Photo: PVAMU's Wrandal Taylor is named Pre-season SWAC Pitcher of the year. The senior is from Ozen HS., Beumont, Texas MVSU’s Bard, PVAM’s Taylor tabbed for All-Conference selections.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The ballots have been tallied and Mississippi Valley State’s Sean Bard was selected as the 2008 SWAC Baseball Preseason Player of the Year. Wrandal Taylor of Prairie View A&M University, the defending SWAC champions, was named Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
Taylor, a 5-foot-11, 195 pound senior from Beaumont, Texas, helped lead the Panthers to the 2007 SWAC championship. He led the conference in strikeouts with 89 and was second with 92 innings pitched. He was ranked second in the SWAC in wins with nine and fifth in the SWAC with a 4.11 earned run average. Taylor was named Pitcher of the Year in 2006 when he threw 78.1 innings with 75 strikeouts with an average of 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.
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