Florida is pre-competition No. 1 nationally for the first time in school history in the 2012 National Collegiate Baseball Writers 15th annual Division I preseason poll.
North Carolina has been selected as the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball preseason favorite in a vote of the leagueÕs 12 head coaches.
Florida is the number one team in the USA Today/ESPN College Baseball 2012 Preseason Poll.
Conference USA announced its 2012 preseason baseball awards, as chosen by the league's nine head coaches. UCF junior utility player D.J. Hicks was chosen as the preseason Player of the Year, while Rice sophomore left-hander Austin Kubitza was named the preseason Pitcher of the Year. Rice was chosen to win the league's championship. The Owls have won either the regular season or tournament championship in each of its first six years as a member of C-USA.
East Carolina has suspended baseball coach Billy Godwin two weeks without pay for an NCAA violation regarding improper housing benefits for volunteer coaches.
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