{"id":7288,"date":"2014-07-03T19:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2014-07-04T00:07:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T04:07:16","slug":"14-triangle-area-players-make-all-acc-academic-baseball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7288","title":{"rendered":"14 Triangle-area players make All-ACC Academic baseball team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Duke’s Aaron Cohn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Gage Smith of Florida State leads the sport\u2019s All-ACC Academic Baseball Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.<\/p>\n

A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Smith graduated with a double bachelor\u2019s degree in business marketing and management following the spring semester. He was selected to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team for 2014 and earned FSU Dean\u2019s List honors in the fall of 2013. He has been named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

On the field, Smith was voted to the All-ACC Third Team, finished the season with a 5-2 record and ranked 10th in the league with a 2.39 ERA in 64.0 innings pitched. He led the ACC in appearances with 40, marking the third consecutive year that he has led the league.<\/p>\n

Fifteen players were selected to the All-ACC Academic Team after being named to the All-ACC Team: Clemson\u2019s Steven Duggar, Tyler Krieger, and Matthew Crownover; Duke\u2019s Aaron Cohn, Florida State\u2019s Josh Delph, Luke Weaver, and Smith; Georgia Tech\u2019s Daniel Spingola, Miami\u2019s Bryan Garcia, North Carolina\u2019s Trent Thornton, NC State\u2019s Andrew Knizner, and Virginia\u2019s Mike Papi, Daniel Pinero, and Brandon Waddell; and Virginia Tech\u2019s Mark Zagunis.<\/p>\n

Three players \u2013 Weaver, Garcia, and Papi \u2013 also collected All-America accolades, while Knizner and Pinero are Freshman All-Americans on the All-ACC Academic Team. Maryland\u2019s Kyle Convissar, Wake Forest\u2019s Evan Stephens, and Florida State\u2019s Smith were previously named Capital One Academic All-Americans.<\/p>\n

Duke and Florida State lead all ACC programs with eight players recognized, followed by Wake Forest with five and Clemson and Virginia with four apiece.<\/p>\n

Maryland\u2019s Convissar earned his fourth career selection to the ACC All-Academic Team. Eight other players were recognized for the third time.<\/p>\n

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award was established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the award must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.<\/p>\n

To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete, regardless of classification, must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.<\/p>\n

Aaron Cohn, Sr., Duke History
\nRyan Deitrich, GS, Duke Master of Management Studies
\nRobert Huber, Sr., Duke*** Computer Science
\nMark Lumpa, Sr., Duke Economics
\nMichael Matuella, So., Duke Economics
\nAndy Perez, Jr., Duke Psychology
\nMichael Rosenfeld, Sr., Duke** Psychology
\nTrent Swart, Jr., Duke*** Public Policy Studies
\nAndrew Knizner, Fr., NC State Industrial Engineering
\nEric Peterson, Jr., NC State Sport Management
\nDale Thomas, Sr., NC State** Park\/Natural Resources
\nBenton Moss, Jr., North Carolina*** Business Administration
\nTyler Ramirez, Fr., North Carolina Undecided
\nTrent Thornton, So., North Carolina** Undecided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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