Barco’s first-team honor represents his fifth preseason accolade of 2022 while Fabian’s second-team nod stands as his fourth.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida baseball placed two players on the 21st Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-America teams in left-handed pitcher Hunter Barco<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15091&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=S-EoObH6vZW6tcY83jtk9lxDNbWxvTfvKCOYrZ1xVhA&e= > (first team) and outfielder Jud Fabian<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15127&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=4SEfvVBw6Qbn2nT8WKdLYq9Vs2KOE2iBUjlCIoHx9po&e= > (second team).
The NCBWA announcements represents Barco’s fifth Preseason All-America nod and third first-team accolade of the 2022 campaign. As for Fabian, the honor comes as his fourth Preseason All-America mention including his first second-team accolade.
In total, Barco, Fabian and outfielder Sterlin Thompson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15108&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=W9omM4gt2NcQ2GoxRDoP64y_cLhaFXsvnz9aabV5BqA&e= > have combined for 10 Preseason All-America awards across five publications already this season: four first team, three second team and three third team.
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. The preseason All-America squads are considered the first step toward the eventual selection of the 2021 Dick Howser Trophy, which has been voted upon for 24 seasons by members of the NCBWA.
Barco, a Jacksonville, Fla. native, is coming off a 2021 campaign in which he was named to the Newcomer All-SEC Team and Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team. While pacing the Gators with 10 wins in a team-high 16 starts, Barco finished the year with a 4.01 ERA, .239 batting average against and 94 strikeouts in 83 innings pitched. The second-year performance came on the heels of a standout freshman season in which Barco went 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA and 26 strikeouts across 19.1 frames.
As for Fabian, the Ocala, Fla. native returns to Florida for a fourth season after producing a 2021 campaign that saw him become just the fifth Gator to hit 20 home runs in a single season en route to collecting Third Team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA. Thanks to a .249/.364/.560 batting line with 30 extra-base hits, 51 runs, 46 RBI and a .971 fielding percentage, Fabian was also named Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings First Team, First Team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Defensive Team. Overall, the Ocala, Fla. native is a .249/.366/.512 career hitter with 32 homers, 25 doubles, 102 runs and 85 RBI in 132 games.
Florida is set to open the 2022 season at home the weekend of Feb. 18-20 in the form of a three-game series against Liberty of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Preseason All-American Gators
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15091&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=S-EoObH6vZW6tcY83jtk9lxDNbWxvTfvKCOYrZ1xVhA&e= >Hunter Barco<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15091&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=S-EoObH6vZW6tcY83jtk9lxDNbWxvTfvKCOYrZ1xVhA&e= >: First Team (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA); Second Team (D1Baseball, Perfect Game)
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15127&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=4SEfvVBw6Qbn2nT8WKdLYq9Vs2KOE2iBUjlCIoHx9po&e= >Jud Fabian<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15127&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=4SEfvVBw6Qbn2nT8WKdLYq9Vs2KOE2iBUjlCIoHx9po&e= >: First Team (Collegiate Baseball); Second Team (NCBWA); Third Team (Baseball America, Perfect Game)
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15108&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=W9omM4gt2NcQ2GoxRDoP64y_cLhaFXsvnz9aabV5BqA&e= >Sterlin Thompson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D15108&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=COYt96Vai8OKl33EXlcHkR-oz4PFq2I1Cdfmczq1sX44kH6-JVD2l9ch2rgieX0Y&s=W9omM4gt2NcQ2GoxRDoP64y_cLhaFXsvnz9aabV5BqA&e= >: Third Team (Baseball America)
