HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana University baseball student-athlete Preston Faulkner earned ABCA/Rawlings All-Region honors for his 2022 on-field performance, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
 
A senior from Denham Springs, Louisiana, Faulkner picked up second-team honors as a first baseman after leading the Southland Conference with 17 home runs and 80 RBIs. The RBI total ranks third and the home run total ranks fifth on the program's single-season charts.
 
Faulkner finished the season ranked in the Top 5 of nine different Southland statistical categories, including slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, hits, RBIs, doubles, home runs, at bats and walks.
 
A torrid month of May led to Faulkner being named the Southland's Hitter of the Week following the Houston Baptist Series and the Southland Tournament MVP. The Lions broke or tied 19 tournament records on the way to an NCAA Regional appearance with Faulkner setting records for both hits (18) and runs scored (15).
 
Faulkner finished his career ranked in the Top 10 of 10 different SLU statistical categories, including strikeouts (first), home runs and RBIs (second), hit by pitch (fourth), doubles (fifth), at bats and sacrifice flies (sixth), runs scored (eighth), games played and walks (ninth), as well as hits (10^th).
 
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 13,000 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth.
 
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2022 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIV. I SOUTH ALL-REGION TEAMS

NCAA Div. I South All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Andrew Keck	Jr.	Southeast Missouri State	MO
C	Drake Baldwin	Jr.	Missouri State	MO
1B	Carson Roccaforte	So.	Louisiana	LA
1B	Tim Elko	Sr.	Ole Miss	MS
2B	RJ Yeager	Gr.	Mississippi State	MS
3B	Jacob Berry	So.	LSU	LA
SS	Taylor Young	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
OF	Dylan Crews	So.	LSU	LA
OF	Ethan Groff	So.	Tulane	LA
OF	Steele Netterville	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
DH	Hunter Hines	Fr.	Mississippi State	MS
P	Tanner Hall	So.	Southern Miss	MS
P	Shemar Page	Gr.	Grambling State	LA
P	Hurston Waldrep	So.	Southern Miss	LA
P	Tyler Cleveland	So.	Central Arkansas	AR
RP	Cameron Foster	Sr.	McNeese State	LA
NCAA Div. I South All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	John Garcia	So.	Grambling State	LA
1B	Preston Faulkner	Sr.	Southeastern Louisiana	LA
2B	Brad Burckel	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
2B	Amani Larry	So.	New Orleans	LA
3B	Cayden Wallace	So.	Arkansas	AR
SS	Tyler Wilber	Sr.	Southeast Missouri State	MO
OF	Mason Holt	Sr.	Louisiana Monroe	LA
OF	Cole McConnell	So.	Louisiana Tech	LA
OF	Payton Harden	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
DH	Brayden Jobert	So.	LSU	LA
P	Hunter Riggins	Gr.	Southern Miss	MS
P	Ma'Khail Hilliard	Sr.	LSU	LA
P	Jonathan Fincher	Jr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
RP	Kyle Crigger	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA