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College  | Story  | 2/4/2016

Conference Preview: Big West

Mike Rooney     
Photo: UCI Media Relations/Duke Burchell

Preseason College Top 25 | Preseason All-American Team | 2016 College Baseball Preview Index


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Predicted Order of Finish


Overall/conference win-loss records from 2015 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid


No. Team W L W L
1 Cal State Fullerton* 39 25 19 5
2 Long Beach State 28 26 11 13
3 Cal State Northridge 33 24 8 16
4 UC Santa Barbara 40 15 16 8
5 UC Irvine 33 23 15 9
6 Hawai'i 21 32 12 12
7 Cal Poly 27 27 14 10
8 UC Riverside 15 40 4 20
9 UC Davis 30 26 9 15


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Chris Hudgins So. CS Fullerton .204-0-8; good thrower w/ offensive upside
1B Eric Ramirez So. Hawaii .270-0-29; led team w/ 50 hits and .371 OBP
MIF Mikey Duarte Sr. UC Irvine .345-0-19; only 6 Es in 55 starts, led team w/ 43 R
MIF Garrett Hampson Jr. Long Beach State .296-0-17; started all 104 games of career, TUSA
3B Jerrod Bravo Sr. CS Fullerton .318-0-25; led team w/ .451 OBP in 2015
OF Vince Fernandez Jr. UC Riverside .316-7-34; 4th in Big West w/ .524 SLG in 2015
OF Keston Hiura So. UC Irvine .330-7-52; Big West FR hitter of year, led in RBI
OF Andrew Calica Jr. UC Santa Barbara .329-1-19; led league w/ 19 HBP, top Cape hitter
DH Branden Berry Sr. CSUN .289-3-19; transfer from Washington w/ big pop
UT Josh Vargas Sr. CS Fullerton .332-0-16; .495 OBP in conf., + pos. versatility
SP Chris Mathewson So. Long Beach State 1.94, 93 IP, 80:24; Big West FR pitcher of year
SP John Gavin So. CS Fullerton 3.66, 86 IP, 67:25; made 17 FR starts, added velo
SP Joe Ryan So. CSUN 1.48, 80.1 IP, 32:8; high draft in '17, 96 FB + SL
SP Shane Bieber Jr. UC Santa Barbara 2.24, 112.2 IP, 95:13; only 9 unintentional BB in '15
RP Connor O'Neill Jr. CSUN 1.89, 62 IP, 64:18, 12 SV; broke school SV record

Player of the Year: Keston Hiura, of, UC Irvine

Pitcher of the Year: Shane Bieber, rhp, UC Santa Barbara

Freshman of the Year: Noah Davis, rhp, UC Santa Barbara



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