Jan. 24, 2012
ATLANTA – After being ranked Preseason No. 9 by Collegiate Baseball, the Georgia Tech baseball team was selected No. 12 by Baseball America in its Preseason Top 25, which was released Tuesday.
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Tech, which officially opens practice Friday, January 27, returns 23 letterwinners from a 2011 team that finished 42-21, won a share of the ACC Coastal Division title and reached the NCAA Regional for the 27th time. A pair of Preseason All-America selections headline the returnees — junior RHP Buck Farmer and sophomore CF Kyle Wren.
The Jackets are one of five ACC teams among the publication’s Top 25 — North Carolina (No. 4), Tech (No. 12), Clemson (No. 16), Miami (No. 18) and Florida State (No. 20).
Georgia Tech’s 2012 schedule features road series at NC State (March 9-11), North Carolina (April 20-22) and Virginia (May 11-13), while drawing Florida State (April 6-8), Clemson (April 27-29) and Miami (May 17-19) at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Of the Jacket’s non-conference opponents, Georgia is ranked 11th.
The 2012 season begins Friday, Feb. 17 as the Jackets open the three-day, four-game Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic at Winthrop University. Tech is set to battle both Kent State (2 p.m.) and Winthrop (6 p.m.) on opening day.
2012 Baseball America Preseason Top 25
Rank Team 11 Record 11 Final Rank1. Florida 53-19 22. Stanford 35-22 133. South Carolina 55-14 14. Arkansas 40-22 245. Arizona 39-21 NR6. Rice 42-21 157. Texas A&M 47-22 78. Louisiana State 36-20 NR9. North Carolina 51-16 510. Vanderbilt 54-12 411. Georgia 33-32 NR12. Georgia Tech 42-21 2013. Texas 49-19 614. UCLA 35-24 2215. Texas Christian 43-19 1916. Clemson 43-20 2117. Arizona State 43-18 918. Miami 38-23 2319. Oklahoma 41-19 NR20. Florida State 46-19 821. Central Florida 39-23 NR22. Mississippi 30-25 NR23. Oregon State 41-19 1024. Louisville 32-29 NR25. Cal State Fullerton 41-17 14
