STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Baseball's Evan Challenger and Ryan Cleveland have been named Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference by CollegeSportsMadness.com. Challenger was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference last season while Cleveland clubbed 10 home runs a year ago.
Challenger started 14 games last year and posted a 5-3 record on the bump during his redshirt sophomore season. He ranked second in the Sun Belt with a 2.03 ERA and fanned 58 batters. Challenger did not allow an earned run in four appearances and struck out nine batters at UL Lafayette.
Cleveland enters his junior campaign after starting 45 games last season at first base.