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ACC SID CONTACT INFO ATLANTIC DIVISION COASTAL DIVISION BOSTON COLLEGE DUKE Zanna Ollove Ashley Wolf Office: 617-552-2004 Office: 919-668-4393 Cell: 978-828-9221 Cell: 603-325-2225 Press Box: 617-552-0530 Press Box: 919-812-7443 [email protected] [email protected] CLEMSON GEORGIA TECH Brian Hennessy Kevin Davis Office: 864-656-1921 Office: 404-894-5445 Cell: 864-986-9046 Cell: 704-974-9095 Press Box: 864-656-7731 Press Box: 404-894-3167 [email protected] [email protected] FLORIDA STATE MIAMI Steven McCartney Camron Ghorbi Office: 850-644-3920 Office: 305-284-3230 Cell: 850-322-6711 Cell: 786-877-7329 Press Box: 850-644-1553 Press Box: 305-284-8192 [email protected] [email protected] LOUISVILLE NORTH CAROLINA Garett Wall Bobby Hundley Office: 502-852-3088 Office: 919-843-5678 Cell: 502-553-8030 Cell: 919-484-1211 Press Box: 502-852-3700 Press Box: 919-962-3509 [email protected] [email protected] NC STATE PITT Justin Wilson Kelly Dumrauf Office: 919-746-8438 Office: 412-648-9807 Cell: 919-830-5463 Cell: 412-228-2561 Press Box: 919-819-3035 Press Box: 814-624-6813 [email protected] [email protected] NOTRE DAME VIRGINIA Michael Scholl Andy Fledderjohann Office: 574-631-4780 Office: 434-982-5131 Cell: 574-876-6248 Cell: 434-906-0075 Press Box: 574-340-2851 Press Box: 434-244-4071 [email protected] [email protected] WAKE FOREST VIRGINIA TECH Jay Garneau Marc Mullen Office: 336-758-3229 Office: 540-231-1894 Cell: 630-290-2408 Cell: 540-998-5900 Press Box: 336-759-7373 Press Box: 540-231-8974 [email protected] [email protected] ACC George Lane Office: 336-369-1005 Fax: 336-601-7961 [email protected] 2017 ACC Baseball Guide ACC OFFICE STAFF Table of Contents Commissioner John Swofford A Tradition of Excellence ......................... 2-3 National Honors .................................. 77-82 Commissioner John Swofford ....................4 ACC Players of the Week .................... 83-85 Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Media Services ...........................................5 Major League Baseball Draft ............... 86-87 Cecelia DiAmico 2017 ACC Schedule ................................ 6-8 ACC Players in the Majors .................. 88-96 Executive Associate Commissioners 2017 ACC Championship ............................9 ACC Single-Game Records .......................97 Amy Yakola, Chief of External Affairs Brad Hostetter, Chief of Internal Affairs 2016 Season In Review ...................... 10-14 ACC Season Records .......................... 98-99 Jeff Elliott, Chief Financial Officer ACC Teams ......................................... 15-56 ACC Career Records ....................... 100-102 Senior Associate Commissioners ACC Year-By-Year .....................................57 ACC Annual Leaders ....................... 103-108 Michael Strickland, Football ACC Coaching Records .............................58 ACC Annual Team Leaders .............. 109-111 Paul Brazeau, Men’s Basketball Nora Lynn Finch, Women’s Basketball ACC Standings .................................... 59-61 ACC Championship Records ...................112 Kris W. Pierce, Championships & SWA Annual Team Records ......................... 62-67 ACC Championship ......................... 113-123 Tim Lynde, Brand Marketing All-Conference Teams ......................... 68-74 NCAA Tournament .......................... 124-134 Associate Commissioners First-Team All-ACC Selections ............ 75-76 Matt Burgemeister, Compliance & Governance Mike Finn, Football Communications W. Scott McBurney, Advanced Media Brian Morrison, Men’s Basketball Communications Ben Tario, Multimedia, Business Development and Legal Affairs Assistant Commissioners Lee Butler, Men’s Basketball Brandon Neff, Championships Supervisors of Officials Charlene Curtis, Women’s Basketball Dennis Hennigan, Football Bryan Kersey, Men’s Basketball Directors Shamaree Brown, Student-Athlete Programs & Compliance Ashley Champigny, Championships Alyssa Francona, Football Brad Hecker, Women’s Basketball Operations Lynne Herndon, Business Operations Marra Hvozdovic, Compliance Donald Moore, Championships Christina L. Tracey, Information Systems Kara Tyree, Men’s Basketball Operations Associate Directors Steve Phillips, Communications Amy Ufnowski, Communications Steve “Slim” Vollinger, Advanced Media Assistant Directors Alyssa Duke, Women’s Basketball George Lane, Communications Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Kentucky, (above) will be the home of the 2017 ACC Baseball Ken Marra, Marketing Marianne Schroer, External Affairs Championship from May 23-28. Website Coordinator Heather Hirschman Louisville Slugger Field, which opened in 2000, boasts a seating capacity of 13,131. Home to the Louisville Bats’ minor league team, the stadium played host to the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game