ST. LOUIS – Bradley senior outfielder Dan Bolt (Morton, IL/Morton H.S.) was named to the 13-player Missouri Valley Conference baseball preseason all-league team and the Braves were picked to finish fifth in the league race, according to the poll of The Valley's eight head coaches revealed Tuesday.
Bolt enters his senior season next month as the only veteran outfielder for the Braves, having played in 100 games with 85 starts during his first three seasons. Last week, D1Baseball.com ranked Bolt the 26th-best hitter in the nation, according to a composite set of analytical data.