Georgia Tech Baseball: Yellow Jackets Outfielder Drew Burress Named ACC Player of the Week

Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress was named ACC Player of the week after his stellar play against Georgia State and Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech Baseball: Drew Burress Named ACC Player of the Week / Georgia Tech Athletic

After a stellar week of play, Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress has been named ACC Player of the Week. Burress was a huge part of leading Georgia Tech to a 3-1 week, including a midweek win over Georgia State and an ACC series win over Pittsburgh.

𝐀𝐂𝐂 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 - @drew_burress08

🐝 2.088 OPS
🐝 .563 avg. (9-for-16)
🐝 8 extra-base hits (5 2Bs / 3 HRs)#StingEm x #CaptainHavoc
📰 https://t.co/munwYAqSi0 pic.twitter.com/rAZ7fNLFfi

— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) March 17, 2025

Drew Burress continues to lead Division I in career slugging % (.820)

The gap between him and 2nd is .098 - the same as the distance between 2nd and 41st 😳 (minimum 200 career ABs) #StingEm🐝 x #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/ltSvvCOKii

— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) March 17, 2025

Burress began his week on Tuesday, against Georgia State, when he launched a 433-foot home run over the batter’s eye in center field in his first at-bat to give GT the lead in what would become a 4-2 victory. He didn’t get many pitches to hit after that, drawing two walks and coming around to score the insurance run in the 7th.

On Friday, the Houston County native hit his second homer of the week in the fourth inning, it was a part of a four-RBI day as he drove in two more with a double later on in a 10-1 victory. The next day, he would go 3-for-5 with two doubles and a season-high four runs scored in the Jackets’ 11-1 run-rule win. He followed that on Sunday with a 3-for-4 performance featuring two doubles, another home run, three runs scored and an RBI. It was his second consecutive three-hit game, the first time he has accomplished that as a Yellow Jacket.

Burress has now hit eight home runs this season, bringing his career total to 33. This past week, he surpassed Georgia Tech legends Joey Bart (2016-18), Jake Davies (2009-12), Pete Geist (1983-85), Matt Murton (2001-03) and Scott Byers (1993-96) on the all-time home run leaderboard as he creeps closer to the Top 20 in program history (36).

His 11 doubles lead the ACC this season, tied with teammate Kyle Lodise, and stand 6th in Division I. He is 23rd in the nation and 2nd in the ACC with eight home runs and his career slugging percentage (.820) leads all of Division I by almost a full point (2nd place - .722). The gap between Burress and second place on the career slugging % list is equal to the distance between 2nd place and 41st (must have minimum of 200 ABs to qualify for the national career rankings).

Georgia Tech is 16-4 heading into their Tuesday matchup against Gardner-Webb. First pitch is set for 6:00 in Atlanta.

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