Three Georgia State baseball players were named to the Sun Belt all-conference preseason teams on Tuesday.
Catcher Joey Roach was named to the team after batting .302 with seven home runs and 39 RBIs last year. He is a two-time All-Sun Belt player.
Center fielder Ryan Blanton was named to the team after leading the Panthers with a .330 batting average. He added six homers, 22 RBIs and 42 runs scored.
Shortstop Justin Jones was named to the team after leading all freshmen in the conference in batting average (.297), RBIs (28) and runs (35).
Georgia State was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll.
2016 Preseason All-Sun Belt Baseball Team
Evan Challenger (Georgia Southern, SP, RS-Junior)
Gunner Leger (Louisiana-Lafayette, SP, Sophomore)
Kevin Hill (South Alabama, SP, RS-Senior)
Dylan Moore (Louisiana-Lafayette, RP, Sophomore)
Joey Roach (Georgia State, C, Senior)
Tanner Hill (Texas State, 1B, Senior)
Stefan Trosclair (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2B, Senior)
Justin Jones (Georgia State, SS, Sophomore)
Tanner Ring (Arkansas State, 3B, Senior)
Ryan Blanton (Georgia State, OF, Junior)
Kyle Clement (Louisiana-Lafayette, OF, Senior)
Cole Billingsley (South Alabama, OF, RS-Junior)
Danny Martinez (South Alabama, DH, Senior)
Cory Geisler (Texas State, UTIL, Senior)
2016 Preseason Student-Athlete of the Year
Cole Billingsley (South Alabama, OF, RS-Junior)
2016 Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Kevin Hill (South Alabama, SP, RS-Senior)
2016 Sun Belt Coaches Predicted Order of Finish (first place votes)
1. Louisiana-Lafayette (8), 117 pts
2. South Alabama (3), 111 pts
3. Texas State, 88 pts
4. Troy, 81 pts
5. Georgia Southern, 76 pts
6. Georgia State, 63 pts
7. Texas-Arlington, 57 pts
8. Arkansas State, 50 pts
9. Arkansas-Little Rock, 35 pts
10. Louisiana-Monroe, 29 pts
11. Appalachian State, 19 pts
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