HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana junior Preston Faulkner was named to the Preseason All-Southland Conference baseball squad, the league office announced Tuesday.
 
Faulkner, who hails from Denham Springs, Louisiana, represents the Lions as the second-team first baseman. He finished the regular season hitting .273 with a team-leading 17 doubles and 11 home runs, driving in 48 runs.
 
Maturing as a hitter as the season wore on, Faulkner blasted eight home runs over the last half of the season and led the team in game-winning RBIs. He ranked sixth in the Southland in home runs, seventh in doubles, eighth in RBIs and ninth in runs scored (47).
 
After meeting in the 2019 Southland Baseball Tournament championship, Central Arkansas and McNeese led the way with five selections each, followed by UIW with four. Lamar and Sam Houston State each garnered a trio of picks, while Houston Baptist and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi picked up a pair of honorees. Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern and Stephen F. Austin each had one individual selected to the second team. The squads feature 16 returning all-conference honorees and three members of the 2019 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team.
 
The 2020 Southland Baseball Preseason Poll will be announced Thursday. The season begins Friday, Feb. 14, with 15 games by conference members, including the Lions' 6 p.m. game at UL Lafayette.
 
Southland preseason all-conference teams are nominated and voted upon by the league's head coaches. Voting for one's own athletes is not permitted. Returning all-conference selections from the previous season are automatically named to the preseason teams and may be elevated to higher teams based on available positions.
 
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ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team

Name		School		Pos.		Class		Hometown
Ryan Flores*		UIW		1B		Jr.		Corpus Christi, Texas
Nate Fisbeck*^		McNeese		2B		Sr.		The Woodlands, Texas
Beau Orlando^		Central Arkansas		3B		Sr.		Houston, Texas
JC Correa*		Lamar		SS		Sr.		Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
Gavin Johnson		Sam Houston State		C		R-Sr.		San Antonio, Texas
Clayton Rasbeary*		McNeese		DH		Sr.		Rockwall, Texas
Sean Arnold*		UIW		OF		Sr.		Bryan, Texas
Brandon Bena*		Houston Baptist		OF		Sr.		Omaha, Neb.
Colton Cowser*		Sam Houston State		OF		So.		Cypress, Texas
Noah Cameron*		Central Arkansas		SP		So.		St. Joseph, Mo.
Will Dion		McNeese		SP		So.		Sulphur, La.
Kyle Gruller*		Houston Baptist		SP		Sr.		Cypress, Texas
Conner Williams		Central Arkansas		RP		Sr.		Conway, Ark.
Itchy Burts*		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi		U		Sr.		League City, Texas

 
Second Team

Name		School		Pos.		Class		Hometown
Preston Faulkner		Southeastern Louisiana		1B		Jr.		Denham Springs, La.
Logan Berlof*		Lamar		2B		Sr.		McKinney, Texas
Anthony Quirion		Lamar		3B		Sr.		Dixville, Quebec, Canada
Reid Bourque		McNeese		SS		Jr.		Moss Bluff, La.
Chris Sandberg		Nicholls		C		Sr.		Los Angeles, Calif.
Lee Thomas*		UIW		DH		Sr.		Katy, Texas
Josh Ragan*		Central Arkansas		OF		Sr.		Irving, Texas
Jack Rogers*		Sam Houston State		OF		Jr.		Spring, Texas
Tyler Smith*		Northwestern State		OF		Sr.		Franklinton, La.
John Gaddis		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi		SP		Jr.		Corpus Christi, Texas
Gavin Stone		Central Arkansas		SP		Jr.		Lake City, Ark.
Luke Taggart		UIW		SP		Sr.		Portland, Texas
Jeremy Rodriguez		Stephen F. Austin		RP		Sr.		Cypress, Texas
Jake Dickerson*^		McNeese		U		Sr.		Beaumont, Texas

 
* - Member of 2019 All-Southland Conference teams
^ - Member of 2019 Southland Conference All-Tournament team