Dyson, Dalton Earn Preseason All-America Honors

Florida juniors Wil Dalton and Tyler Dyson each earned Preseason All-America Honors from Baseball America on Monday.

Baseball America annually polls major league organizations' scouting departments to vote on the team and asks that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential. In the past, the Preseason All-America team has been a predictor both of the first round of the draft and of team success.

Dyson was selected as a First Team Preseason All-American. In his career, he has a 9-3 record and 3.93 ERA over 89.1 innings pitched. Dyson played a key role in the Gators' 2017 National Championship, starting the final game and allowing just one run over six innings to earn the win. He had a 4.47 ERA over 11 starts in 2018 as he struggled with a nagging injury for most of the year.

Dalton earned a spot on the Preseason All-America Third Team. Last year, he earned Second Team All-SEC honors with a team-best 60 RBI. Dalton ranked second in the SEC in RBI and home runs (19) in 2018 and was the only player to start all 70 games for the Gators last season.

Fourteen schools from five conferences are represented on the first team. In all, the 42 players on the three Preseason All-America teams represent 35 schools.

Last year, nine members of the 2018 preseason first team became first-round picks in June, including College Player of the Year Brady Singer. In all, 13 players from last year's Preseason All-America teams were drafted in the first round last year, including the top five picks overall.

FIRST TEAM

C      Adley Rutschman, Jr., Oregon State
1B    Andrew Vaughn, Jr., California
2B    Chase Strumpf, Jr., UCLA
3B    Josh Jung, Jr., Texas Tech
SS    Logan Davidson, Jr., Clemson
OF    JJ Bleday, Jr., Vanderbilt
OF    Michael Busch, Jr., North Carolina
OF    Kyle Stowers, Jr., Stanford
SP    Tyler Dyson, Jr., Florida
SP    Nick Lodolo, Jr., Texas Christian
SP    Graeme Stinson, Jr., Duke
SP    Zack Thompson, Jr., Kentucky
RP    Matt Cronin, Jr., Arkansas
UTL Matt Wallner, Jr., Southern Mississippi

SECOND TEAM

C      Shea Langeliers, Jr., Baylor
1B    Spencer Torkelson, So., Arizona State
2B    Noah Campbell, So., South Carolina
3B    Austin Shenton, Jr., Florida International
SS    Bryson Stott, Jr., Nevada-Las Vegas
OF    Dominic Fletcher, Jr., Arkansas
OF    Kameron Misner, Jr., Missouri
OF    Bryant Packard, Jr., East Carolina
SP    Matt Canterino, Jr., Rice
SP    George Kirby, Jr., Elon
SP    Erik Miller, Jr., Stanford
SP    Alek Manoah, Jr., West Virginia
RP    Jack Little, Jr., Stanford
UTL J.T. Ginn, Fr., Mississippi State

THIRD TEAM

C      Patrick Bailey, So., North Carolina State
1B    Logan Wyatt, Jr., Louisville
2B    Michael Massey, Jr., Illinois
3B    Nick Quintana, Jr., Arizona
SS    Will Wilson, Jr., North Carolina State
OF    Wil Dalton, Jr., Florida
OF    Heston Kjerstad, So., Arkansas
OF    Will Robertson, Jr., Creighton
SP    Kyle Brnovich, Jr., Elon
SP    Zack Hess, Jr., Louisiana State
SP    Ryne Nelson, Jr., Oregon
SP    Ryan Zeferjahn, Jr., Kansas
RP    Parker Caracci, R-Jr., Mississippi
UTL Aaron Schunk, Jr., Georgia

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