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Preseason Honors Roll In for ACC Baseball Squads
Jan. 5, 2009
Five ACC teams ranked in College Baseball Pre-Season Poll GREENSBORO, N.C. - Five Atlantic Coast Conference teams, including three that reached last season's College World Series, are ranked in the 2009 College Baseball Pre-Season Poll. North Carolina, which reached the 2008 CWS semifinals and will be seeking its fourth straight trip to Omaha, is ranked second behind preseason favorite LSU. Florida State, which also appeared in the 2008 CWS, is ranked seventh. Georgia Tech is ranked 12th, while defending ACC champion and 2008 CWS participant Miami is ranked 18th. Clemson received a No. 26 preseason ranking. Virginia and NC State, which both made the 2008 NCAA postseason field, are among the teams receiving votes. In first baseman/outfielder Dustin Ackley, infielder Kyle Seager and right-handed pitcher Alex White, Carolina returns multiple All-America selections for the first time in school history. Ackley, White and right-hander Matt Harvey were honored as NCBWA preseason All-America picks last week. Florida State lost consensus national player of the year Buster Posey to the Major League Draft (San Francisco) but returns preseason All-America third baseman Stuart Tapley and two other Brooks Wallace Award preseason candidates in shortstop Jason Stidham and outfielder Tyler Holt. Georgia Tech's strong cast of returnees includes preseason All-America shortstop Derek Dietrich and his Brooks Wallace Award preseason candidate, pitcher Deck McGuire. Despite heavy losses to the MLB Draft and graduation, Miami also returns a strong corps headed by All-America pitcher Chris Hernandez, All-America shortstop Ryan Jackson and pitcher Kyle Bellamy. Clemson sports two of the ACC's top returning offensive players in slugging first baseman Ben Paulsen and versatile multi-position player Kyle Parker, another pair of Brooks Wallace candidates. The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll, which began in 1957, is the oldest college baseball poll.. The complete 2009 preseason poll rankings are listed at the bottom of the page. Seven ACC baseball players named Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America GREENSBORO, N.C. - Seven Atlantic Coast Conference baseball players have been named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season All-America team, including three first-team selections. Right-handed pitcher Alex White (North Carolina), left-handed pitcher Chris Hernandez (Miami) and first baseman Dustin Ackley (North Carolina) were named to the first team, while shortstop Ryan Jackson (Miami) was a second-team selection. Right-handed pitcher Adam Warren (North Carolina), third baseman Kyle Seager (North Carolina) and third baseman Stuart Tapley (Florida State) were named to the third team. The 2009 Louisville Slugger All-America team is chosen in conjunction with Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, which earlier released its preseason poll. Five ACC teams were ranked among the top 40 (North Carolina second, Florida State seventh, Georgia Tech 12th, Miami 18th and Clemson 26th). Virginia and NC State each received votes. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
OTHER TEAMS RECEIVING VOTES: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn, Long Beach St., Oregon, Virginia, North Carolina St., Houston, Kent St., Santa Clara, U.C. Riverside, Oral Roberts, Nebraska, Kennesaw St., Ohio St., Oklahoma, San Diego St., Tennessee, Mississippi St., New Mexico, Jacksonville St., Elon, Western Kentucky, Dallas Baptist, N.C. Charlotte, South Florida, St. John's, Winthrop, Purdue, James Madison, Marshall, Central Florida, Washington, Washington St., Georgia Southern, Northwestern St., Lamar, Texas-San Antonio, Southern, Louisiana-Monroe, New Orleans, Hawaii, San Jose St., San Francisco.
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