Congrats to Freiman

[jimsumner]

"Duke senior first baseman Nate Freiman was selected as the ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines a 2009 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team that includes a conference-leading nine Duke Blue Devils.

Freiman, a First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America and Duke’s all-time home run leader, graduated from Duke with a 3.83 grade point average as a History major and Math minor. An eighth-round selection of the San Diego Padres, Freiman led Duke in batting average (.352), home runs (20) and RBI (62) for the third consecutive year on the way to earning second team All-ACC honors.

Also a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, Freiman is one an ACC-record nine Duke players on the All-ACC Academic team, joining senior classmates Matt Williams and Andrew Wolcott, juniors Jeremy Gould, Alex Hassan and Ryan McCurdy, sophomore Jake Lemmerman and freshmen Eric Pfisterer and Will Piwnica-Worms."

Essentially, this is Duke's starting lineup. Kudos to all concerned.

[DevilCastDownfromDurham]

Congrats to Nate and the entire team and staff. This is an amazing honor that reflects a lot of very hard work.

[captmojo]

Also a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, Freiman is one an ACC-record nine Duke players on the All-ACC Academic team, joining senior classmates Matt Williams and Andrew Wolcott, juniors Jeremy Gould, Alex Hassan and Ryan McCurdy, sophomore Jake Lemmerman and freshmen Eric Pfisterer and Will Piwnica-Worms."

Essentially, this is Duke's starting lineup. Kudos to all concerned.

All-ACC? Heck, I would ask if this feat has ever been duplicated...out of any conference.

[4decadedukie]

In an era when many professional and collegiate athletes are anything but "scholars and gentlemen," our rejuvenated baseball team demonstrates that the NCAA's favorite term -- student athlete -- is a great deal more than a cliché. CONGRATULATIONS to them, their coaches, the Athletic Department and Duke.

[johnb]

It's interesting that the 3 other relatively small private schools (BC, Miami, and WF) total 4 on this team, while all 6 of the players from Ga Tech major in management. It's also noteworthy/impressive that the other 4-time guy aside from Freiman is an aeronautical engineering major at State.

Overall numbers:
BC: 1
Clemson 4
Duke 9
Florida State 2
Ga Tech 6
MD 3
Miami 2
NC 3
NC State 1
Virginia 5
Virginia Tech 3
Wake Forest 1

2009 All-ACC Academic Baseball team is as follows

Name School Class Major

Tony Sanchez Boston College Jr. Communications
*Mike Freeman Clemson Jr. Financial Management
Jason Stolz Clemson Fr. Undeclared
*Graham Stoneburner Clemson So. Management
Matt Vaughn Clemson Sr. Management
***Nate Freiman Duke Sr. History
Jeremy Gould Duke Jr. Psychology
*Alex Hassan Duke Jr. Psychology
*Jake Lemmerman Duke So. History
Ryan McCurdy Duke Jr. Political Science
Eric Pfisterer Duke Fr. Undeclared
Will Piwnica-Worms Duke Fr. Undeclared
*Matt Williams Duke Sr. Political Science
*Andrew Wolcott Duke Sr. History
Tyler Holt Florida State So. Sports Management
**Tommy Oravetz Florida State Sr. Geography
Derek Dietrich Georgia Tech So. Management
*Jason Haniger Georgia Tech Sr. Management
Chris House Georgia Tech Sr. Management
**Tony Plagman Georgia Tech Jr. Management
Jeff Rowland Georgia Tech So. Management
Zach Von Tersch Georgia Tech Jr. Management
Dan Gentzler Maryland Sr. Economics
Brett Harman Maryland So. Kinesiology
**Mike Murphy Maryland Sr. Business Management
**Dave DiNatale Miami Sr. Finance
Chris Hernandez Miami So. Management
*Colin Bates North Carolina So. Business Administration
Levi Michael North Carolina Fr. Undeclared
**Adam Warren North Carolina Sr. Business Administration
***Joey Cutler NC State Sr. Aerospace Engineering
Phil Gosselin Virginia So. Undeclared
*Dan Grovatt Virginia So. Undeclared
Danny Hultzen Virginia Fr. Undeclared
Robert Morey Virginia So. Undeclared
Robert Poutier Virginia Sr. Education
Mike Kaminski Virginia Tech Jr. Sociology
Ben Rowen Virginia Tech Jr. Sociology
Michael Seaborn Virginia Tech So. Accounting
Weldon Woodall Wake Forest Sr. Political Science