Derek Dietrich, Georgia Tech Hall of Fame Class of 2021
One of the best shortstops in Georgia Tech’s baseball history, Derek Dietrich earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a junior in 2010 after back-to-back years on the second team (2008, 2009). He was named a third-team All-America in 2010. During his career, Dietrich hit .331 with 38 doubles, nine triples, 41 home runs and 181 RBI over 182 games. He was a semifinalist in 2010 for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, and was a semifinalist in 2009 for the Brooks Wallace Award, which goes to college baseball’s top shortstop. Off the field, he was named the ACC’s Scholar-Athlete of the year in 2010 and earned ESPN CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition in 2009 and 2010. One of just 16 players in Tech history to be drafted in the top two rounds of the MLB Draft when he was a supplemental second pick by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010, Dietrich has played on the major league level for Miami, Cincinnati, Texas and the New York Yankees.
