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).
Today's Schedule
No games scheduled.
Hurricane's Results
No results.
Did you notice?
- Miami track senior sprinter Solomon Strader advanced to the 400-meter semifinals after clocking 45.76 seconds. The 400-meter semifinals is scheduled for Sunday at 9:35 p.m. ET.
- 25 Miami track and field athletes were named to the ACC's Academic Team: Men -- Oskars Bambals, Ramy Berberena, Austen Cannon, Jeremy Cody, Carter Cukerstein, Devoux Deysel, Jalen Gordon, Milton Ingraham II, Aaron Kim, Cormac O’Brien, Edgar Campre, Russell Robinson, Ashton Torns, Heath Vernor; Women -- Gabriella Grissom, Sophie Haag, Erikka Hill, Calea Jackson, Daphnee Lavassas, Emma Maurel, Makenzy Pierre-Webster, Alyssa Robinson, Madeline Scheie, Natalie Varela and Christina Warren.
Countdown to Miami's Season Opener
70 Days.
Follow us on:
X(Twitter): @CanesCentralSI
Facebook: CanesCentral on SI
Hunter De Siver is the lead basketball writer for BamaCentral and has covered Crimson Tide football since 2024. He previously distributed stories about the NFL and NBA for On SI and was a staff writer for Missouri Tigers On SI and Cowbell Corner. Before that, Hunter generated articles highlighting Crimson Tide products in the NFL and NBA for BamaCentral as an intern in 2022 and 2023. Hunter is a graduate from the University of Alabama, earning a degree in sports media in 2023.