Florida State’s Jessie Warren named Player of the Year
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State’s Jessie Warren has been named the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and headlines the 2018 All-ACC Team as announced by the league office on Tuesday.
 
Teammate Kylee Hanson was selected as the Pitcher of the Year, and Seminole rookie Sydney Sherrill was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year. North Carolina’s Taylor Wike was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Pitt’s Holly Aprile received Coach of the Year honors.
 
The All-ACC Teams and individual season awards were selected by a vote of the conference’s 12 head coaches.
 
A senior third baseman, Warren earned her second straight ACC Player of the Year honor. The Tampa, Florida, native is the ACC’s career leader in home runs (78) and RBI (257). Warren posted a batting average of .403, with a league-leading 16 home runs and is tied for the ACC lead with Sherrill in RBI with 54. It is the 10th Player of the Year honor for a Seminole pitcher, and the fourth in the last five years.
 
Hanson, a redshirt senior from Jupiter, Florida, owns a league-best 0.94 earned run average, and ranks ninth nationally with at least 1.0 innings pitcher per game. She ranks first in the ACC in opponent batting average (.134), second in wins (25), and third in strikeouts with 194. The Pitcher of the Year honor is the fifth straight for a Seminole Pitcher, and the sixth overall.
 
A senior shortstop, Wike posted a fielding percentage of .945 on the year, with 77 putouts 95 assists. The Hiddenite, North Carolina, native also has a batting average of .354, with 56 hits and 33 RBI.
 
Aprile received her first ACC Coach of the Year honor as the Panthers clinched their first-ever Coastal Division championship. Pitt owns a 30-17-1 overall record, and a 16-6 mark in conference play on the year.
 
 
Player of the Year
Jessie Warren, Sr., 3B, Florida State
 
Pitcher of the Year
Kylee Hanson, R-Sr., P, Florida State
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Taylor Wike, Sr., SS, North Carolina
 
Freshman of the Year
Sydney Sherrill, Fr., 2B, Florida State
 
Coach of the Year
Holly Aprile, Pittsburgh
 
First Team
Emme Martinez, Fr., C/3B, Boston College
Annie Murphy***, Sr., LF, Boston College
Raine Wilson, So., 3B, Duke
Zoe Casas, Jr., OF, Florida State
Kylee Hanson, R-Sr., P, Florida State
Meghan King***, R-Jr., P, Florida State
Sydney Sherrill, Fr., 2B, Florida State
Jessie Warren****, Sr., 3B, Florida State
Megan Hensley**, Jr., DP, Louisville
Sidney Melton, R-Jr., SS, Louisville
Brittany Pickett**, So., P, North Carolina
Taylor Wike****, Sr., SS, North Carolina
Olivia Gray, Jr., SS, Pitt
Giorgiana Zeremenko, Sr., C, Pitt
Bryce Holmgren, Jr., OF, Syracuse
 
Second Team
Jesse Dreswick***, Sr., P, Boston College
Chloe Sharabba**, Sr., SS, Boston College
Carsyn Gordon**, Jr., 1B, Florida State
Emily Anderson, Sr., P, Georgia Tech
Draven Sonnon, Sr., OF, Georgia Tech
Cameron Stanford, Fr., OF, Georgia Tech
Destiny DeBerry, Jr., OF, North Carolina
Kiani Ramsey, Jr., OF, North Carolina
Alexis Holloway, Fr., P, Notre Dame
Melissa Rochford**, Jr., 3B, Notre Dame
Abby Sweet, Fr., CF, Notre Dame
Kayla Harris, Sr., P, Pitt
Alexa Romero**, So., P, Syracuse
Allison Davis**, Sr., OF, Virginia
Carrie Eberle**, So., U, Virginia Tech
 
All-Freshmen Team
CC Cook, RF, Boston College
Emme Martinez, C/3B, Boston College
Rachel Abboud, 1B, Duke
Peyton St. George, P/UT, Duke
Sydney Sherrill, 2B, Florida State
Cameron Stanford, OF, Georgia Tech
Maddy Newman, 2B, Louisville
Alexis Holloway, P, Notre Dame
Abby Sweet, CF, Notre Dame
Hunter Levesque, OF, Pitt
 
* - Denotes number of All-ACC honors