Clemson baseball outfielder Seth Beer broke ACC award history, winning both the ACC Player of the Year and the Rookie of the Year Award in the conference.
Clemson baseball outfielder Seth Beer broke ACC award history, winning both the ACC Player of the Year and the Rookie of the year Award in the conference for the first time in history.
Here is the official press release via theacc.com:
"GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson outfielder Seth Beer has been voted the Atlantic Coast Conference Player and Freshman of the Year by the league’s head baseball coaches, becoming the first player in ACC history to earn both honors in a single season.Louisville junior Drew Harrington was voted the ACC Pitcher of the Year, while the Cardinals’ Dan McDonnell was selected as the ACC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.Beer and Harrington head up the 2016 All-ACC Baseball Team, which was also announced on Monday.In addition to making history as a dual Player/Freshman of the Year honoree, Clemson’s Beer is the first freshman to be voted the ACC Player of the Year since the award was established in 1969. The conference did not begin recognizing a Freshman of the Year until 1991. NC State’s Carlos Rodon was voted both ACC Pitcher of the Year and ACC Freshman of the Year in 2012.More from Rubbing the RockClemson Football: Q&A with Florida State experts at Chop ChatClemson Tigers News: New commitments, Ian Schieffelin and Jonathan WeitzClemson Football needs their biggest stars to shine against Florida StateClemson Football: Receiver by committee could work for the TigersNo reason for Clemson Football to fear a Seminole takeoverA native of Suwanee, Georgia, Beer enters this week’s ACC Baseball Championship tied for the conference lead in home runs with 15 and ranks third in RBIs with 60 in 54 games. Beer is batting .378 to rank sixth in the conference and is second in slugging percentage (.694), third in on-base percentage (.528) and is tied for second in total bases (2.31 per game).In addition to several conference and national weekly honors, Beer was named the National Hitter of the Month of March by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) after batting .431 with nine home runs and 21 RBIs. His regular-season accomplishments also included a 26-game hitting streak – tied for fourth-longest in school history – as he keyed the Tigers to a 38-18 regular season.McDonnell was again voted ACC Coach of the Year by his peers after guiding the Cardinals to a 46-10 overall regular-season mark, a 22-8 record in ACC play and a top-five national ranking. Louisville brings a nine-game winning streak into the ACC Championship.Beer, Harrington and McKay (a 2016 All-ACC selection at both DH/utility and starting pitcher) are joined on this year’s first team by catchers Chris Okey of Clemson and Zack Collins of Miami; Georgia Tech first baseman Tristin English; Wake Forest second baseman Nate Mondou; Florida State third baseman John Sansone; Wake Forest third baseman Will Craig; Pitt shortstop Charles LeBlanc; Georgia Tech outfielders Kel Johnson and Matt Gonzalez; Louisville outfielder Corey Ray, Virginia starting pitcher Connor Jones, and Louisville relief pitcher Zack Burdi.Along with the impressive numbers put up by Beer and Harrington, the All-ACC first team includes the league’s leading hitter in Pitt’s LeBlanc (.405), and the RBI co-leaders in Wake Forest’s Craig and Clemson’s Okey (62). Craig’s 15 home runs are tied with Beer for the ACC lead. Louisville’s Ray leads the conference in stolen bases with 37, while Florida State’s Sansone shares the ACC lead in doubles with 22. Miami’s Collins sets the pace in on-base percentage (.552) and Craig in slugging percentage (.772)."
This is a great honor for freshman Seth Beer.
He has proven all year that he is one of the best in the College ranks and it astounds me that he chose Clemson baseball over the MLB Draft.
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Congratulations to Seth Beer and it will be interesting to see what he does in the years to come.