A website called College Sports Madness flitted across my twitter feed a few weeks ago, and I was pleased to discover that they listed a preseason All-Conference team for each and every division I conference. So, of course, I spent way too much time perusing the lists for former Valley League players.

Would you like to know who they are? Of course you would!

First off, no alumnus was named preseason All-American by the site, and they named four teams. Let’s do this by conference:

  • ACC: Brandon Gold (Harrisonburg 2014), Georgia Tech- 2nd team pitcher
  • Big East: Jeff Schank (Waynesboro 2014), Butler- 1st team pitcher; Beau Hall (Charlottesville 2015), Georgetown- 2nd team OF
  • Big 12: Kameron Esthay (Harrisonburg 2015), Baylor- 2nd team OF; Kyle Davis (Charlottesville 2015), West Virginia- 2nd team utility
  • Atlantic 10: Brandon Gum (New Market 2013-14), George Mason- 1st team IF; Joey Ravert (Strasburg 2014), LaSalle- 1st team utility; Tyler Zombro (Staunton 2014), George Mason- 2nd team P
  • Atlantic Sun: Brooks Wilson (Waynesboro 2015), Stetson- 1st team P; Michael Gigliotti (Covington 2015), Lipscomb- 1st team OF
  • Big South: Roger Gonzalez (Waynesboro 2013), Winthrop- 2nd team IF; Dylan Nelson (Rockbridge 2013), Radford- 2nd team P; Nate Blanchard (New Market 2015), Charleston Southern- 2nd team IF
  • Colonial: Ryan Foster (Winchester 2013), UNC Wilmington- 2nd team P; Erven Roper (Woodstock 2014-15), Charleston- 2nd team IF; Bradley Jones (Charles Town 2015), Charleston- 2nd UTIL
  • C-USA: Brad Jarreau (Staunton 2015), Middle Tennessee- 1st team OF; Esteban Puerta (Woodstock 2014-15), Florida Atlantic- 1st team UTIL; Stephen Kerr (Charles Town 2014), Florida Atlantic- 2nd team IF; Tyler Straub (Harrisonburg 2015), Texas-San Antonio- 2nd team IF; Jack Schaaf (Staunton 2015), Florida International- 2nd team OF
  • Horizon: Michael Brosseau (Waynesboro 2015), Oakland- 2nd team IF
  • MAAC: Joey Aiola (Woodstock 2015), Marist- 2nd team IF; Nick Margevicius (Staunton 2015), Rider- 1st team P
  • MAC: Zarley Zalewski (Front Royal 2014), Kent State- 1st team IF
  • Northeast: Robert Rinn (Aldie 2013), Bryant- 1st team IF; Matt Albanese (Aldie 2014), Bryant- 2nd team OF
  • Ohio Valley: Dre Gleason (Waynesboro 2014), Austin Peay- 2nd team IF
  • Southern: Austin Edens (Staunton 2015), Samford- 1st team UTIL; Kevin Phillips (Waynesboro 2015), East Tennessee State- 1st IF; Chris Cook (Waynesboro 2015), East Tennessee State- 2nd team IF; Ray Lopez (New Market 2013), VMI- 2nd team OF
  • Southland: Spence Rahm (Charles Town 2013), Sam Houston State- 1st team IF; Daniel Midyett (Strasburg 2015), SE Louisiana- 1st team OF
  • Summit: Tyler Fox (Waynesboro 2013), Omaha- 1st team P; Clayton Taylor (Waynesboro 2015), Omaha- 1st team IF; Cole Gruber (Waynesboro 2014), Omaha- 1st team OF
  • Sun Belt: Ryan Cleveland (Front Royal 2014), Georgia Southern- 2nd team IF; Joey Roach (Harrisonburg 2013-14), Georgia Southern- 1st team IF
  • SWAC: Joseph Camacho (New Market 2013), Alabama State- 1st team P (and preseason Pitcher of the Year); Josh Burchell (New Market 2015), Alabama A&M- 2nd team P; Tyler Howe (Waynesboro 2015), Alabama State- 2nd team P

If you’re curious, there are a total of 42 players on this list. Waynesboro has the most by far, with 11. New Market and Staunton each have 5, and Harrisonburg has 4. Interestingly, thirteen former teams are on the list with at least one former player.