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Georgia Tech Ranked 4th in Baseball America Preseason Poll

Jan. 5, 2006

ATLANTA – Georgia Tech is ranked fourth in the nation in Baseball America’s preseason poll, while third baseman Wes Hodges and catcher/pitcher Matt Wieters were named to the publication’s preseason All-America team.

The Yellow Jackets return eight starters in the field and eight of their top 10 pitchers from last year’s team that went 45-19 and won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals.

Hodges, a junior, was named a first-team preseason All-America after leading Tech with a .397 average and 106 hits in 2005.

Wieters, a two-way star who was named the 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year, earned second-team preseason All-America honors. He hit .366 with 10 home runs and led Tech with six saves and a 2.85 ERA last season.

Texas was tabbed as the preseason No. 1 team, while Clemson, Florida, Georgia Tech and Cal State Fullerton rounded out the top five. Five ACC schools are ranked in the publications’s top 25, including North Carolina (No. 6), Florida State (No. 15) and NC State (No. 24).

BASEBALL AMERICA'S PRESEASON TOP 25Rk  SCHOOL              RECORD  LAST YR1.  Texas               56-16   12.  Clemson             43-23   143.  Florida             48-23   24.  Georgia Tech        45-19   115.  Cal State Fullerton 46-18   96.  North Carolina      41-19   NR7.  Rice                45-19   138.  Oregon State        46-12   79.  Tennessee           46-21   810. Missouri            40-23   2111. Pepperdine          41-23   2412. Tulane              56-12   313. Mississippi State   42-22   2214. South Carolina      41-23   2515. Florida State       53-20   1616. Arizona State       42-25   617. Southern California 41-22   1718. Arkansas            39-22   NR19. Texas Christian     41-20   NR20. Louisiana State     40-22   1821. Fresno State        30-29   NR22. Long Beach State    37-22   1923. Mississippi         48-20   1024. NC State            41-19   NR25. California          34-23   NR

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