Freiman Named ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke senior first baseman Nate Freiman was selected as the ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines a 2009 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team that includes a conference-leading nine Duke Blue Devils.

Freiman, a First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America and Duke's all-time home run leader, graduated from Duke with a 3.83 grade point average as a History major and Math minor. An eighth-round selection of the San Diego Padres, Freiman led Duke in batting average (.352), home runs (20) and RBI (62) for the third consecutive year on the way to earning second team All-ACC honors.

Also a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, Freiman is one an ACC-record nine Duke players on the All-ACC Academic team, joining senior classmates Matt Williams and Andrew Wolcott, juniors Jeremy Gould, Alex Hassan, Ryan McCurdy, sophomore Jake Lemmerman and freshmen Eric Pfisterer and Will Piwnica-Worms.

Freiman, Hassan, Lemmerman, Williams and Wolcott were all repeat selections to the team with Freiman earning his fourth consecutive berth on the all-academic squad. Freiman is one of just three ACC baseball players to appear on the All-ACC Academic Team during all four years of its existence.

All nine of Duke's honorees played significant roles in leading the Blue Devil program to its second straight 30-win season. Freiman anchored the team at first base, while Lemmerman started at shortstop, McCurdy at third, Williams at catcher and Gould, Hassan and Piwnica-Worms each patrolling the outfield. Wolcott, a first team All-ACC selection, emerged as one of the ACC's best starting pitchers, while Pfisterer had a successful freshman campaign and made several Sunday starts against ACC teams.

The Duke baseball team has now placed 14 student-athletes on the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team with 22 selections overall. The 22 awards are the most by any ACC school since the award was first instituted in 2006.

To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned at least a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained at least a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.

Total All-ACC Academic
Baseball Team Selections (By Team)
Duke                                   9
Georgia Tech                 6
Virginia                         5
Clemson                       4
Maryland                       3
North Carolina                3
Virginia Tech                3
Florida State                  2
Miami                           2
Boston College              1
NC State                       1
Wake Forest                 1

2009 ACC All-Academic Baseball Team

Name, School	Class	Major
Tony Sanchez, Boston College	Jr.	Communications
*Mike Freeman, Clemson	Jr.	Financial Management
Jason Stolz, Clemson	Fr.	Undeclared
*Graham Stoneburner, Clemson	So.	Management
Matt Vaughn, Clemson	Sr.	Management
***Nate Freiman, Duke	Sr.	History
Jeremy Gould, Duke	Jr.	Psychology
*Alex Hassan, Duke	Jr.	Psychology
*Jake Lemmerman, Duke	So.	History
Ryan McCurdy, Duke	Jr.	Political Science
Eric Pfisterer, Duke	Fr.	Undeclared
Will Piwnica-Worms, Duke	Fr.	Undeclared
*Matt Williams, Duke	Sr.	Political Science
*Andrew Wolcott, Duke	Sr.	History
Tyler Holt, Florida State	So.	Sports Management
***Tommy Oravetz, Florida State	Sr.	Geography
Derek Dietrich, Georgia Tech	So.	Management
*Jason Haniger, Georgia Tech	Sr.	Management
Chris House, Georgia Tech	Sr.	Management
**Tony Plagman, Georgia Tech	Jr.	Management
Jeff Rowland, Georgia Tech	So.	Management
Zach Von Tersch, Georgia Tech	Jr.	Management
Dan Gentzler, Maryland	Sr.	Economics
Brett Harman, Maryland	So.	Kinesiology
**Mike Murphy, Maryland	Sr.	Business Management
**Dave DiNatale, Miami	Sr.	Finance
Chris Hernandez, Miami	So.	Management
*Colin Bates, North Carolina	So.	Business Administration
Levi Michael, North Carolina	Fr.	Undecided
*Adam Warren, North Carolina	Sr.	Business Administration
***Joey Cutler, NC State	Sr.	Aerospace Engineering
Phil Gosselin, Virginia	So.	Undeclared
*Dan Grovatt, Virginia	So.	Undeclared
Danny Hultzen, Virginia	Fr.	Undeclared
Robert Morey, Virginia	So.	Undeclared
Robert Poutier, Virginia	Sr.	Education
Mike Kaminski, Virginia Tech	Jr.	Sociology
Ben Rowen, Virginia Tech	Jr.	Sociology
Michael Seaborn, Virginia Tech	Jr.	Accounting
Weldon Woodall, Wake Forest	Sr.	Political Science

Repeat All-ACC academic honorees from 2008
**Three-time honorees
***Four-time honorees

Freiman Named ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Duke information