ACC BASEBALL 2015 ACC STANDINGS
2015 ALL-ACC TEAM
ATLANTIC DIVISION
FIRST TEAM
ACC Overall Rk Team W L Win % Home Away W L Win % Home Away Neutral 1. * Louisville 25 5 .833 13-2 12-3 47 18 .723 29-8 14-5 4-5 2. * Notre Dame 17 13 .567 8-7 9-6 37 23 .617 15-11 13-8 9-4 * Florida State^ 17 13 .567 10-5 7-8 44 21 .677 30-7 9-14 5-0 4. * Clemson 16 13 .552 7-7 9-6 32 29 .525 16-14 12-9 4-6 5. * NC State 15 14 .517 9-6 5-7 36 23 .610 21-6 8-13 7-4 6. Wake Forest 12 18 .400 7-8 5-10 27 26 .509 17-12 8-14 2-0 7. Boston College 10 19 .345 5-4 1-14 27 27 .500 11-5 5-17 11-5
COASTAL DIVISION ACC Overall Rk Team W L Win % Home Away W L Win % Home Away Neutral 1. * Miami (Fla.) 22 8 .733 13-2 9-6 50 17 .746 36-5 11-9 3-3 2. * Virginia 15 15 .500 5-7 8-7 44 24 .647 13-10 13-8 18-6 3. North Carolina 13 16 .448 8-7 5-9 34 24 .586 21-9 8-10 5-5 Virginia Tech 13 16 .448 9-5 4-11 27 27 .500 16-8 8-15 3-4 5. Georgia Tech 13 17 .433 9-6 4-11 32 23 .582 21-8 9-13 2-2 6. Duke 10 19 .345 8-7 2-9 31 22 .585 25-8 6-11 0-3 7. Pittsburgh 9 21 .300 6-9 2-10 20 32 .385 13-15 5-12 2-5 * - NCAA Tournament participant; ^ - ACC Tournament champion
THE TRADITION Consistency. It is the mark of true excellence in any endeavor. In today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition is so balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high level of consistency. Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Now in its 63rd year of competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 141 NCAA team championships, including 72 in women’s competition and 69 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 159 times in men’s competition and 120 times in women’s action. Given the ACC’s strong history and the strengthening of its ranks with the additions of Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse in 2013, followed by Louisville in 2014, those numbers, and the league’s longstanding tradition of excellence, appear destined to grow in the years ahead. Wake Forest won the ACC’s first baseball national championship during the 1954 season. Virginia won the second last year, defeating Vanderbilt in the College World Series finals. One of the league’s newer members, Miami (Fla.), has claimed four national baseball titles (1982,85,99,01) during the last 34 years. Seven ACC teams, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, NC State, Notre Dame and Virginia, earned bids to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, marking the seventh straight year with at least that many, which tied for the most of any conference. Miami and Virginia advanced to the College World Series, the 19th and
20th ACC teams to reach Omaha over the last 10 years. Four ACC teams reached a super regional, which tied for the league record. Sixty-two players were selected in the 2015 draft, the fourth most in league history. All 14 ACC programs had at least one player drafted, and three players were selected in the first round, marking the 24th straight year with at least one league player chosen in the first round. Virginia’s Brian O’Connor was named the national coach-of-the-year, while Louisville’s Brendan McKay was named national freshman-of-the-year. Fifteen league players were named All-Americans and 13 earned freshman All-America recognition.
THE HISTORY The ACC was founded May 8, 1953 at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina and Wake Forest, drawing up the conference by-laws. The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953 during the league’s annual spring meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a set of by-laws was adopted, and the name officially became the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended that the name of the conference be the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the motion was passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with each member institution assessed $200 to pay for conference expenses. On Dec. 4, 1953, conference officials met again at Sedgefield and officially admitted Virginia as the league’s eighth member. The first withdrawal of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when South Carolina tendered its resignation. The ACC operated with seven members until April 3, 1978, when Georgia Tech was admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the SEC in January 1964. The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991 with the addition of Florida State. The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of Miami and Virginia Tech. On Oct. 17, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005. The ACC added its 13th and 14th members on Sept. 18, 2011, when Pittsburgh and Syracuse accepted invitations to join the conference. The two schools officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013. Notre Dame also officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013 after announcing on Sept. 12, 2012 its inten-
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Pos. Player C Chris Okey 1B Will Craig 1B Brendon Hayden 2B George Iskenderian 2B Nate Mondou SS Sutton Whiting 3B David Thompson OF Stuart Fairchild OF Corey Ray OF DJ Stewart DH/UT Zack Collins SP Matthew Crownover SP Kyle Funkhouser SP Nathan Kirby SP Brendan McKay RP Zack Burdi
Team Clemson Wake Forest Virginia Tch Miami (Fla.) Wake Forest Louisville Miami (Fla.) Wake Forest Louisville Florida State Miami (Fla.) Clemson Louisville Virginia Louisville Louisville
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SECOND TEAM Pos. Player C Andrew Knizner 1B Preston Palmeiro 2B Andy Perez SS Daniel Pinero 3B Matt Gonzalez 3B Kenny Towns OF Jake Fincher OF Reed Rohlman OF Chris Shaw DH/UT Tyler Krieger DH/UT Brendan McKay SP Zac Gallen SP Josh Rogers SP Thomas Woodrey RP Josh Sborz RP Billy Strode
Team NC State NC State Duke Virginia Georgia Tech Virginia NC State Clemson Boston College Clemson Louisville North Carolina Louisville Miami (Fla.) Virginia Florida State
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THIRD TEAM Pos. Player C Garrett Kennedy 1B Quincy Nieporte 2B Logan Ratledge SS Eli White 3B Kyle Fiala OF Willie Abreu OF Skye Bolt OF Steven Duggar OF Saige Jenco OF Robert Youngdahl DH/UT A.J. Murray SP Brandon Gold SP Benton Moss SP Ryan Smoyer SP Andrew Suarez RP Bryan Garcia
Team Miami (Fla.) Florida State NC State Clemson Notre Dame Miami (Fla.) North Carolina Clemson Virginia Tech Notre Dame Georgia Tech Georgia Tech North Carolina Notre Dame Miami (Fla.) Miami (Fla.)
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ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Player Pos. Team Dylan Busby 3B Florida State Kel Johnson OF Georgia Tech Lincoln Henzman RP Louisville Brendan McKay SP/UT Louisville J.B. Bukauskas SP North Carolina Brian Brown SP NC State Brandon Bielak SP Notre Dame Sean Guenther RP Notre Dame Adam Haseley OF Virginia Pavin Smith 1B Virginia Stuart Fairchild OF Wake Forest Justin Yurchak 3B Wake Forest Player-of-the-Year Pitcher-of-the-Year Freshman-of-the-Year Coach-of-the-Year
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tion to enter the league for competition in all sports but football, bringing the membership of the conference to 15. The Fighting Irish plays five football games with ACC schools each year. On July 1, 2014, Louisville entered the ACC on the same day Maryland withdrew, keeping the conference’s membership at 15 institutions.
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