WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team has been picked to finish fourth in the BIG EAST Conference this season after recording back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in program history.
 
Junior Owen Carapellotti, who was tabbed as a second team all-conference selection a season ago, was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Carapellotti was spectacular for Georgetown in 2023 tallying 57 starts while batting .289. Carapellotti smashed 16 home runs and tallied 44 RBIs last season and was also named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List prior to the start of last season.
 
Sophomore Cody Bowker was also tabbed as a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection as a pitcher. Bowker made 14 appearances on the mound in 2023 and boasted a 2.57 ERA in 42.0 innings of action. Bowker tallied 47 strikeouts which was third on the team behind third round pick of the Astros Jake Bloss (96) and junior Andrew Williams (49).
 
 
The University of Connecticut was picked to finish first after winning the regular season crown a season ago. The Huskies received six first place votes followed by Xavier with two.


Preseason Coaches' Poll
First place votes in ( )
1.  UConn (6) – 48
2.  Xavier (2) – 44
3.  Seton Hall – 35
4.  Creighton – 29
4.  Georgetown – 29
6.  St. John's – 17
7.  Butler – 14
8.  Villanova – 8
 
 
Preseason Player of the Year
Jake Studley, OF, UConn
 
Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Stephen Quigley, SP, UConn
 
Preseason All-BIG EAST Team*
C – Owen Carapellotti, Georgetown
1B – Matt McCormick, Xavier ^
2B – Jared Cushing, Xavier
3B – Grant Stephenson, Xavier ^
SS – Max Viera, Seton Hall
DH – Jack Grace, Creighton
OF – Joey Urban, Butler
OF – Jake Studley, UConn ^
OF – Devin Hack, Seton Hall
SP – Garrett Coe, UConn
SP – Stephen Quigley, UConn ^
SP – Dominic Cancellieri, Creighton
SP – Cody Bowker, Georgetown
SP – Luke Hoskins, Xavier
RP – Ryan Reich, Seton Hall
^ - denotes unanimous selection
* due to a tie in voting, there is an extra member on the preseason all-conference team.