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College  | Story  | 1/30/2015

Conference Preview: Big West

Mike Rooney     
Photo: Matt Brown

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 UC Santa Barbara* 34 17 12 12
2 Cal State Fullerton 34 24 14 10
3 Cal Poly 47 12 19 5
4 UC Irvine 41 25 15 9
5 Long Beach State 34 26 17 7
6 Cal State Northridge 18 38 6 18
7 UC Davis 23 31 7 17
8 Hawai'i 22 31 6 18
9 UC Riverside 26 28 12 12


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Jerry McClanahan RS Sr. UC Irvine .304-1-36; old school defender, yielded only 20 SBs
1B Brian Mundell Jr. Cal Poly .279-4-41; big pop, 15 career HR, 84 career RBI
2B Mark Mathias Jr. Cal Poly .386-2-39; reigning Big West POY, Team USA
3B Peter Maris Sr. UC Santa Barbara .271-1-29; 4th in Big West w/ 16 SBs, played SS
SS Garrett Hampson So. Long Beach State .308-1-19; started all 60 gms, led team w/ 44 runs
OF Scott Hurst Fr. Cal State Fullerton Won Alaska League batting title after HS senior yr.
OF Kevin Barker Sr. UC Davis .335-1-21; led team w/ 63 hits in 2014
OF Kaeo Aliviado Sr. Hawaii .310-0-27; 154 career starts, led team in hitting
DH Jonathan Munoz RS Jr. UC Irvine .281-0-18; physical bat from left side
UT Robby Nesovic Jr. UC Santa Barbara .325-1-33; career .325 hitter, 5th in conf. w/ 15 2B
SP Thomas Eshelman Jr. Cal State Fullerton 8-3, 1.89 ERA; more wins than BBs in career, 20-11
SP Justin Garza Jr. Cal State Fullerton 5-4, 3.22 ERA; undersized RHP w/ big-time arm
SP Casey Bloomquist Jr. Cal Poly 12-2, 1.56 ERA; sinker-slider w/ premium command
SP Justin Jacome Jr. UC Santa Barbara 8-2, 2.61 ERA; 3rd season in rotation, big summer
RP Dillon Tate Jr. UC Santa Barbara 2-1, 1.45 ERA, 12 saves; hit 99 mph w/ Team USA

Player of the Year: Robby Nesovic, of/rhp, UC Santa Barbara

Pitcher of the Year: Thomas Eshelman, rep, Cal State Fullerton

Freshman of the Year: Scott Hurst, of, Cal State Fullerton



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