June 19, 2001
2001 Final Statistics
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ATLANTA — Georgia Tech is ranked 21st in the final Baseball Weekly/ESPN coaches’ poll, marking the ninth time in the last 11 years that the Yellow Jackets have been ranked among the nation’s top 25 teams.
Tech finished the season with a 41-20 record and earned a spot in the NCAA Baseball Regionals for the 16th time in the last 17 years. The Yellow Jackets established a new school record with a .347 team batting average, and a Tech record nine players were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Four Yellow Jackets — shortstop Richard Lewis, catcher Bryan Prince, outfielder Jason Basil and pitcher Steve Kelly — were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, while outfielder Matt Murton and pitcher Kyle Bakker were both tabbed as second-team Freshman All-Americans.
The final Baseball Weekly/ESPN Top 25 College Coaches Poll as selected by 41 Division I head baseball coaches representing the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
1. MIAMI (53-12) Last poll: 1 Poll points: 1,025 (41 No. 1 votes)2. STANFORD (51-17) Last poll: 3 Poll points: 9843. CAL STATE FULLERTON (48-18) Last poll: 6 Poll points: 9004. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (45-19) Last poll: 2 Poll points: 8985. TENNESSEE (48-20) Last poll: 16 Poll points: 8586. TULANE (56-13) Last poll: 5 Poll points: 8187. NEBRASKA (50-16) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 7778. GEORGIA (47-22) Last poll: 15 Poll points: 7359. LOUISIANA STATE (44-22-1) Last poll: 8 Poll points: 61410. FLORIDA STATE (47-19) Last poll: 9 Poll points: 57111. EAST CAROLINA (47-13) Last poll: 12 Poll points: 56712. RICE (47-20) Last poll: 7 Poll points: 55713. SOUTH CAROLINA (49-20) Last poll: 13 Poll points: 54314. CLEMSON (41-22) Last poll: 20 Poll points: 40215. NOTRE DAME (49-13-1) Last poll: 10 Poll points: 39816. CENTRAL FLORIDA (51-14) Last poll: 11 Poll points: 38717. MISSISSIPPI STATE (39-24) Last poll: 23 Poll points: 35518. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL (43-21) Last poll: NR Poll points: 31419. WAKE FOREST (44-18) Last poll: 17 Poll points: 26620. PEPPERDINE (42-18) Last poll: 19 Poll points: 22321. GEORGIA TECH (41-20) Last poll: 14 Poll points: 22022. ARIZONA STATE (37-20-1) Last poll: 18 Poll points: 18623. TEXAS TECH (43-20-1) Last poll: 22 Poll points: 15324. SOUTH ALABAMA (45-19) Last poll: 21 Poll points: 11025. BAYLOR (37-24) Last poll: 24 Poll points: 86
Others receiving votes: Texas (55), Stetson (54),California-Santa Barbara (41), Oklahoma State (36), Mississippi (33), Fresno State (32), Rutgers (29), California (24), Auburn (21), Virginia Commonwealth (15), Long Beach State (15), Winthrop (7), Seton Hall (4), Kent State (4), Coastal Carolina (3), Jacksonville (2), Delaware (1).
