MVC Preseason Poll & All-Conference Release

ST. LOUIS – For the second consecutive year, University of Evansville shortstop Eric Stamets has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference preseason all-conference team, voted on by the league’s eight head coaches.
 
Stamets, a junior from Dublin, Ohio, projects to be one of the best shortstops in the nation this year. Last season, Stamets hit .292 with a team-high 51 runs scored and 27 stolen bases. Defensively, he led the Aces with 181 assists and helped the squad to a program-best .977 fielding percentage with a record-low 48 errors as a team.
 
In addition, Stamets turned heads in the summer, playing for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and was named a Cape Cod League All-Star.
 
Stamets was a consensus Freshman All-American and the MVC Freshman of the Year in 2010.
 
Evansville opens the 2012 campaign at Belmont University Friday, Feb. 17 at 4:00 p.m. CT. The first pitch at UE's Braun Stadium will be Friday, March 2 when the Aces host IPFW in the first game of the Dunn Hospitality Classic.