(New Orleans, LA) Western Kentucky University has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Sun Belt baseball crown. The league's eleven coaches gave the Hilltoppers nine first-place votes, while New Orleans and Louisiana-Lafayette each received one. Western Kentucky returns all eight starters and nine members of its pitching staff from a team that won its second straight Sun Belt Conference tournament in 2008.
WKU pitcher Matt Ridings is the preseason Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year, while Louisiana-Monroe shortstop Ben Soigner received preseason Player of the Year honors.
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Sun Belt Conference Preseason Poll
(First-place votes) Total Points
1. Western Kentucky (9) 119
2. Troy 100
3. Louisiana-Monroe 84
4. New Orleans (1) 79
5. Louisiana-Lafayette (1) 78
6. Florida Atlantic 66
7. South Alabama 64
8. Middle Tennessee 55
9. Florida International 42
10.Arkansas State 22
11. Arkansas-Little Rock 17
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