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College  | Story  | 2/3/2015

Conference Preview: Mountain West

Mike Rooney     
Photo: John Byrne

Preseason College Top 25 | Preseason All-American Team | 2015 College Baseball Preview Index


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Predicted Order of Finish

Overall/conference win-loss records from 2014 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid

No. Team W L W L
1 New Mexico* 37 20 20 10
2 Nevada 31 27 15 15
3 Fresno State 28 29 13 17
4 San Diego State 42 21 17 13
5 UNLV 36 25 20 10
6 San Jose State 19 38 10 20
7 Air Force 20 24 10 22


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Taylor Ward Jr. Fresno State .320-6-41; huge arm, TUSA last summer
1B Austin Byler Sr. Nevada .326-14-47; 9th rd. pick returns for Senior year
MIF Sam Haggerty Jr. New Mexico .340-2-38; plus runner, led conf. with 57 runs
MIF Jared Holley Jr. New Mexico .314-0-19; plus defender w/ bat to ball skills
3B Ty France Jr. San Diego State .356-5-45; 2nd in MWC in hits (83) and runs (55)
OF Kewby Meyer Sr. Nevada .328-3-29; 27 doubles led nation
OF Tyler Jones So. Air Force .338-4-31; 19 doubles, led team in hitting as frosh
OF Danny Collier So. New Mexico .353-0-20; + runner, MWC Freshman of Year
DH Joey Armstrong Jr. UNLV .302-4-27; super athletic, middle of diamond player
UT Trenton Brooks So. New Mexico .330-3-35, 3-1, 3.86 ERA; led team in hitting in '14
SP Bubba Derby Jr. San Diego State 8-4, 3.08 ERA; 100 strikeouts 2nd in conf. in '14
SP Kalei Contrades Sr. San Jose State 5-2, 2.50 ERA; 2nd in conf. in ERA, 2-way player
SP Bryan Bonnell Jr. UNLV 7-5, 2.90 ERA; premium strike throwers, 3 CGs
SP Tim Borst Jr. Fresno State 4-5, 3.02 ERA; 24 career starts led team w/ 92.1 IP
RP Garrett Mundell Sr. Fresno State 4-0, 1.58 ERA; drafted in 18th rd. by Dbacks in '14

Player of the Year: Austin Byler, 1B, Nevada

Pitcher of the Year: Bubba Derby, rap, San Diego State

Freshman of the Year: Luis Gonzalez, of/lhp, New Mexico



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