Mount Olive and North Greenville Share Top Spot in 2021 Baseball Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Perennial powers Mount Olive and North Greenville are tied atop the 2021 Conference Carolinas Baseball Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially unveiled the preseason poll on Dec. 16, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Mount Olive and North Greenville both secured a total of 55 points in the preseason poll. The Trojans collected three first-place votes, while North Greenville picked up four first-place votes.
Belmont Abbey had one first-place vote and was third overall with a total of 46 points. Erskine (40) was fourth in the preseason poll and they were followed by King (39) and Barton (34). The Bulldogs picked up the final first-place vote in the preseason poll. Emmanuel (28), Chowan (17) and Southern Wesleyan (10) closed out the voting in the preseason poll.
The 2021 Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship is scheduled for Wednesday, April 21-Sunday, April 25 at Fleming Stadium in Wilson, North Carolina.
2021 Conference Carolinas
Baseball Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Mount Olive |
3 |
55 |
| North Greenville |
4 |
55 |
| Belmont Abbey |
1 |
46 |
| Erskine |
|
40 |
| King |
|
39 |
| Barton |
1 |
34 |
| Emmanuel |
|
28 |
| Chowan |
|
17 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
|
10 |
2021 Conference Carolinas Baseball
Players to Watch
Barton
Gentry Fortuno, Fr., Right-Handed Pitcher, Pembroke Pines, Florida
Alex Hart, Jr., Left-Handed Pitcher, Raleigh, North Carolina
Dylan Scaranda, Fr., Infielder, New Bern, North Carolina
Belmont Abbey
Mason Dodd, Sr., Infielder, Augusta, Georgia (2019 and 2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Sam High, Sr., Right-Handed Pitcher, Lincolnton, North Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Griffin Baker, Sr., Left-Handed Pitcher, Durham, North Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
Patrick Krack, R-So., Outfielder, Nottingham, Maryland
Shane Rademacher, So., Pitcher, Greenville, North Carolina
Caleb Peterson, R-Jr., Pitcher, Urbana, Ohio
Emmanuel
Jake Denham, Jr., Left-Handed Pitcher, Tempe, Arizona
Tyler Mayfield, So., Right-Handed Pitcher, Kathleen, Georgia
Brody Campbell, Fr., First Base, Ringgold, Georgia
Erskine
Drew Yniesta, Jr., Infielder, North Charleston, South Carolina (2019 All-Conference Carolinas)
Gregory Sanders, So., Outfielder, Charleston, South Carolina
Tariq Bacon, So., Right-Handed Pitcher, Fort Pierce, Florida
King
Braden White, Sr., Left-Handed Pitcher, Marion, Illinois
Trevor Beards, Sr., Right-Handed Pitcher, Fair Oaks, California
Jarrett Backus, Sr., Infielder, Apopka, Florida
Mount Olive
Garrett McDaniels, So., Left-Handed Pitcher, Nichols, South Carolina
Reed Parris, Jr., Right-Handed Pitcher, Kinston, North Carolina
Will Abbott, Jr., Right-Handed Pitcher, Camden, South Carolina
North Greenville
John Michael Faile, R-So., Catcher, Boiling Springs, South Carolina (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, 2019 All-Tournament, 2019 All-Region, 2019 All-American)
Josh Senter, R-Jr., Outfielder, Lexington, South Carolina (2019 All-Tournament)
Ethan Garner, Gr., Pitcher, Jefferson, Georgia (2018 and 2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Southern Wesleyan
Parker Pillsbury, So., Outfielder/Pitcher, Inverness, Florida
