DENVER – The Western Athletic Conference announced its 2019 preseason honors, as voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. New Mexico State led all conference opponents in Preseason All-WAC Team selections with six and Brock Whittlesey was projected as the WAC Pitcher of the Year.
On the preseason coaches' poll, NM State was picked to finish in second, receiving three first-place votes. Grand Canyon was selected as the preseason champion garnering five first-place votes and Sacramento State was right behind the Aggies picked third and received the remaining two first-place votes. The remainder of the poll featured Seattle U picked to finish fourth, Cal Baptist and UT Rio Grande Valley tied for fifth, CSU Bakersfield selected for seventh, Northern Colorado took eighth, followed by Utah Valley and Chicago State in ninth and tenth, respectively.