THE FLATS – Four Yellow Jackets have been awarded midseason All-American status after D1 Baseball and Perfect Game announced their selections on Wednesday. Sophomore center fielder Drew Burress and senior relief pitcher Mason Patel were both named 1st Team All-America by both publications with Perfect Game selecting junior shortstop Kyle Lodise to the 2nd Team and freshman two-way player Alex Hernandez to their freshman All-American list.
D1 Baseball Midseason All-Americans
1st Team – Drew Burress – OF
1st Team – Mason Patel – Reliever
Perfect Game Midseason All-Americans
1st Team – Drew Burress – OF
1st Team – Mason Patel – Reliever
2nd Team – Kyle Lodise – SS
Freshman – Alex Hernandez – 2-way
No. 22 Georgia Tech (23-6, 8-4 ACC) will travel across the country for an ACC series against Stanford (17-9, 5-7 ACC) this weekend. The series begins on Friday, April 4 and runs through Sunday, April 6 at 9 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. ET. All three games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra and can be listened to on the GT Gameday App.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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