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Sabato Named All-American By Baseball America
June 10, 2019 | Baseball
Aaron Sabato was named a third-team All-American by Baseball America, the site announced Monday. A native of Rye Brook, N.Y., Sabato having one of the best freshman seasons in Carolina Baseball history. The ACC Freshman of the Year has set the single season freshman home run record with 16 long balls, besting the previous record of 15 set by Chad Flack in 2015. He has already been named a first-team All-American, freshman All-American and Co-National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball.
Sabato also led the team in batting average during conference play (.358), and is the first freshman to do that since Colin Moran was named ACC Freshman of the year in 2011. He currently leads the team in batting average (.342), hits (77), doubles (25), RBIs (60), total bases (152), slugging percentage (.676) and is tied for first in home runs (16). The freshman leads the team in multi-hit games (22), tied for first in multi-RBI games (16) and is the first Tar Heel since 2012 to hit for the cycle when he did so on Thursday, May 16 against NC State.
He is the seventh Tar Heel to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year joining Brian Roberts (1997), Adam Greenberg (2000), Daniel Bard (2004), Dustin Ackley (2007), Colin Moran (2011) and Ashton McGee (2017).
For a full list of Baseball America's All-Americans, click here.
Sabato also led the team in batting average during conference play (.358), and is the first freshman to do that since Colin Moran was named ACC Freshman of the year in 2011. He currently leads the team in batting average (.342), hits (77), doubles (25), RBIs (60), total bases (152), slugging percentage (.676) and is tied for first in home runs (16). The freshman leads the team in multi-hit games (22), tied for first in multi-RBI games (16) and is the first Tar Heel since 2012 to hit for the cycle when he did so on Thursday, May 16 against NC State.
He is the seventh Tar Heel to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year joining Brian Roberts (1997), Adam Greenberg (2000), Daniel Bard (2004), Dustin Ackley (2007), Colin Moran (2011) and Ashton McGee (2017).
For a full list of Baseball America's All-Americans, click here.
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