As they await their NCAA Tournament fate after missing out on this week’s ACC Tournament, the UNC baseball team received some good news on Monday.
Three Tar Heels were selected to All-ACC teams, while sophomore shortstop Logan Warmoth was named the conference’s Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 with a home run and eight RBIs in UNC’s last four games.
JB Bukauskas, a sophomore starting pitcher, and Tyler Ramirez, a junior center fielder, were each named to the All-ACC second team.
UNC’s Friday night ace–junior Zac Gallen–rounded out the team’s all-conference selections with a spot on the All-ACC third team.
No Tar Heel was on the first team.
Despite closing the year strong, Warmoth didn’t quite make the cut for any of the All-Conference teams, but he showed great potential heading into his junior year–flashing a great glove at shortstop and leading the team with 53 RBIs.
Ramirez was arguably the most consistent Tar Heel all season–both offensively and defensively.
The native of Suffolk, Virginia hit .333 during the season with eight home runs and 47 RBIs, while also making a number of highlight plays in the outfield.
Ramirez made a number of spectacular plays for UNC throughout the year, his best in a Tar Heel uniform. (Jeffrey A. Camarati/ UNC Athletics)
Gallen, a crafty starter with great control–posted a 5-6 record with 91 strikeouts and a 2.68 ERA in 13 starts. His win-loss record suffered mainly due to a lack of run support during the latter half of the year.
Both Ramirez and Gallen, as juniors, are expected to be selected in June’s MLB Draft–meaning they may have already played their final games as Tar Heels should the team miss the NCAA Tournament.
Bukauskas, however, just finished his sophomore season having established himself as one of the league’s most dominant starters.
His 97 mph fastball–mixed with a devastating 88 mph slider–helped him pick up an ACC-leading 111 strikeouts while having a 7-2 record and a 3.10 ERA.
Next season’s edition of the Diamond Heels will likely feature Bukauskas and Warmoth as centerpieces, as the team looks to return to the ACC success that had become commonplace over the last decade.
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