NEW ORLEANS – UL Lafayette was pegged as the Sun Belt Conference favorite to win this year’s baseball crown, the league office announced on Tuesday after a vote of the conference's 11 head coaches while South Alabama’s duo of Cole Billingsley and Kevin Hill were tabbed by the coaches as the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Student-Athlete and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
The Ragin' Cajuns enter 2016 as the favorite to win the league for the third consecutive season. Last year the Cajuns went 42-23 finishing third in the league. They went on to win the Sun Belt tournament title and claim the NCAA Houston Regional championship before falling in the Super Regionals to LSU.