Three Tigers named to All-ACC baseball teams |
CLEMSON, S.C. – Three Tigers earned All-ACC honors, announced Monday by the ACC. Aidan Knaak became the first Tiger freshman pitcher to receive First-Team All-ACC honors since 1997 (Ryan Mottl). Blake Wright was a Second-Team All-ACC selection and Cam Cannarella earned Third-Team All-ACC honors.
Knaak (SP) is 5-1 with a 2.96 ERA, .216 opponents’ batting average and 97 strikeouts against 26 walks in 73.0 innings pitched over 13 starts. Knaak, who has only allowed 12 extra-base hits, leads the team in starts on the mound, innings pitched and strikeouts. Clemson has a 12-1 record in the Fort Myers’ Fla. native’s 13 starts. Knaak was named to the All-ACC Freshman team as well. Wright (2B) is hitting .341 with 21 homers, two triples, eight doubles, 70 RBIs, 62 runs and a .677 slugging percentage in 53 games. The Belleair, Fla. native leads the team in batting average, home runs and RBIs. Wright, who earned Third-Team All-ACC honors in 2022, has a .961 fielding percentage, committing only six errors in 153 chances. Cannarella (OF), who was a First-Team All-ACC selection in 2023, is hitting .332 with 16 doubles, two triples, nine homers, 51 RBIs, 50 runs and a .411 on-base percentage in 51 games. The Hartsville, S.C. native has 25 multiple-hit games, including seven three-hit games, and 14 multiple-RBI games. All-ACC honors and teams Player of the Year: James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State Pitcher of the Year: Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest Freshman of the Year: Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech Defensive Player of the Year: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina Coach of the Year: Scott Forbes, North Carolina All-ACC Teams First Team Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson* Charlie Beilenson, RP, Duke Ben Miller, 3B, Duke Zac Morris, 2B, Duke Jonathan Santucci, SP, Duke Jamie Arnold, SP, Florida State James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech Gage Ziehl, SP, Miami* Casey Cook, OF, North Carolina* Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina Jacob Cozart, C, NC State Ethan Anderson, DH/UT, Virginia Griff O’Ferrall, SS, Virginia Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest Second Team Blake Wright, 2B, Clemson Alex Stone, C, Duke* Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State Matthew Ellis, DH/UT, Georgia Tech Payton Green, SS, Georgia Tech Evan Webster, SP, Louisville Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami* Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina Parks Harber, 1B, North Carolina Shea Sprague, SP, North Carolina Alex Makarewicz, 3B, NC State* Phil Fox, RP, Pittsburgh Harrison Didawick, OF, Virginia Jacob Ference, C, Virginia Casey Saucke, OF, Virginia Ben Watson, OF, Virginia Tech Third Team John West, SP, Boston College* Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson AJ Gracia, OF, Duke Marco Dinges, DH/UT, Florida State Jaime Ferrer, OF, Florida State Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville Matthew Mattthijs, RP, North Carolina* Dalton Pence, RP, North Carolina Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina Sam Highfill, SP, NC State Garrett Pennington, 1B, NC State Evan Blanco, SP, Virginia Henry Godbout, 2B, Virginia Chris Cannizzaro, OF, Virginia Tech Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest* Seaver King, 3B, Wake Forest *Designates At-Large Selection % 17 players on the Third Team due to a tie in the voting All-ACC Freshman Team Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson AJ Gracia, OF, Duke Kyle Johnson, OF/SP, Duke Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech Zion Rose, C, Louisville Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina Gavin Gallaher, 3B, North Carolina Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina Jacob Dudan, RP, NC State Eric Becker, INF, Virginia Henry Ford, 1B, Virginia Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
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