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Will Turner named Second Team All-Sun Belt

Sophomore led South Alabama in most offensive statistical categories

Baseball

Will Turner named Second Team All-Sun Belt

Sophomore led South Alabama in most offensive statistical categories

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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Players Mentioned

Will Turner

#6 Will Turner

OF/LHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
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Players Mentioned

Will Turner

#6 Will Turner

6' 1"
Sophomore
L/L
OF/LHP