NC State Butler leads the All-ACC Baseball Academic Team

GREENSBORO, NC (theACAC.com) NC state striker Jonny Butler has been recognized as the Baseball Scientist Athlete of the Year at the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference and leads the All-ACC sport announced on Thursday.

Butler became the ACC’s batting champion (.376) when he led Wolfpack’s College World Series spot and ranked among the league leaders in progression rate (.663) and base (.452).

A native of Channahon, Illinois, Butler earned the first-team All-ACC medals when the regulars hit better than 400 at the end of the regular season. He was one of the country’s most dangerous strikers in the stretch, turning in 11 consecutive multi-hit matches to complete the regular season. Butler went 10-for-32 (.313) in the NCAA tournament game in the team’s high 12 runs. beaten in, highlighted on a 3-for-4 trip with a home tour and five career-best RBIs in his College World Series debut vs. Stanford on June 19th.

Named All-America by four publications, Butler has also been successful in the class, but majoring in accounting. He is a triple NC State Deans List student and a double ACC Academic Honor Roll member.

A total of 21 student-athletes who earned All-ACC ratings this season also secured places on the academic team, highlighted by first-team honors Luke Waddell (Georgia Tech), Henry Davis (Louisville), Butler (NC), John Michael Bertrand (Notre Dame), Andrew Abbott (Virginia) and Gavin Cross (Virginia Tech).

Abbott is the only student-athlete on the 2021 All-ACC academic team to collect the award for the third time.

In addition, five student-athletes on the All-ACC Freshman team earned All-ACC academic team honors.

All 14 ACC baseball programs are represented on the All-ACC academic team as Duke leads all schools with seven selections, followed by Notre Dame with six. Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, and NC each had five.

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be presented annually to the best junior or senior students in their sport. Award nominees have had to keep 3.0 grade points in their careers as well as 3.0 in the last semester.

The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with an average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released later this month.

2021 ALL-ACC ACADEMIC BASEBALL TEAM

Research Athlete of the Year:Jonny Butler, Jr., OF, NC

Dante Baldelli **, Boston College, Greece, OF, Health Care Administration
Brian Dempsey, Boston College, GR, INF, Management
Mack Anglin, Clemson, Fr., P, Criminal Justice
Mat Clark **, Clemson, Gr., P, Health Sciences
Geoffrey Gilbert, Clemson, Fr., P, Sociology
Nick Hoffmann, Clemson, Director, Director
James Parker, Clemson, So, INF, management
Chris Crabtree **, Duke, Senior, INF, Psychology
Matt Dockman **, Duke, Senior, Economics and Mathematics
Luke Fox, Duke, Fr., P / OF, unreported
Joey Loperfido **, Duke, Senior, OF, Sociology
Peter Matt, Duke, OF, management
Ethan Murray **, Duke, Jr., INF, Sociology
RJ Schreck, Duke, Jr., OF, Computer Science
Chase Haney **, State of Florida, Gr., P, Multidisciplinary Social Science
Bryce Hubbart, State of Florida, Fr., P, Sports Management
Logan Lacey, Florida State, Senior, 3B / OF, Multidisciplinary Social Science
Brant Hurter **, Georgia Tech, Jr., Business
Tres Gonzalez, Georgia Tech, Fr., Business
Andrew Jenkins, Georgia Tech, FR, INF, Business
Kevin Parada, Georgia Tech, Fr., C, Business
Luke Waddell **, Georgia Tech, Jr., SS, Business
Alex Binelas **, Louisville, So., INF, Sports Administration
Kaleb Corbett, Louisville, Fr., P, Sports Administration
Henry Davis, Louisville, So, C, Sports Administration
Lucas Dunn **, Louisville, Jr., INF, Sports Administration / Communications
Luke Seed, Louisville, So, P, Finance
Spencer Bodanza, Miami, Jr., Sports Administration
Christian Del Castillo, Miami, R-Jr., OF, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Daniel Federman **, Miami, Jr., Director
Anthony Vilar **, Miami, So, INF, Accounting
Andrew Walters, Miami, Fr., P, management
Gage Gillian, North Carolina, senior, director
Danny Serretti, North Carolina, So, INF, Exercise and Sports Science
Jonny Butler **, NC State, Jr., OF, Accounting
Sam Highfill, NC, Fr., P, Business Administration
Reid Johnston, NC, Jr., Sports Administration
Evan Justice, NC State, Jr., Sports Management
Austin Murr, NC Department, Junior, INF, Sports Management
John Michael Bertrand, Notre Dame, Group, Leader
Jack Brannigan, Notre Dame, So., INF, Finance
Ryan Cole, Notre Dame, Senior, CFO
Tanner Kohlhepp, Notre Dame, So., P, Psychology
Spencer Myers, Notre Dame, Senior, OF, Economics
Alexander Rao, Notre Dame, Jr., finance, finance
Mitch Myers, Pitt, Jr., Health Services
Andrew Abbott ***, Virginia, Gr., P, Biology / Psychology
Nate Savino, Virginia, So., P, Intermediate Studies
Kyle Teel, Virginia, Fr., UTL, unreported
Kyle Whitten **, Virginia, Senior, P, Intermediate Studies
Peyton Alford, Virginia Tech, Senior, Master of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Shane Connolly, Virginia Tech, Jr., Master of Business Administration
Gavin Cross, Virginia Tech, FR, Consumer Studies
Eric Adler, Wake Forest, Fr., P, Communications
Lucas Costello, Wake Forest, Fr., OF, unreported

* means the number of All-ACC Academic Team selections