Miami Baseball Lands Eight on ACC All-Academic Team; First Alert: June 22, 2024

The Miami Hurricanes baseball program excelled in the classroom this past semester as eight players landed spots on the ACC All-Academic Team on Friday. The eight selections match a program record set in 2019.

Requirements for selection to the All-ACC Baseball Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, position players must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests and pitchers in 20 percent.

Junior left-handed pitcher Herick Hernandez (economics), freshman infielder Antonio Jimenez (public relations), freshman outfielder Jake Kulikowski (sport administration), junior right-handed pitcher Slaide Naturman (sport administration), freshman right-handed pitcher Nick Robert (sport administration), graduate infielder JD Urso (liberal studies), redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher Brian Walters (sport administration) and junior right-handed pitcher Gage Ziehl (sport administration) were among the 172 student-athletes recognized with academic accolades by the ACC.

Seven Hurricanes received the prestigious honor for the first time in their careers, with Ziehl becoming the fourth Hurricane to be a three-time recipient, joining fellow pitchers Bryan Garcia (2014-16), Evan McKendry (2016-18) and Andrew Walters (2021-23).

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