2018 Perfect Game / Rawlings Preseason All-Americans

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – University of South Alabama baseball outfielder Travis Swaggerty was named 2018 preseason first-team All-America by Perfect Game/Rawlings on Tuesday. 

Swaggerty was one of three outfielders named to the preseason first-team list, and the lone Sun Belt Conference student-athlete recognized by Perfect Game. The Mandeville, La., native was named a third-team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball last month. 

Swaggerty earned second-team All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings last season, as well as first-team all-region and first-team all-Sun Belt Conference accolades. He led the SBC in on-base percentage (.484), which ranked 12th nationally in 2017, RBI (60) and runs scored (55), ranked second in batting average (.363) and total bases (125), and fourth in stolen bases (19).

Swaggerty played in 19 games for Team USA over the summer, and ranked second on the squad in hits (21) and on-base percentage (.449). He finished third in stolen bases (6) and batting average (.328) while helping Team USA to a 15-5 record over 20 contests.

South Alabama will open the 2018 season on Fri., Feb. 16, when it faces Kansas State at 3 p.m. in Myrtle Beach, S.C

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