for the Spartans. Hit .324 with 13 XBH in 2023. Talent to take another leap forward in 2024.
3B Cael Chatham  High Point 2nd Team All-Big South in 2023. Hit .321 with 13 HR’s. One of the top returning power bats in the conference. 
OF Brett Ahalt  High Point 2nd Team All-Big South in 2023. Collected double digit HR’s and SB’s while hitting .333 a season ago.
OF Robbie Burnett  UNC Asheville 1st Team All-Big South in 2023. Conferences top returner. Hit .379 with 26 XBH. 20-20 season is within reach. 
OF Dylan Bacot  UNC Asheville 3rd year starter for the Bulldogs. Hit .337 with a team high 23 multi-hit games and tied program record with 59 RBI in 2023.
DH Cade Conway  Charleston Southern NJCAA All-American in 2023. 14 HR and 61 SB at the juco level in 2023. Chance for double digit HR and SB in 2024.
UT Noah Sullivan  USC Upstate 2-way talent. Posted an ERA of 0.0 over 12.1 IP in 2023 and has hit over .300 at the plate the past 2 seasons (282 AB’s).
SP Ethan Walker  Longwood Big South All-Freshman Team in ’23. Pitched to a 4.01 ERA with a .233 BAA. Talent to become conferences top arm in 2024.
SP Mathieu Curtis USC Upstate  Big South All-Freshman team in 2023. Made 13 starts tallying 68.1 IP. Chance to see a jump in stuff this season that puts him among the conferences top starters.
SP Gus Hughes  High Point 2nd Team All Big-South in 2023. Struck out 90 with a .239 BAA across 81.1 IP. Conferences most accomplished returning starter.
SP Jake Cubbler  USC Upstate 2nd Team All-Big South reliever in 2023. Went 4-0 with 6 saves, a .191 BAA and a record setting 1.51 ERA. May transition to a starter role in 2024.
RP  Justin Honeycutt  UNC Asheville 1st Team All-Conference with the 6th lowest ERA in D1 baseball in 2022. Utilized in multiple roles in 2023. Will look to return to dominance in 2024. 


Player of the Year: 
Robbie Burnett, OF, UNC Asheville
Pitcher of the Year: Ethan Walker, LHP, Longwood
Freshman of the Year: Raymond Ladd, RHP, Radford

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