OMAHA, Neb. – University of South Alabama outfielder Cole Billingsley was named to the 2016 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Division I Gold Glove Team.
It marks the second consecutive season Billingsley has earned an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The Cropwell, Ala., native did not commit an error in 188 chances in center field this season while also recording five assists. Billingsley has played 151 consecutive games at USA without committing an error, and has made just one error – which came at Troy in his freshman season of 2013 – in his Jaguar career.
Billingsley was named first-team all-Sun Belt Conference after leading the league in stolen bases (31) for the second straight year.