Four Deacs Named to All-ACC Baseball Academic Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Four members of the Wake Forest baseball program were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Academic Team, as announced by the league office Monday afternoon.

Adam Cecere (Communication), Rhett Lowder (Economics), Camden Minacci (Psychology) and Brendan Tinsman (Communication) garnered this prestigious honor thanks to a combination of academic and athletic achievements during the 2022 campaign.

This marks the first academic accolade for Cecere, Lowder and Minacci. Tinsman reeled in his second All-ACC Academic honor of his career after being selected to the 2019 team following his freshman season.

The baseball program has now placed at least four honorees on the conference's academic squad seven times in the last 10 years.

Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.

Demon Deacons on the All-ACC Academic Team
Adam Cecere | Redshirt Sophomore | Communication

Named a 2022 Team Captain
Started 58 games in left field
Batted .318 with 71 hits (fourth on team), eight doubles, 14 home runs (fifth on team), 52 RBIs (fifth on team) and 67 runs
Posted a .552 slugging percentage (fifth on team) and a .411 on-base percentage
Finished tied for third on team with 22 multi-hit games while tying for fourth with 16 multi-RBI performances
Went on a season-long 14-game hit streak from April 10-May 11
Started season on six-game hit streak
Launched two home runs in three games
Hit a two-run homer and a solo shot to push Wake Forest to home victory versus VCU (Feb. 20)
Went a perfect 4-4 with two home runs against Miami in the ACC Tournament (May 27)
Helped Wake Forest tie ACC Tournament record in home runs with his pair of solo shots against the Hurricanes in Charlotte
Registered second career triple at Boston College (April 3)
Drove in a season-high three runs in four contests
Scored two runs in 15 games, with last coming against LIU in NCAA Tournament (June 4)

Rhett Lowder | Sophomore | Economics

Became the first Demon Deacon in program history to be named ACC Pitcher of the Year
Became just the sixth Demon Deacon ever to receive five All-America honors in the same year
Earned First Team All-American honors from the ABCA, Second Team All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball, Second Team All-American honors from Perfect Game, Second Team honors from D1Baseball and Third Team All-American honors from the NCBWA
Landed on the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
Named a First Team All-ACC selection
Became the first Demon Deacon to be named a finalist for the Collegiate Pitcher of the Year Award
Finished the season with a 11-3 record in 99.1 innings
Became just the fifth pitcher in program history and the first since 2002 to reach 11 victories in a season
Struck out a career-high 105 batters, the 10th most in program history
Entered the NCAA Tournament as one of four pitchers in the nation with 11 wins, which was also an ACC best
Ended the regular season as the only pitcher in the ACC to rank in the top three in wins, strikeouts, ERA and innings pitched
Also ranked in the top 10 in WHIP (fourth), walks allowed per nine innings (seventh) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (seventh) heading into the NCAA Tournament
Registered the lowest ERA (2.60) and the most innings (65.2) in addition to the second-most victories (six) in conference play
Went at least six innings in 11 of his 16 starts
Allowed three earned runs or less in 15 of his 16 starts... Walked two batters or less in 13 appearances
Fanned double-digit batters in three games, matching his career-high of 11 strikeouts against NJIT (Feb. 25), Clemson (April 15) and Louisville (May 6)
Started the season a perfect 5-0, highlighted by conference wins in the series openers against nationally-ranked Florida State (March 11) and nationally-ranked Georgia Tech (March 18)
Threw the first complete game by a Demon Deacon since 2017 on just 87 pitches, striking out six batters while allowing just five hits and no walks against NC State (May 19)
Earned ACC Pitcher of the Week and Perfect Game Pitcher of the Week honors for complete-game gem
Reached 150 career strikeouts with his first punchout of his start against Louisville (May 7)
Tossed a then-career high eight scoreless innings against Clemson (April 15)
Also blanked Lafayette (Feb. 18) and Boston College (April 1), allowing no earned runs
Walked no batters against Duke (April 8), Notre Dame (April 22), Longwood (April 30) and NC State (May 19)
Conceded a season-low three hits against Lafayette (Feb. 18), UMass Lowell (March 4) and Clemson (April 15)
Retired the first 10 batters he faced against Duke (April 8)
Kept UMass Lowell hitless until the top of the sixth (March 4)
Earned second win of the season against NJIT (Feb. 25), retiring nine-straight batters over the second, third, fourth and fifth innings

Camden Minacci | Sophomore | Psychology

One of 18 pitchers in nation to land on Midseason and Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch Lists
Made 30 appearances out of bullpen, tied for the most on squad
Tossed a career-high 45.1 innings with a career-high 59 strikeouts, good for third on the team
Finished with lowest ERA on team (2.18)
Posted victories against NJIT (Feb. 26) and Clemson (April 16)
Notched a career-high six saves, the sixth most in the ACC
Allowed no runs or hits in 12 appearances
Instrumental in series-opening victory at Georgia Tech on March 18, posting a career-high tying five strikeouts in a then-career-high 3.2 innings
Slammed the door in three-straight games against Elon (April 6), Duke (April 8) and Duke (April 9)
Threw a career-long 4.1 innings on a career-high 71 pitches in tie against Louisville (May 8)
Helped clinch series win at NC State (May 20), allowing no runs or hits over 1.2 innings
Fanned five batters in two scoreless innings in first outing of season versus Georgetown (Feb. 19)

Brendan Tinsman | Redshirt Junior | Communication

Named a 2022 Team Captain
Named a Third Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA
Named a Third Team All-ACC selection
Named an ACC All-Tournament Team selection
Became first Demon Deacon ever to be named a Semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award
Appeared in 60 games, making 59 starts behind the plate
Tallied career highs in every offensive and defensive category
Tied the Wake Forest single season home run record with a career-high 24 home runs, the fourth most in the ACC and ninth most in the nation
Also led the team with 87 hits, a .710 slugging percentage, 15 doubles, 174 bases
Led the ACC in base runners caught stealing and finished tied with an ACC-best .994 fielding percentage
Finished second on squad with 69 RBIs and third on team with a .355 batting average.
Registered 28 multi-hit games, the most on the team, and 18 multi-RBI performances
Tallied a career-long 19-game hit streak from April 9-May 11
Ended the season on an 11-game hit streak
Hit a home run in three-straight games twice
Posted a career-high four hits at Georgia Tech (March 19) and Boston College (April 1)
In addition to a career-high four hits, blasted a career-high two home runs and scored a career-high four runs in Wake Forest's 27-7 series-clinching victory at Georgia Tech (March 19)
Posted a career-high two doubles against NJIT on Feb. 26
Drove in a career-high four runs in four games
Led the team in postseason play with a .455 batting average to go along with a team-high 10 hits and two home runs, two doubles, eight RBIs, a .818 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage

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