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Webb Named Preseason All-Conference
Dec 21, 2017 | Baseball
Senior outfielder batted .305 with 43 runs scored in 52 games last season
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Senior Tyler Webb has been named to the Preseason American Athletic Conference team, the league office announced Thursday. The all-conference teams were released in conjunction with the league's preseason poll and Memphis was picked to finish seventh in the poll.
Webb was the Tigers second-leading hitter last season, with a .305 batting average, 65 hits, 16 doubles and 43 runs scored. Webb started 52 games, including 50 games as the Tigers' center fielder and batted leadoff in 29 games.
A Prosper, Texas native, Webb had 16 multiple-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games during the year. One of his four-hit performances came in the Tigers' win over Ole Miss at AutoZone Park. In the Tigers win over Murray State, Webb had four hits and a career-high five RBI.
Webb came to Memphis last season after an All-American career at Galveston College, where he batted .426 with 83 hits, 15 doubles, 34 RBI and 54 runs scored in 2016.
This marks the third-consecutive season for Memphis to have an outfielder on the preseason all-conference team. Last season, Chris Carrier received preseason honors before producing a great senior season and being drafted by the Chicago Cubs. Two seasons ago, Darien Tubbs was named the preseason Player of the Year and ended the season by being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Memphis opens the 2017 regular season at FedExPark against Western Kentucky, Feb. 16-18. The Tigers will play 31 total home games, including three games at AutoZone Park against Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
Webb was the Tigers second-leading hitter last season, with a .305 batting average, 65 hits, 16 doubles and 43 runs scored. Webb started 52 games, including 50 games as the Tigers' center fielder and batted leadoff in 29 games.
A Prosper, Texas native, Webb had 16 multiple-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games during the year. One of his four-hit performances came in the Tigers' win over Ole Miss at AutoZone Park. In the Tigers win over Murray State, Webb had four hits and a career-high five RBI.
Webb came to Memphis last season after an All-American career at Galveston College, where he batted .426 with 83 hits, 15 doubles, 34 RBI and 54 runs scored in 2016.
This marks the third-consecutive season for Memphis to have an outfielder on the preseason all-conference team. Last season, Chris Carrier received preseason honors before producing a great senior season and being drafted by the Chicago Cubs. Two seasons ago, Darien Tubbs was named the preseason Player of the Year and ended the season by being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Memphis opens the 2017 regular season at FedExPark against Western Kentucky, Feb. 16-18. The Tigers will play 31 total home games, including three games at AutoZone Park against Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
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