Baseball: Austin Peterson Earns Preseason All-American Honors
The Huskies are coming off their third-straight NCAA tournament appearance and seventh in the last 11 years. UConn captured both the 2021 BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles, marking the first time in program history the team had won both in the same season.
In his first season in Storrs, Peterson received Second Team All-BIG EAST honors after going 7-1 with 2.58 ERA. The Chesterton, Ind. native recorded 82 strikeouts in 80.1 innings pitched and held opponents to a measly .201 batting average against.
The tall right-hander finished fourth in the BIG EAST in ERA, third in innings pitched and wins and led the league with 33 strikeouts looking. UConn was recently picked to win the BIG EAST title again in 2022.
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