ST. LOUIS - University of Evansville junior first baseman Tanner Craig continues to garner preseason honors as Craig was named to the Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference team, it was announced in a release by the conference office on Wednesday morning.
Craig becomes the first Ace to earn preseason MVC honors since Trey Hair was named to The Valley's preseason team in 2017.
The honor follows a shortened 2020 campaign in which Craig put in a monster performance in 16 games. Craig led the team in home runs (7), OPS (1.238), runs (10), hits (20), RBI (19), total bases (44), slugging percentage (.