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SWAGGERTY NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN BY BASEBALL AMERICA

2018 Baseball America Preseason All-Americans

MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama baseball's Travis Swaggerty was named first-team preseason All-American by Baseball America Monday.

Swaggerty was one of three outfielders named to the first team, and the lone Sun Belt Conference representative among Baseball America's three preseason All-America teams.

The Mandeville, La., native also earned preseason first-team All-America honors from D1Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings, and was a third-team preseason All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball.

Swaggerty was a second-team All-America 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 (.