HomeNewsLocalAlabama’s Prielipp, Praytor Selected as Preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball NewsAlabama’s Prielipp, Praytor Selected as Preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball NewsTue, December 22, 2020 by RadioAlabama Public Relations TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama’s Connor Prielipp and Sam Praytor were selected as Collegiate Baseball News Preseason All-Americans, the outlet announced on Tuesday morning. Prielipp was named to the outlet’s first team as a starting pitcher while Praytor was featured on CBN’s third team at catcher.In addition to the preseason All-America honors, the Crimson Tide was selected as the No. 27 overall team on CBN’s Fabulous 50 Preseason poll.First Team All-AmericanConnor Prielipp, Starting PitcherFinished his first season with the Crimson Tide by earning First Team and Freshman All-America honors from CBN in addition to being named one the outlet’s four National Freshman Players of the YearSelected as Perfect Game USA’s “Impact Freshman of the Year” while also being tabbed as D1Baseball.com’s “Top Freshman Pitcher” at season’s endMaintained a perfect 0.00 ERA (21.0 IP) and a 3-0 record across his four starts before the season was cut short due to the pandemicStruck out 35 while walking just six and limited the opposition to an SEC-low .077 batting averageAllowed the fewest hits (5) and earned runs (0) in the SEC and gave up just 2.14 hits per nine innings to lead the SEC and rank third nationallyLed the conference and ranked fifth in the country with a 0.52 WHIP while tying for third in SEC in strikeoutsThird Team All-AmericanSam Praytor, CatcherThe Crimson Tide’s starting catcher and one of the veteran leaders for UASaw time in 16 games a season ago, leading Alabama in home runs (6) while ranking third in average at .350 (21-60)Added 18 RBI and 14 runs scored while walking seven times during the pandemic-shortened seasonPraytor’s red-hot start saw the redshirt sophomore set new single-season career-highs in home runs and RBI before the Tide was able to begin SEC playSeen time in 68 career games for the Tide with 64 career starts between catcher and designated hitterGet all the latest information on the team by following @AlabamaBSB on Twitter and Instagram and on Facebook at Alabama Baseball. General athletic news can be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.SHARE NOWShare This Page