MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama sophomore outfielder
Will Turner was named Second Team All-Sun Belt, announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.
Turner finished the season hitting a team-high .349 while finishing with a 1.051 OPS in 54 games (all starts). He finished 75-for-215 at the plate, with 30 of those hits coming as extra-base hits. He finished with 17 doubles, four triples, and nine home runs while scoring 51 runs and knocking another 52. Turner finished the year with a .591 slugging percentage and a .460 on-base percentage, while also recording 10 stolen bases (on 14 attempts).
The sophomore finished the year with 33 consecutive games reaching base and recorded a season-high 12 game hitting streak. He also recorded 21 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games.
Turner ranked among the leads in the conference in hits and batting average, while also ranking in the top 100 in the nation in bases on balls, hits, and triples. He also ranked in the top 150 in the nation in bases on balls per game, doubles, on-base percentage, total bases, and triples per game, while also ranking in the top 250 in batting average and slugging percentage.
He was ranked as the 41st-best outfielder in the nation by D1baseball.
All-Sun Belt Conference Teams / Awards
Player of the Year: Shane Lewis (OF), Troy
Pitcher of the Year: Tanner Hall, (SP), Southern MIss
Newcomer of the Year: Shane Lewis (OF), Troy
Freshman of the Year: Caden Bodine (C), Coastal Carolina
Tony Robichaux Leadership Award: JP Tighe (C/OF), Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year: Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina
First Team
P - Xander Hamilton, App State
P - Tanner Hall, Southern Miss
P - Grayson Stewart, Troy
RP - Teddy Sharkey, Coastal Carolina
C - Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina
1B - Hunter Fitz-Gerald, Old Dominion
2B - Jesse Sherrill, Georgia Southern
SS - Dustin Dickerson, Southern Miss
3B - Caleb Bartolero, Troy
OF - CJ Boyd, App State
OF - Nick Lucky, Coastal Carolina
OF - Shane Lewis, Troy
UT - Cameron Jones, Georgia State
DH - Derek Bender, Coastal Carolina
Second Team
P - Ryan Watson, Georgia State
P - Sam Armstrong, Old Dominion
P - Levi Wells, Texas State
RP - Noah Manning, Troy
C - Julian Brock, Louisiana
1B - Zack Beach, Coastal Carolina
2B - Payton Eeles, Coastal Carolina
SS - Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana
3B - Danny Lynch, Southern Miss
OF - Graham Brown, Coastal Carolina
OF - Fenwick Trimble, James Madison
OF - Will Turner, South Alabama
UT - Jack Cone, James Madison
DH - Max Ryerson, Georgia State
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