STEPHENVILLE, Texas –
Zach Poe earned Preseason All-WAC honors as the Western Athletic Conference released the 2024 Baseball Preseason Honors and Coaches' Poll on Tuesday.
Senior Poe clinched a spot on the 2024 Preseason All-WAC team as the lone representative for Tarleton State. The Coaches' Poll saw the Texans picked to finish ninth in conference above Stephen F. Austin and Utah Tech.
The right-handed pitcher led the Purple and White, for the third season in a row, with 23 appearances. Poe held a 1.82 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and a .204 opponent batting average in 29.2 innings pitched. The Madisonville, Texas, native, saw a new career high in strikeouts (32) and a new career low with only nine walks on the season.
The Grand Canyon Lopes received nine votes to take the first place title. Utah Valley took second place with one vote and 75 points while California Baptist also received one vote and 74 points to take third place.
Utah Valley's Daniel Dikinson and California Baptist's Mitchel Simon were named 2024 WAC Preseason Players of the Year.
The 2024 WAC Preseason pitcher of the Year title was awarded to Grand Canyon's Daniel Avitia.
The Texans will play 28 conference games in the 2024 season. This season, 11 teams will compete for a spot in the conference tournament, but only eight will make their way to Mesa, Arizona, for the tournament at Hohokam Stadium.
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The Coaches' Poll and All Preseason honors can be found below.
Rank Team (First Place Votes) Points
| 1. |
Grand Canyon (9) |
99 |
| 2. |
Utah Valley (1) |
75 |
| 3. |
California Baptist (1) |
74 |
| 4. |
Abilene Christian |
70 |
| 5. |
UT Arlington |
68 |
| 6. |
UTRGV |
59 |
| 7. |
Sacramento State |
54 |
| 8. |
Seattle U |
39 |
| 9. |
Tarleton State |
34 |
| 10. |
Stephen F. Austin |
19 |
| 11. |
Utah Tech |
16 |
2024 WAC Preseason Players of the Year: Daniel Dickinson, So., INF, Utah Valley
Mitchel Simon, Sr., INF, California Baptist
2024 WAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year: Daniel Avitia, Jr., RHP, Grand Canyon
2024 Preseason All-WAC Team
C – Michael Carpentier, Sr., California Baptist
1B – Zach Yorke, So., Grand Canyon
2B – Daniel Dickinson, So., Utah Valley
3B – Mitchel Simon, Sr., California Baptist
SS – Matthew Schwarz, Sr., Utah Valley
OF – Miller Laudusau, Sr., Abilene Christian
OF – Cade Verdusco, Sr., Grand Canyon
OF – Garrison Berkley, R-Jr., UT Arlington
DH – Cesar Valero, Sr., Sacramento State
SP – Daniel Avitia, Jr., RHP, Grand Canyon
SP – Angelo Cabral, Sr., RHP, UTRGV
RP –
Zach Poe, Sr., RHP, Tarleton State
