University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Ranked No. 16 In Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
December 26, 1998
Collegiate Baseball's Preseason Fab 40 Notes:
Team Poll Points 1998 Record
1. Wichita State 482 56-7
2. Georgia Tech 480 41-22
3. USC 479 49-17
4. Rice 478 46-17
5. Long Beach State 472 43-23-1
6. Miami (Florida) 469 51-12
7. LSU 466 48-19
8. Stanford 464 42-14-1
9. Florida State 461 53-20
10. Oklahoma 460 46-18
11. Cal State Fullerton 457 47-17
12. Auburn 454 46-18
13. Texas Tech 452 44-20
14. Florida 448 46-18
15. South Carolina 445 44-18
16. UCLA 441 24-33
17. Texas A&M 438 46-20
18. Arkansas 434 38-21
19. Oklahoma State 432 40-21
20. Clemson 428 43-16
21. Wake Forest 425 43-23
22. Baylor 423 41-20-1
23. North Carolina 420 42-23
24. Washington 419 41-17
25. Tulane 416 48-15
26. Arizona 414 33-23
27. Arizona State 409 41-23
28. Tennessee 406 36-20
29. Minnesota 397 45-15
30. Illinois 396 42-21
31. Texas 393 23-32-1
32. Oklahoma 386 42-20
33. Houston 383 34-25
34. Loyola Marymount 380 34-23-1
35. Oral Roberts 376 45-20
36. Florida International 372 41-24
37. Northeast Louisiana 369 33-22
38. Ohio State 364 37-16
39. Mississippi State 360 42-23
40. Notre Dame 358 41-17
Collegiate Baseball's Preseason All-Americans:
First Team Preseason All-Americans
RHP Shane Wright, Texas Tech. (14-1, 2.71 ERA, 13 CG, 116 SO, 20 BB)
RHP Alex Santos, Miami, Fla. (15-1, 2.54 ERA, 142 SO, 28 BB)
RHP David Walling, Arkansas (10-4, 4.70 ERA, 128 SO, 25 BB)
LHP John Hendricks, Wake Forest (13-4, 3.14 ERA, 11 CG, 111 SO, 34 BB)
LHP Shane Nance, Houston (9-4, 2.95 ERA, 93 SO, 42 BB)
Relief - Marc Bluma, Wichita St. (11 SV, 5-0, 1.74 ERA, 56 K, 17 BB)
C - Eric Munson, Southern California (.392, 16 HR, 56 RBI); preseason player of the year choice
1B - Jon Palmieri, Wake Forest (.438, 12 HR, 78 RBI)
2B - D.J. Svihlik, Illinois (.374, 16 2B, 15 HR, 55 RBI)
SS - Damon Thames, Rice (.424, 36 2B, 26 HR, 115 RBI)
3B - Xavier Nady, California (.404, 15 HR, 28 2B, 70 RBI)
OF - Kevin Mench, Delaware (.455, 33 HR, 16 2B, 16 SB)
OF - Jeff Ryan, Wichita St. (.439, 33 2B, 23 HR, 105 RBI, 31 SB)
OF - Termel Sledge, Long Beach St. (.392, 13 HR, 25 2B, 26 SB)
Utility - Jason Jennings, Baylor (.327, 18 HR, 58 RBI, 11-4 pitching record,
5.08 ERA)
DH - Pat Magness, Wichita St. (.464, 21 HR, 19 2B, 100 RBI)
Second Team Preseason All-Americans
RHP Kip Wells, Baylor (just signed with the Chicago White Sox)
LHP Chuck Crowder, Georgia Tech.
LHP Mario Ramos, Rice
LHP Casey Fossum, Texas A&M
LHP Ryan Spille, S.E. Missouri St.
Relief - Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame
C - Josh Bard, Texas Tech.
1B - Casey Bookout, Oklahoma
2B - Ryan Pond, Brigham Young
SS - Bobby Hill, Miami (Fla.)
SS - Brian Roberts, South Carolina
3B - Andrew Beinbrink, Arizona St.
OF - Jason Sparks, Tulane
OF - Matt Diaz, Florida St.
OF - Ryan Ludwick, UNLV
Utility - Jason Lane, Southern California
DH - Chris Weekly, New Mexico St.
Third Team Preseason All-Americans
LHP Hayden Gliemmo, Auburn
RHP Brent Shoening, Auburn
RHP Ben Christensen, Wichita St.
RHP Ben Sheets, Northeast Louisiana
RHP Ryan Mottl, Clemson
RHP Jon McDonald, Florida St.
RHP Nick Stocks, Florida St.
RHP Matt McClendon, Florida
RHP Michael Schultz, Loyola Marymount
RHP Kip Bouknight, South Carolina
RHP Peter Bauer, South Carolina
RHP Stephen Cowie, Duke
RHP Darryl Roque, Miami (Fla.)
RHP Rik Currier, Southern California
RHP Justin Fry, Ohio St.
RHP Jeremy Ward, Long Beach St.
Relief - Stephen Bess, Rice
C - Brad Cresse, Louisiana St.
C - Chad Sutter, Tulane
C - Josh Holliday, Oklahoma St.
1B - Robb Quinlan, Minnesota
1B - Sean McGowan, Boston College
1B - John Gall, Stanford
2B - Brad Henderson, Mississippi
SS - Vaughn Schill, Duke
SS - Willie Bloomquist, Arizona St.
SS - Keoni DeRenne, Arizona
SS - Brant Ust, Notre Dame
SS - Lon Yamaguchi, New Mexico
3B - Garrett Atkins, UCLA
3B - Royce Huffman, Texas Christian
3B - Luis Fernandez, Florida International
OF - B.J. Barns, Duquesne
OF - Mike Lockwood, Ohio St.
OF - Jon Topolski, Baylor
UT - Mike Dwyer, Richmond
DH - Spencer Oborn, Cal. St. Fullerton