DALLAS – University of South Alabama outfielder Travis Swaggerty was named 2018 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason first-team All-America the organization announced Monday.
Swaggerty was one of four outfielders selected to the first team, and is the lone Sun Belt Conference representative among the three preseason All-America teams announced by the NCBWA.
The Mandeville, La., native also earned preseason first-team All-America honors from Baseball America, D1Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings, and was a third-team preseason All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball.
Swaggerty was a second-team All-American selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings last season, as well as a first-team all-region and first-team all-SBC selection, after leading the conference in on-base percentage (.