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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina junior first baseman Dustin Ackley, who keyed the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title and a top-five national ranking, has been named the 2009 ACC Baseball Player of the Year.

Ackley headlines the 2009 All-ACC Baseball Team announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. Georgia Tech’s Deck McGuire is the ACC Pitcher of the Year, while Virginia pitcher/first baseman Danny Hultzen is the league’s Freshman of the Year. Florida State’s Mike Martin was named Coach of the Year. The honors were selected via a vote of the league’s head coaches.

Atlantic Division champion Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia led all schools in total selections to the 33-member team with five each. Virginia placed a league-high five players on the first team, while North Carolina and Georgia Tech placed three apiece.

Boston College, Miami, Georgia Tech and Virginia each saw four players selected overall, followed by Duke with three and Clemson, NC State and Virginia Tech with one apiece.

Ackley is hitting .405 on the year while leading the conference in hits (87), total bases (160) and tying for second in home runs with 17. All totaled, the Walnut Cove, N.C., native ranks among the ACC’s top three leaders in eight different offensive categories. With 322 career hits, he ranks just seven hits shy of breaking the North Carolina school record, and his 216 runs scored are five shy of another school career mark.





Georgia Tech’s McGuire (10-0) is one of just seven Yellow Jacket pitchers to post double-digit wins in a season this decade and the first to do so since Blake Wood won 11 in 2006. In addition to a 2.63 ERA in 13 appearances, the Richmond, Va. sophomore has struck out a league-high 101 opposing batters in 85.2 innings. McGuire, a big reason the Yellow Jackets joined North Carolina in top 10 of most national polls throughout the season, posted a 7-0 record in 10 ACC starts.

Hultzen proved a double threat for Virginia, making an impact on the mound and at the plate. The Bethesda, Md., native is hitting .331 with three home runs and 32 RBI. Hultzen’s impact may have been even greater as a starting pitcher, however, as he owns a 7-1 record to go with a 2.28 ERA in 11 starts. Hultzen posted a 5-1 record in ACC regular-season games.

After losing several key members from Florida State’s 2008 College World Series team, the Seminoles’ Martin saw his team post a modest 10-8 record through 18 games. But FSU (40-14) staged a remarkable turnaround, winning 30 of its final 36 regular-season games and claiming a third straight Atlantic Division crown. The Seminoles’ will enter this week’s ACC Baseball Championship at Durham, N.C., as the No. 1 overall seed.

The ACC Coach of the Year Award is the sixth for Martin, who has won 1,578 career games in his three decades guiding the Seminoles.

2009 ALL-ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Name Cl. Position School
Tony Sanchez Jr. Catcher Boston College
Dustin Ackley Jr. First Base North Carolina
Phil Gosselin So. Second Base Virginia
Kyle Seager Jr. Third Base North Carolina
Tyler Cannon Jr. Shortstop Virginia
Jeff Schaus So. Outfield Clemson
Tyler Holt So. Outfield Florida State
Luke Murton Sr. Outfield Georgia Tech
Jeff Rowland So. Outfield Georgia Tech
Dan Grovatt So. Outfield Virginia
Jarrett Parker So. Outfield Virginia
Danny Hultzen Fr. Utility (1B/SP) Virginia
Andrew Wolcott Sr. Starting Pitcher Duke
Deck McGuire So. Starting Pitcher Georgia Tech
Alex White Jr. Starting Pitcher North Carolina
Sean Gilmartin Fr. Starting Pitcher Florida State
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Hultzen, Parker Named to USA Baseball National Team Trials
Courtesy: VirginiaSports.com
Release: 05/17/2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia pitcher/first baseman Danny Hultzen (Fr., Bethesda, Md.) and outfielder Jarrett Parker (So., Stafford, Va.) have been invited to compete at the 2009 USA Baseball National Team Trials. Thirty-six college players have been invited to the trials.

“It is an honor for Jarrett and Danny to have the opportunity to try out to represent our country,” Virginia head coach Brian O'Connor said. “USA Baseball is a great organization and I know Jarrett and Danny will be looking forward to the trials.”

The trials begin June 14 with a pre-trials training camp in Cary, N.C., and end June 24 with the final national team selection. A 22-man roster will be named June 24.

Hultzen has been a two-way standout for the Cavaliers all year. On the mound, he has a 7-1 record and 2.28 earned run average. He already has set the Virginia freshman record for strikeouts with 80. Hultzen also is batting .331 with three home runs and 32 runs batted in.

The 2009 National Team will compete in several exhibition games in the Triangle-area of North Carolina, including a friendly series against the Canadian National Team, June 25-29, which will be played across both the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the USA Baseball National Training Complex. Following its domestic exhibition schedule, the U.S. will travel to Japan to compete in the 37th Annual Japan vs. USA Collegiate Championships before closing out its summer in Canada at the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge in Prince George, British Columbia.
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And now he will likely get the national spotlight, going head to head vs. Stephen Strasburg this Friday night on ESPNU!

Strasberg is awesome, but I will bet on UVA in this one. UVA is a far better hitting team than what you see in the Mountain West, and UVA's bullpen is perhaps the best around. We will definitely find out how well Strasburg holds runners and defends the bunt, because UVA will not sit back and wait for the HR to happen, that's for sure.

I hope Danny shows 'em what he's all about in this one. If he can keep the game close to the late innings -- and I'm betting he will -- UVA could make headlines by tagging Strasberg with his only loss of the year.

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