NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama outfielder Ethan Wilson was named the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, as announced by the league office Monday.
Wilson was also a First-Team All-Sun Belt selection in the outfield, while right-hander Zach Greene was also named First-Team All-Sun Belt at relief pitcher.
Wilson is the first freshman to be named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, and the first Jaguar to earn the award since Jordan Patterson in 2013. Wilson is the first Jag to be named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year since David Doss in 2006, and the first Jaguar outfielder to earn the award since Tim Merritt in 1999.