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Carrier Named Preseason All-Conference
Dec 21, 2016 | Baseball
Outfielder enters senior season with more than 100 games played
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Senior outfielder Chris Carrier has been named to the American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference team, the league office announced Wednesday.
Carrier has a career batting average of .261 in 115 games played with 65 RBI and 67 runs scored. The Christian Brothers High School product started 55 games last season, batting .280 and leading the team with 38 RBI and 45 runs scored.
A Memphis native, Carrier also led the Tigers with 16 doubles and six home runs. Not only a power hitter, he was second on the team with 15 stolen bases on 16 attempts.
Carrier burst onto the scene in 2015, starting 36 game and batting .254 with seven doubles and five homers before his season was cut short because of an injury.
The all-conference teams were released in conjunction with the league's preseason poll. Memphis and UCF were picked tied for seventh in the poll.
Memphis opens the 2017 regular season against Tennessee with a three-game series at FedExPark that gets started on February 17 a 4 p.m. The Tigers will play 32 games at FedExPark and two games downtown at AutoZone Park in 2017.
Carrier has a career batting average of .261 in 115 games played with 65 RBI and 67 runs scored. The Christian Brothers High School product started 55 games last season, batting .280 and leading the team with 38 RBI and 45 runs scored.
A Memphis native, Carrier also led the Tigers with 16 doubles and six home runs. Not only a power hitter, he was second on the team with 15 stolen bases on 16 attempts.
Carrier burst onto the scene in 2015, starting 36 game and batting .254 with seven doubles and five homers before his season was cut short because of an injury.
The all-conference teams were released in conjunction with the league's preseason poll. Memphis and UCF were picked tied for seventh in the poll.
Memphis opens the 2017 regular season against Tennessee with a three-game series at FedExPark that gets started on February 17 a 4 p.m. The Tigers will play 32 games at FedExPark and two games downtown at AutoZone Park in 2017.
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