Emma Kauf,
Cameron Stanford and
Breanna Roper have each been named to All-ACC teams as announced by the league office on Tuesday. Kauf earned a pair of selections, being named All-ACC First Team as well as to the ACC All-Freshman team while Awald was also marked All-ACC First Team. Stanford earned her third consecutive All-ACC Second Team selection, and Roper was voted All-ACC Third Team.
Kauf, a second-year freshman, exploded out of the gate this season in her first opportunity to garner yearly ACC honors. The Lincoln, Neb. native won the year’s first ACC Player of the Week for her performance in the season-opening Buzz Classic. Since, she’s gone on to rank second on the team in batting average (.356), hits (47), doubles (7), homeruns (10), RBI (31), total bases (86) and slugging percentage (.652). Kauf owns the lone triple on the squad this season, and her homeruns and total bases also rank in the top 10 amongst the conference. The Tech backstop is the first Yellow Jacket
TV
Saturday’s 2 p.m. matchup will be broadcast live on ACC Network. The remainder of the weekend series will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
Parking
Senior Day
Georgia Tech will celebrate 12 student-athletes, nine current and three former players, on Sunday for Senior Day. The nine current academic seniors will receive a special introduction pregame, and all 12 will be honored with a postgame ceremony.
Storylines
Georgia Tech is most recently coming off of a 3-2 win over Kennesaw State. The Jacket slingers held the Owls to five hits on the day as sophomore right-hander
Blake Neleman got the start, tossing five innings while picking up four strikeouts and allowing just two runs on four hits. Senior lefty
Athletics Celebrates Student-Athletes at YJC
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech athletics recognized the achievements of its student-athletes over the past year during its annual Yellow Jacket Celebration on Monday evening at McCamish Pavilion.
Nicole Fegans and Moses Wright headlined the honorees, earning GTAA Athletes of the Year for their outstanding performances this past season.
One of Georgia Tech’s most decorated distance runners in program history, Nicole Fegans embodies the true meaning of being a student-athlete. This season, she placed 12th overall at NCAA Cross Country Championships, guiding Tech to its best finish in school history at nationals, earning all-American status to become just the third women’s runner at Tech to do so. During the 2021 indoor season she continued her dominance as she was named an all-American in the 5K at the national meet. Fegans holds a total of six school records for track in her collegiate career and set four of those records this season. Th
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (15-25) took care of Kennesaw State (22-20) in a low scoring affair with a 3-2 win on Sunday at Mewborn Field. The Jackets made the most of their opportunities at the dish, highlighted by a solo bomb off the bat of sophomore catcher
Emma Kauf, while the hurlers for the White and Gold kept the Owls in check.
Kennesaw State knocked a leadoff homerun in the top of the first to get started, but Tech responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half to take the lead. Senior first basemen
Tricia Awald knotted things up first with an RBI single before a sacrifice fly courtesy of senior outfielder
Crosby Huckabay). Eight total Jackets have gone yard multiple times this season.
Along with that power, Tech has efficiently put runners on, ranking third in the conference in on-base percentage (0.380).
In the field, the Yellow Jackets have displayed solid glove work this season as they’re marked third in the ACC in fielding percentage (0.969).
A pair of Jackets have earned ACC Player of the Week recognition this season as sophomore catcher
Emma Kauf earned ACC Player of the Week and sophomore pitcher
Blake Neleman was named ACC Co-Pitcher of the week for their performances in the season opening Buzz Classic.