Left-handed pitcher Hunter Barco collected a first-team honor while outfielders Jud Fabian and Sterlin Thompson made the third-team list.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 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=yF2NbiJQP9GskYzgnKlC9VSp-OCY2kC6vhJOQ27HmpqN4Pcy_qRFQWcV61AIw_2-&s=dG1w1yt0UKhUmfOB1s-Bs75f-vx3JteCslgr4pdA-OI&e= >, 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=yF2NbiJQP9GskYzgnKlC9VSp-OCY2kC6vhJOQ27HmpqN4Pcy_qRFQWcV61AIw_2-&s=QYXZrOQTI6qfdPGfB49zQ_WBfvbPMqC6ph-r5n8cj04&e= > 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=yF2NbiJQP9GskYzgnKlC9VSp-OCY2kC6vhJOQ27HmpqN4Pcy_qRFQWcV61AIw_2-&s=gzDJWwIG8e5R36pX0o4OcSamVQyN1VUH_F5sktl7q1M&e= > have each been named Preseason All-Americans by Baseball America, as announced on Monday morning.
Barco collected a first-team honor, while Fabian and Thompson both made the third-team list. This comes as the first-career Preseason All-America accolade for Thompson, whereas Barco and Fabian have already been named Preseason All-Americans this spring by Collegiate Baseball<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2021_12_21_baseball-2Dbarco-2Dfabian-2Dtabbed-2Dfirst-2Dteam-2Dpreseason-2Dall-2Damericans.aspx&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=yF2NbiJQP9GskYzgnKlC9VSp-OCY2kC6vhJOQ27HmpqN4Pcy_qRFQWcV61AIw_2-&s=tNrwQrC3wp3YuNRoMAdrOS9LJZjOUrUPVTsflt4XfSM&e= > and Perfect Game<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2022_1_5_baseball-2Dgators-2Dduo-2Dtabbed-2Dpreseason-2Dall-2Damericans-2Dby-2Dperfect-2Dgame.aspx&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=yF2NbiJQP9GskYzgnKlC9VSp-OCY2kC6vhJOQ27HmpqN4Pcy_qRFQWcV61AIw_2-&s=ioYyQ-BBIyokcQgSUbpvjtcHme2YvHpk5Z-Na3v5_TA&e= >.
Leading the way on Baseball America’s first team, Barco 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.
Entering his true-sophomore season in 2022, Thompson batted .301/.396/.470 one season ago and was named to the Freshman All-SEC Team. Recently ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 90 prospect for the 2022 MLB Draft, Thompson swatted five home runs in his debut college campaign and also tallied three triples, 10 doubles, 39 runs, 27 RBI and two stolen bases. He performed exceptionally well in the 2021 SEC Baseball Tournament, garnering an All-Tournament Team accolade after hitting .375 with one home run, two doubles, five runs scored and five RBI.
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.
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