Two Georgia Southern University baseball players have been named Louisville Slugger TPX Preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball.
    Victor Roache, who has been a consensus preseason first team selection, was again selected to the first team.
    Chris Beck, making his first All-American team of the preseason, was chosen to the publication's third team.
    Joining a first team that includes two other players from the Southern Conference, Roache hit .326 with an NCAA-best 30 home runs last season.
    The junior outfielder had a breakout season that didn't end with the Columbia Regional. The Ypsilanti, Mich., native was a participant in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game and the College Baseball Home Run Derby.
    Beck, a junior right-hander, led the SoCon in wins with nine, struck out a league-best 109 batters and pitched a complete game shutout on two days' rest to help the Eagles win the 2011 SoCon tournament title and advance to the NCAA Columbia Regional. The Jefferson native went 9-5 with a 3.23 earned-run average in 19 starts last year.
    Tickets for the 2012 baseball season will go on sale in mid-January through the GSU Athletic Ticket Office.
    The regular season opens Feb. 17 against UT Martin and includes games  against No. 9 Georgia Tech, College of Charleston, Jacksonville and Western Carolina, which all had at least one representative on the All-American list.