Four members of the Cougar baseball team have received preseason accolades in lead up to the 2017 season, showing that the returning core players are some of the best in the conference.
Junior starting pitcher Seth Romero and junior catcher Connor Wong were named in Baseball America’s Top 100 college draft prospects. Romero and Wong were two of only three athletes from the American Athletic Conference to be named in the BA Top 100.
The list is based off of evaluations by Major League scouts to be used for the MLB First-Year Player Draft. Romero was rated the No.