Southern Miss slugger Matt Wallner (USM Athletics)
2018 Conference Previews: C-USA
Season Preview
Projected Standings
Bold indicates 2017 regional team, and records are from 2017. Teams are listed in order of projected 2018 finish.
| CONFERENCE | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Miss | 25-5 | 50-16 |
| Rice | 16-14 | 33-31 |
| Florida Atlantic | 18-12 | 35-21 |
| Florida International | 15-15 | 31-27 |
| Old Dominion | 19-11 | 37-21 |
| Louisiana Tech | 17-13 | 36-20 |
| Charlotte | 18-12 | 34-24 |
| Middle Tennessee | 10-20 | 24-31 |
| UTSA | 15-15 | 29-28 |
| Marshall | 12-18 | 25-29 |
| Western Kentucky | 6-24 | 16-39 |
| UAB | 9-21 | 24-31 |
Top Prospects/Freshmen
| TOP PROSPECTS, 2018 DRAFT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford Proctor | SS | Rice |
| 2 | Tyler Frank | SS | Florida Atlantic |
| 3 | Jacob Rhinesmith | OF | Western Kentucky |
| 4 | Cody Wilson | OF | Florida Atlantic |
| 5 | Dominic DiCaprio | C | Rice |
| 6 | Jake Miednik | LHP | Florida Atlantic |
| 7 | Nick Sandlin | RHP | Southern Miss |
| 8 | Kyle Marman | RHP | Florida Atlantic |
| 9 | Ricardo Salinas | RHP | Rice |
| 10 | Luke Reynolds | OF | Souhern Miss |
| 11 | Reece Hampton | OF | Charlotte |
| 12 | Ryan Chandler | OF | Rice |
| 13 | Kent Hasler | RHP | Louisiana Tech |
| 14 | Antonio Ralat | SS | UAB |
| 15 | LA Woodward | SS | Middle Tennessee |
| 16 | Jake Wyrick | LHP | Middle Tennessee |
| 17 | Andy Rivera | RHP | Middle Tennessee |
| 18 | Culver Lamb | 3B | Old Dominion |
| 19 | Troy Newell | LHP | Western Kentucky |
| 20 | Daniel Keating | OF | Southern Miss |
| 21 | David Miranda | OF | Florida Atlantic |
| 22 | Craig Lopez | RHP | Old Dominion |
| 23 | Quinton Logan | LHP | Louisiana Tech |
| 24 | Colie Currie | OF | Western Kentucky |
| 25 | Andrew Dunlap | UT | Rice |
| 26 | Logan Robbins | LHP | Louisiana Tech |
| 27 | Bryan Arias | 2B | UTSA |
| 28 | Reynaldo Pastrana | C | Marshall |
| 29 | LeeMarcus Boyd | SS | Southern Miss |
| 31 | Evan Kravetz | LHP | Rice |
| TOP PROSPECTS, 2019 DRAFT | |||
| 1 | Matt Wallner | RHP/OF | Southern Miss |
| 2 | Matt Canterino | RHP | Rice |
| 3 | Garrett Gayle | RHP | Rice |
| 4 | Roel Garcia | RHP | Rice |
| 5 | Nick MacDonald | RHP | FIU |
| 6 | Tyler Myrick | RHP | FIU |
| 7 | Myles Christian | OF | Middle Tennessee |
| 8 | Austin Shenton | OF | FIU |
| 9 | Addison Moss | RHP | Rice |
| 10 | Pedro Pages | C | FAU |
| 11 | Braden Comeaux | 3B | Rice |
| 12 | Kyle Battle | OF | Old Dominion |
| 13 | Nick Prather | RHP | FAU |
| 14 | Walker Powell | RHP | Southern Miss |
| 15 | Javier Valdes | C | FIU |
| 16 | John Wilson | LHP | Old Dominion |
| 17 | JC Keys | RHP | Southern Miss |
| 18 | Mike Ruff | RHP | FAU |
| 19 | Tyler Follis | RHP | Louisiana Tech |
| 20 | Kevin Lambert | SS | Western Kentucky |
| IMPACT FRESHMEN | |||
| 1 | Logan Allen | LHP | FIU |
| 2 | Myles Christian | OF | Middle Tennessee |
| 3 | Christian Santana | RHP | FIU |
| 4 | Trei Cruz | 2B | Rice |
| 5 | Jake Weirich | LHP | Southern Miss |
| 6 | Ryan Och | LHP | Southern MIss |
| 7 | Dane Acker | RHP | Rice |
| 8 | Steele Netterville | DH | Louisiana Tech |
| 9 | Josh Lamb | SS | UTSA |
| 10 | DJ Lardge | 2B | Old Dominion |