June 19, 2001

2001 Final Statistics
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ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech is ranked 21st in the final Baseball Weekly/ESPN coaches' poll, marking the ninth time in the last 11 years that the Yellow Jackets have been ranked among the nation's top 25 teams.

Tech finished the season with a 41-20 record and earned a spot in the NCAA Baseball Regionals for the 16th time in the last 17 years. The Yellow Jackets established a new school record with a .347 team batting average, and a Tech record nine players were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Four Yellow Jackets -- shortstop Richard Lewis, catcher Bryan Prince, outfielder Jason Basil and pitcher Steve Kelly -- were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, while outfielder Matt Murton and pitcher Kyle Bakker were both tabbed as second-team Freshman All-Americans.

The final Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches Poll as selected by 41 Division I head baseball coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

1. MIAMI (53-12) Last poll: 1 Poll points: 1,025 (41 No. 1 votes)
2. STANFORD (51-17) Last poll: 3 Poll points: 984
3. CAL STATE FULLERTON (48-18) Last poll: 6 Poll points: 900
4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (45-19) Last poll: 2 Poll points: 898
5. TENNESSEE (48-20) Last poll: 16 Poll points: 858
6. TULANE (56-13) Last poll: 5 Poll points: 818
7. NEBRASKA (50-16) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 777
8. GEORGIA (47-22) Last poll: 15 Poll points: 735
9. LOUISIANA STATE (44-22-1) Last poll: 8 Poll points: 614
10. FLORIDA STATE (47-19) Last poll: 9 Poll points: 571
11. EAST CAROLINA (47-13) Last poll: 12 Poll points: 567
12. RICE (47-20) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 557
13. SOUTH CAROLINA (49-20) Last poll: 13 Poll points: 543
14. CLEMSON (41-22) Last poll: 20 Poll points: 402
15. NOTRE DAME (49-13-1) Last poll: 10 Poll points: 398
16. CENTRAL FLORIDA (51-14) Last poll: 11 Poll points: 387
17. MISSISSIPPI STATE (39-24) Last poll: 23 Poll points: 355
18. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL (43-21) Last poll: NR Poll points: 314
19. WAKE FOREST (44-18) Last poll: 17 Poll points: 266
20. PEPPERDINE (42-18) Last poll: 19 Poll points: 223
21. GEORGIA TECH (41-20) Last poll: 14 Poll points: 220
22. ARIZONA STATE (37-20-1) Last poll: 18 Poll points: 186
23. TEXAS TECH (43-20-1) Last poll: 22 Poll points: 153
24. SOUTH ALABAMA (45-19) Last poll: 21 Poll points: 110
25. BAYLOR (37-24) Last poll: 24 Poll points: 86

Others receiving votes: Texas (55), Stetson (54),California-Santa Barbara (41), Oklahoma State (36), Mississippi (33), Fresno State (32), Rutgers (29), California (24), Auburn (21), Virginia Commonwealth (15), Long Beach State (15), Winthrop (7), Seton Hall (4), Kent State (4), Coastal Carolina (3), Jacksonville (2), Delaware (1).