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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Catamounts picked to repeat conference championship

Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
Western Carolina has been picked to successfully defend their championship crown for 2014 in balloting by both the league’s head coaches and SoCon media.

The Catamounts led in the voting with seven first-place votes and 78 points from the coaches, to edge out The Citadel's 75 points in the coaches’ poll.   The Catamounts earned 167 points and 13 first-place votes from the media, to The Citadel's 149 points.

Aaron Attaway was selected as Preseason SoCon Player of the Year and Jeremy Null was selected as Preseason Pitcher of the Year. The Cats have five players that earned preseason all-conference honors including pitcher Jordan Smith, catcher Adam Martin,  and first baseman Jacob Hoyle joining Attaway and Null on the first team.

2014 Preseason Southern Conference Coaches Poll
1.    Western Carolina (7)    78
2.    The Citadel (3)    75
3.    Appalachian State    60
4.    Elon    59
5.    Georgia Southern    48
6.    Furman    38
7.    Samford    35
8.    UNCG    30
9.    Wofford    15
10.    Davidson    12

2014 Preseason Southern Conference Media Poll
1.    Western Carolina (13)    167
2.    The Citadel (2)    149
3.    Georgia Southern (2)    131
4.    Elon (1)    130
5.    Appalachian State    119
6.    Samford    97
7.    Furman    77
8.    UNCG    60
9.    Davidson    31
10.    Wofford    29



2014 Preseason All-Southern Conference Teams

First Team
SP    Jeremy Null, Western Carolina
SP    Jordan Smith, Western Carolina
RP    Skylar Hunter, The Citadel
C      Adam Martin, Western Carolina
1B    Jacob Hoyle, Western Carolina
2B    Sebastian Gomez, Elon
SS    Aaron Attaway, Western Carolina
3B    Chris Ohmstede, Furman
OF    Tyler Zupcic, Appalachian State
OF    Hughston Armstrong, The Citadel
OF    Eric Kalbfleisch, UNCG
DH    Bo Thompson, The Citadel


Preseason Player of the Year
Aaron Attaway, Sr., SS, Western Carolina

Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Jeremy Null, Jr., RHP, Western Carolina

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