Graphic Designer and features 32 private suites in addition to second-level club seating. Martha Schwab Coordinators The 2017 ACC Baseball Championship will expand to include 12 teams and feature a new format. Susan Anthony, Finance and Administration Allen Franklin, Football and Basketball Video The tournament, which previously included 10 teams, will feature a pool play format, leading into T.C. Gammons, Men’s Basketball Operations & Officiating a four-team, single-elimination bracket to determine the league champion. Tracey Haith, Student-Athlete Programs, Compliance & Governance, Human Resources Brittany Hill, Operations The Atlantic Coast Conference, which has sent 21 teams to the College World Series in the last Tristan Powers, Football 11 years, enters the 2017 season with eight of its teams ranked nationally in at least one major Kelley Rickard, Championships Emily Watkins, Office Coordinator/Desktop Publishing poll, the most from any conference in the country. Assistant Coordinator Ted Jackson, Football Replay The 2017 ACC Baseball Information Guide is a publication of the Office of the Commissioner and the Communications Office of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Additional information is available Interns upon request to accredited members of the media. Andrew Bacon, Advanced Media Megan Boyle, Communications and Public Relations Alex Kossoff, Championships Special thanks to the ACC baseball sports information directors, previous league contacts, and Kelly Siciliano, Brand Marketing Lauren Vigar, Digital ACC staff for their valuable research and contribution to this publication. Cover and design by Martha Schwab. 2017 ACC Baseball Media Guide 1 Tradition of Excellence THE TRADITION News & World Report. ACC member institutions combined The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, Consistency. It is the mark of true excellence in any for an average rank of 55.7, marking the 10th straight year with the addition of Florida State. The conference expanded endeavor. that the ACC led all Autonomy Five conferences. to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of Miami In today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition is so and Virginia Tech. On October 17, 2003, Boston College balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to 2015-16 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member maintain a high level of consistency. Yet the Atlantic Coast Men’s Cross Country Syracuse starting July 1, 2005. Conference has defied the odds. Field Hockey Syracuse The ACC added its 13th and 14th members on Established in 1953, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation Men’s Tennis Virginia September 18, 2011, when Pittsburgh and Syracuse ac- as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse North Carolina cepted invitations to join the conference. The two schools conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture; Women’s Lacrosse North Carolina officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013. Notre Dame also the numbers support it. officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013, after announcing Through its first 63 years of competition, ACC schools ACC member schools made strong bids to claim on September 12, 2012, its intention to enter the league for captured 146 NCAA team championships, including 74 in even more NCAA titles in 2015-16, placing as runners-up competition in all sports but football, bringing the member- women’s competition and 72 in men’s. In addition, NCAA in football (Clemson), men’s basketball (North Carolina), ship of the conference to 15. The Fighting Irish will play an individual titles went to ACC student-athletes 163 times in women’s basketball (Syracuse), men’s soccer (Clemson), average of five games against ACC schools each year. men’s competition and 129 times in women’s action. Given women’s soccer (Duke), beach volleyball (Florida State) and On July 1, 2014, Louisville entered the ACC, keeping the the ACC’s strong history and the strengthening of its ranks women’s ice hockey (Boston College). conference’s membership at 15 institutions. with the additions of Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse in 2013, followed by Louisville in 2014, those numbers — and THE CHAMPIONSHIPS THE CURRENT ACC SCHOOLS the league’s longstanding tradition of excellence — appear The conference will conduct championship competi- Boston College was founded in 1863 by the Society destined to grow in the years ahead. tion in 27 sports during the 2016-17 academic year — 13 for of Jesus to serve the sons of Boston’s Irish immigrants and Wake Forest won the ACC’s first baseball national men and 14 for women. The first ACC championship was was the first institution of higher education to be founded in championship during the 1955 season.