Yesterday D1Baseball released their 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections, and they projected NC State to be a Regional Host, as the #11 overall seed.

Baseball America released their projections today, and they also picked the Wolfpack to be a Regional Host, and the #9 overall seed.

They project the Wolfpack to be joined by San Diego, South Carolina and Fairfield.

Projected Regional Hosts

1. Tennessee
2. UNC
3. Texas A&M
4. Kentucky
5. Arkansas
6. Clemson
7. Oklahoma
8. Georgia
9. NC State
10. UVA
11. FSU
12. Oregon St.
13. Indiana St.
14. ECU
15. Oklahoma St.
16. UC Santa Barbara

D1Baseball has released their projections for the 2024 NCAA Tournament after the conclusion of the Regular Season, and the publication has NC State projected to be a Regional Host as the #11 overall seed.

They project the Wolfpack to be joined by UC Irvine, UNCW and Grand Canyon.

Projected Regional Hosts

1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Texas A&M
4. UNC
5. Arkansas
6. Clemson
7. Oklahoma
8. Georgia
9. FSU
10. Oregon St.
11. NC State
12. UVA
13. US Santa Barbara
14. Indiana St.
15. ECU
16. Oklahoma St.

The ACC has released their All-Conference teams, and 5 NC State players were represented. Junior Catcher Jacob Cozart made the 1st Team, Senior 3rd Baseman Alec Makarewicz made the 2nd Team, and Senior Pitcher Sam Highfill and Senior 1st Baseman Garrett Pennington made the 3rd Team.

Cozart hit .290 with 16 Home Runs with 45 RBI’s and 55 Runs. Last season, he was named to the All-ACC 2nd Team.

A-Mak hit .362 with 19 homers and 67 RBI’s. He finished the reason ranked in the Top-10 in 7 different statistical categories.

Pennington hit .347 with 14 Home Runs and 57 RBI’s.

Highfill had a 5-1 record with a 5.09 ERA, striking out 65 batters in 63.2 innings.

Pitcher Jacob Dudan made the All-Freshman Team. Dudan finished with an ERA of 4.30, with 5 Saves, and a record of 3-2. He struck out 39 batters in 37.2 innings.

All-ACC Teams

First Team

Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson*
Charlie Beilenson, RP, Duke
Ben Miller, 3B, Duke
Zac Morris, 2B, Duke
Jonathan Santucci, SP, Duke
Jamie Arnold, SP, Florida State
James Tibbs III, OF, Florida State
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Gage Ziehl, SP, Miami*
Casey Cook, OF, North Carolina*
Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina
Jacob Cozart, C, NC State
Ethan Anderson, DH/UT, Virginia
Griff O’Ferrall, SS, Virginia
Chase Burns, SP, Wake Forest
Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest

Second Team

Blake Wright, 2B, Clemson
Alex Stone, C, Duke*
Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State
Matthew Ellis, DH/UT, Georgia Tech
Payton Green, SS, Georgia Tech
Evan Webster, SP, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami*
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Parks Harber, 1B, North Carolina
Shea Sprague, SP, North Carolina
Alec Makarewicz, 3B, NC State*
Phil Fox, RP, Pittsburgh
Harrison Didawick, OF, Virginia
Jacob Ference, C, Virginia
Casey Saucke, OF, Virginia
Ben Watson, OF, Virginia Tech

Third Team

John West, SP, Boston College*
Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Marco Dinges, DH/UT, Florida State
Jaime Ferrer, OF, Florida State
Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville
Matthew Mattthijs, RP, North Carolina*
Dalton Pence, RP, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Sam Highfill, SP, NC State
Garrett Pennington, 1B, NC State
Evan Blanco, SP, Virginia
Henry Godbout, 2B, Virginia
Chris Cannizzaro, OF, Virginia Tech
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech
Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest*
Seaver King, 3B, Wake Forest

*Designates At-Large Selection
% 17 players on the Third Team due to a tie in the voting

All-ACC Freshman Team

Aidan Knaak, SP, Clemson
AJ Gracia, OF, Duke
Kyle Johnson, OF/SP, Duke
Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
Zion Rose, C, Louisville
Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami
Jason DeCaro, SP, North Carolina
Gavin Gallaher, 3B, North Carolina
Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
Jacob Dudan, RP, NC State
Eric Becker, INF, Virginia
Henry Ford, 1B, Virginia
Brett Renfrow, SP, Virginia Tech

NC State’s Baseball team finished the regular season with a bang, sweeping Wake Forest this past weekend. As a result, the Wolfpack jumped into the Top-15 in every poll.

Baseball America – 7th (+2)

Perfect Game – 11th (+11)

D1Baseball – 12th (+5)

Coaches Poll – 14th (+4)

RPI – 14th