South Alabama outfielder Travis Swaggerty earned a spot on the Baseball America preseason All-America first team.
Swaggerty, a junior from Denham Springs, La., batted .356/.484/.571 with 11 home runs, 60 RBIs and 19 steals in 2017. He followed that up by batting .328/.449/.406 with six steals in 19 games with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team last summer.
The lefty-swinging Swaggerty is also No. 15 on Baseball America's list of the top prospects for the 2018 MLB draft. South Alabama has never had a player selected in the first round.
South Alabama, which went 40-21 in 2017, is ranked No.