Genord Named First Team All-Conference
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 20, 2019 – Senior first baseman
Joe Genord was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team, the league offices announced on Monday afternoon.
Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) hit a career best .333 in 2019 with 13 home runs, 52 RBI and 36 runs scored. A year after being a second team all-conference selection, Genord was named preseason all-conference in December and lived up to the expectations in 2019. He had 16 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games, finishing the year with a 25 game on-base streak.
The senior slugger finished his USF career third in program history with 44 home runs. His 163 career RBI and 78 extra-base hits are both good for ninth in program history. Genord's 16 homers in 2018 were the seventh most in USF's single-season history.
About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls continued the success under first-year head coach Billy Mohl in 2018, reaching 36 wins and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, while being ranked in multiple polls for the final two months. USF earned its third NCAA Regional berth in the last four seasons and had six all-conference selections in 2018. The team had four players drafted in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program's fourth first rounder, Shane McClanahan. Junior third baseman David Villar was taken in the 11th round after tallying 24 doubles and hitting better than .370, being named first team all-conference and an All-American. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 13 NCAA appearances.
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