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Three Cardinals Earn All-ACC Honors
May 20, 2024 | Baseball
Evan Webster, Gavin Kilen and Zion Rose were recognized on Monday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville baseball program had three student-athletes recognized as the ACC released its yearly awards on Monday.
Evan Webster was a second team All-ACC selection, while Gavin Kilen was voted to the third team and Zion Rose was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team.
ACC season honors were determined by a vote of the league's 14 head coaches.
Webster moved into a starting role for his fifth season at Louisville and has been excellent as the Saturday starter this spring. The southpaw is 5-2 on the season with a 3.54 ERA starting all 14 weekends. Webster set career highs with 68.2 innings and 60 strikeouts and was one of the top strike throwers in the ACC. He finished the regular season fourth in the ACC in walks per nine innings and seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Kilen has had a special sophomore season for the Cardinals. He finished the regular season with a .333 average, leading Louisville in hits (69), doubles (22) and total bases (124). His 22 two-baggers led the ACC and are tied for the seventh-most in a single season in program history. After not homering as a freshman, Kilen tallied nine in 52 games to give him 34 extra-base hits.
Rose was a highly-ranked prospect when he enrolled at Louisville and he came in and made an immediate impact. The freshman led the Cardinals with a .382 batting average during the regular season, racking up eight doubles, five triples and four home runs. Rose also notched 10 stolen bases and finished with more walks (19) than strikeouts (18).
The Cardinals are the seven seed in this week's ACC Baseball Championship at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. Louisville will open pool play against Miami on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET before taking on Clemson on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.
If the Cardinals go 2-0 in pool play, they'll advance to the semifinal round on Saturday, with the championship set for Sunday. Every game of the ACC Championship will be televised on ACC Network except the final, which will air on ESPN2.
Player of the Year: James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
Pitcher of the Year: Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Coach of the Year: Scott Forbes, North Carolina
All-ACC Teams
First Team
Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson*
Charlie Beilenson, RP, Duke
Ben Miller, 3B, Duke
Zac Morris, 2B, Duke
Jonathan Santucci, SP, Duke
Jamie Arnold, SP, Florida State
James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Gage Ziehl, SP, Miami*
Casey Cook, OF, North Carolina*
Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Jacob Cozart, C, NC State
Ethan Anderson, DH/UT, Virginia
Griff O'Ferrall, SS, Virginia
Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest
Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
Second Team
Blake Wright, 2B, Clemson
Alex Stone, C, Duke*
Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
Matthew Ellis, DH/UT, Georgia Tech
Payton Green, SS, Georgia Tech
Evan Webster, SP, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami*
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Parks Harber, 1B, North Carolina
Shea Sprague, SP, North Carolina
Alex Makarewicz, 3B, NC State*
Phil Fox, RP, Pittsburgh
Harrison Didawick, OF, Virginia
Jacob Ference, C, Virginia
Casey Saucke, OF, Virginia
Ben Watson, OF, Virginia Tech
Third Team
John West, SP, Boston College*
Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Marco Dinges, DH/UT, Florida State
Jaime Ferrer, OF, Florida State
Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville
Matthew Mattthijs, RP, North Carolina*
Dalton Pence, RP, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Sam Highfill, SP, NC State
Garrett Pennington, 1B, NC State
Evan Blanco, SP, Virginia
Henry Godbout, 2B, Virginia
Chris Cannizzaro, OF, Virginia Tech
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest*
Seaver King, 3B, Wake Forest
*Designates At-Large Selection
% 17 players on the Third Team due to a tie in the voting
All-ACC Freshman Team
Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Kyle Johnson, OF/SP, Duke
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Zion Rose, C, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Gavin Gallaher, 3B, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Jacob Dudan, RP, NC State
Eric Becker, INF, Virginia
Henry Ford, 1B, Virginia
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
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Evan Webster was a second team All-ACC selection, while Gavin Kilen was voted to the third team and Zion Rose was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team.
ACC season honors were determined by a vote of the league's 14 head coaches.
Webster moved into a starting role for his fifth season at Louisville and has been excellent as the Saturday starter this spring. The southpaw is 5-2 on the season with a 3.54 ERA starting all 14 weekends. Webster set career highs with 68.2 innings and 60 strikeouts and was one of the top strike throwers in the ACC. He finished the regular season fourth in the ACC in walks per nine innings and seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Kilen has had a special sophomore season for the Cardinals. He finished the regular season with a .333 average, leading Louisville in hits (69), doubles (22) and total bases (124). His 22 two-baggers led the ACC and are tied for the seventh-most in a single season in program history. After not homering as a freshman, Kilen tallied nine in 52 games to give him 34 extra-base hits.
Rose was a highly-ranked prospect when he enrolled at Louisville and he came in and made an immediate impact. The freshman led the Cardinals with a .382 batting average during the regular season, racking up eight doubles, five triples and four home runs. Rose also notched 10 stolen bases and finished with more walks (19) than strikeouts (18).
The Cardinals are the seven seed in this week's ACC Baseball Championship at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. Louisville will open pool play against Miami on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET before taking on Clemson on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.
If the Cardinals go 2-0 in pool play, they'll advance to the semifinal round on Saturday, with the championship set for Sunday. Every game of the ACC Championship will be televised on ACC Network except the final, which will air on ESPN2.
Player of the Year: James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
Pitcher of the Year: Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Coach of the Year: Scott Forbes, North Carolina
All-ACC Teams
First Team
Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson*
Charlie Beilenson, RP, Duke
Ben Miller, 3B, Duke
Zac Morris, 2B, Duke
Jonathan Santucci, SP, Duke
Jamie Arnold, SP, Florida State
James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Gage Ziehl, SP, Miami*
Casey Cook, OF, North Carolina*
Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Jacob Cozart, C, NC State
Ethan Anderson, DH/UT, Virginia
Griff O'Ferrall, SS, Virginia
Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest
Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest
Second Team
Blake Wright, 2B, Clemson
Alex Stone, C, Duke*
Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
Matthew Ellis, DH/UT, Georgia Tech
Payton Green, SS, Georgia Tech
Evan Webster, SP, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami*
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Parks Harber, 1B, North Carolina
Shea Sprague, SP, North Carolina
Alex Makarewicz, 3B, NC State*
Phil Fox, RP, Pittsburgh
Harrison Didawick, OF, Virginia
Jacob Ference, C, Virginia
Casey Saucke, OF, Virginia
Ben Watson, OF, Virginia Tech
Third Team
John West, SP, Boston College*
Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Marco Dinges, DH/UT, Florida State
Jaime Ferrer, OF, Florida State
Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville
Matthew Mattthijs, RP, North Carolina*
Dalton Pence, RP, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Sam Highfill, SP, NC State
Garrett Pennington, 1B, NC State
Evan Blanco, SP, Virginia
Henry Godbout, 2B, Virginia
Chris Cannizzaro, OF, Virginia Tech
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest*
Seaver King, 3B, Wake Forest
*Designates At-Large Selection
% 17 players on the Third Team due to a tie in the voting
All-ACC Freshman Team
Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Kyle Johnson, OF/SP, Duke
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Zion Rose, C, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Gavin Gallaher, 3B, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Jacob Dudan, RP, NC State
Eric Becker, INF, Virginia
Henry Ford, 1B, Virginia
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
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