Trio of Demon Deacons Named to All-ACC Teams

CHARLOTTE – For the fourth-straight year, at least three Wake Forest baseball student-athletes were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams, as voted on by the ACC head coaches and announced by the league on Monday afternoon.

The Demon Deacons have now placed at least one athlete on the First-Team ballot in nine of the last 11 All-ACC teams.

All-ACC Demon Deacons

Blake Morningstar (First Team)
- Morningstar's ERA has gone from 7.45 as a freshman to 2.71 this year, to rank third in the ACC and 33rd in the nation, while holding hitters to just a .212 average against over 73.0 innings.
- The Wyalusing, Pa. native is 6-1 on the season, well surpassing his win total as a freshman. In 13 starts, he has allowed over three earned runs in just two, and has four quality starts on the season, including a trio in conference play.
- Morningstar earned his sixth win of the year with a gritty 6.2 innings at Louisville, striking out seven.
- The righty allowed just two hits with four strikeouts in a designated 4.0 inning start against Gardner-Webb.
- Against Pitt, Morningstar allowed just two earned runs over 6.0 innings with six punchouts.
- He allowed just one earned run over 5.0 innings against Stanford, striking out six Cardinal hitters.
- The righty worked five strong innings, allowing just three runs with eight strikeouts against Florida State.
- Morningstar had the best outing of his career, collecting a career-high 10 strikeouts over a career-long 7.0 innings against Virginia Tech. The righty retired 10-straight Hokies over innings three through six and allowed just two runs on five hits.
- He punched out 22 batters over a three-game span allowing just one earned run over 15.1 IP, including at least seven in each, and had a then career-high eight punchouts against Notre Dame.
Kade Lewis (Second Team)
- Lewis has made an immediate impact since joining Wake this season, as he ranks first on the team, second in the ACC and 30th in the country with a .395 average to this point.
- Hitting .386 for his career, Lewis ranks ninth in the country among active D1 athletes with at least 200 at-bats, totaling 157 hits in 107 career games.
- Ranking in the top five in the ACC in nearly every offensive category, Lewis was one of seven ACC players to be named a Golden Spikes Semifinalist.
- The sophomore infielder has put together 24 multi-hit efforts on the season, leading the Demon Deacons. Of his 79 hits, 16 have been doubles, and another 11 have left the yard. Lewis has walked 42 times, which is more than he has struck out. Additionally, he has logged 57 RBI and scored 45 runs in his first season as a Demon Deacon.
Marek Houston (Third Team)
- Houston is second on the team with 23 multi-hit efforts on the year. In games where Houston has at least two hits, the Demon Deacons are 19-4, as opposed to just 17-15 in games with one hit or less.
- Throughout his career, Houston has recorded 54 multi-hit efforts, with Wake compiling a 42-12 record.
- The junior is the only Deac to start in every game this season, recording a hit in 42 of 55 contests.
- With 55 RBIs on the year, Houston enters the ACC Tournament just outside the top 10 in the ACC. The junior tied the program record with 10 RBI in a single game with his performance against Notre Dame to open the series.

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