Connecticut lefty Tim Cate (UConn Athletics)

2018 Conference Previews: American

Season Preview Aaron Fitt - January 30, 2018

What's included: • Projected order of finish • Preseason awards • Top Prospects ($) • Impact Freshmen ($) • Team-by-team breakdowns ($)

Bold indicates 2017 regional team, and records are from 2017. Teams are listed in order of projected 2018 finish.

	Conference	Overall
Houston	15-9	42-21
East Carolina	7-17	32-28
Connecticut	14-10	33-25
UCF	15-9	40-22
Wichita State*	10-11	28-30
South Florida	14-10	42-19
Memphis	8-16	30-29
Tulane	13-11	27-31
Cincinnati	10-14	28-30
*Conference record in MVC

Projected Regional Teams (4): Houston, East Carolina, Connecticut, UCF

Player of the Year: Greyson Jenista, OF, Wichita State

Pitcher of the Year: Tim Cate, LHP, Connecticut

Freshman of the Year: Gavin Williams, RHP, East Carolina

Top Prospects, 2018 Draft
1	Shane McClanahan	LHP	South Florida
2	Tim Cate	LHP	Connecticut
3	Greyson Jenista	OF	Wichita State
4	Alec Bohm	3B/1B	Wichita State
5	Dwanya Williams-Sutton	OF	East Carolina
6	Jonathan Bowlan	RHP	Memphis
7	Codi Heuer	RHP	Wichita State
8	Grant Witherspoon	OF	Tulane
9	Trey Cumbie	LHP	Houston
10	Zac Susi	C	Connecticut
11	JJ Montgomery	RHP	UCF
12	Andrew Perez	LHP	South Florida
13	Bryce Tucker	LHP	UCF
14	Joe Davis	1B	Houston
15	Rylan Thomas*	1B	UCF
16	Tyler Webb	OF	Memphis
17	Jordan Spicer	RHP	UCF
18	Cooper Coldiron	SS	Houston
19	Riley Cabral	RHP	Memphis
20	A.J. Bumpass	OF	Cincinnati
21	Thad Ward	RHP	UCF
22	PJ Poulin	LHP	Connecticut
23	Brody Wofford	OF	UCF
24	Chase Gardner	LHP	Connecticut
25	Chris Holba	RHP	East Carolina
26	Grayson Padgett	OF	Houston
27	Jake Washer	C	East Carolina
28	Ryan Green	RHP	Tulane
29	Ray Alejo	OF	UCF
30	Sam Lanier	RHP	East Carolina
31	Garrett Zech	OF	South Florida
32	Cre Finfrock	RHP	UCF
33	Will McAffer	RHP	Tulane
34	Ronnie Rossomando	RHP	Connecticut
35	Chris Chatfield	OF	South Florida
36	Dayton Dugas	OF	Wichita State
37	John Toppa	OF	Connecticut
38	Cam Alldred	LHP	Cincinnati
39	Manny Rodriguez	SS	Cincinnati
40	Joe Genord	1B/C	South Florida
Top Prospects, 2019 Draft
1	Trey Benton	RHP	East Carolina
2	Jake Agnos	LHP	East Carolina
3	Mason Feole	LHP	Connecticut
4	Spencer Brickhouse	OF	East Carolina
5	Carter Henry	RHP	Houston
6	Alec Trela	SS/3B	Memphis
7	Anthony Prato	SS	Connecticut
8	Jared Triolo	3B	Houston
9	Fred Villareal	RHP	Houston
10	Joe Sheridan	LHP	UCF
11	Keagon Gillies	RHP	Tulane
12	Alex Segal	LHP	Wichita State
13	Lael Lockhart	OF/LHP	Houston
14	Collin Sullivan	RHP	South Florida
15	Jake Wallace	RHP	Connecticut
16	Brayson Hurdsman	LHP	Houston
17	Chris Winkel	1B/OF	Connecticut
18	Sal Gozzo	SS	Tulane
19	D.J. Roberts	RHP	South Florida
20	Tyler Smith	RHP	East Carolina
21	Tommy Barnhouse	RHP	Wichita State
22	Reese Robinson	RHP	Cincinnati
23	Chase Solesky	RHP	Tulane
24	Jacob Katzfey	OF	Wichita State
25	Nathan Kroger	RHP	Cincinnati
26	Dallas Beaver	C/DH	UCF
27	Jace Mercer	SS/2B	Cincinnati
28	Landon Kelly	RHP	Memphis
29	Preston Snavely	RHP	Wichita State
30	Bryant Packard	OF	East Carolina
Impact Freshmen
1	Gavin Williams	RHP	East Carolina
2	Ron Brown	1B/DH	Houston
3	Alec Burleson	1B/LHP	East Carolina
4	Graham Hoffman	3B/SS/RHP	South Florida
5	Dalton Wingo	OF	UCF
6	Drew Minter	OF	Houston
7	Alex Segal	LHP	Wichita State
8	Joe Simeone	RHP	Connecticut
9	Griffin Bernardo	3B	UCF
10	Liam Eddy	RHP	Wichita State
11	Christian Fedko	INF	Connecticut
12	Jack Sinclair	RHP	UCF
13	Ben Brooks	SS	Memphis
14	Paxton Wallace	RHP/INF	Wichita State
15	Colby Dunlop	RHP	Connecticut
16	Josh Bates	RHP	Tulane
17	Seth Caddell	C	East Carolina
18	Garrett Schoenle	LHP	Cincinnati
19	Tyler Mettetal	LHP/1B	Memphis
20	Garrett Kocis	RHP/3B	Wichita State