GREENSBORO, N.C. – Florida State, champions of the Atlantic Division in the ACC and seeded No. 1 overall in the upcoming conference baseball Championship in Greensboro, N.C., placed a league-best five student-athletes on this year's All-ACC first and second teams as announced on Monday, May 21 by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

James Ramsey, who was named an All-ACC first team honoree for the second year in a row, became the fifth Seminole in school history to garner Player of the Year accolades.  The senior captain is the first Seminole to win the award since Buster Posey took home the individual honor in 2008.  He becomes just the third Seminole outfielder to win the award joining J.D. Drew (1997) and John Ford-Griffin (2001). 

Jayce Boyd (1B), Devon Travis (2B) and Robert Benincasa (RP) joined Ramsey on the All-ACC first team as the Seminoles led all schools with four first-team honorees.  Freshman right hander Mike Compton (SP) was named to the second team. 

It marks the second year in a row in which the Seminoles were honored with four first-team honorees.

After leading Florida State to the top seed in the ACC Tournament for the ninth time in school history, Mike Martin was named the league’s Coach of the Year.  It marks the seventh time Martin has claimed the league’s top coaching honor.  Martin led the Seminoles to a 24-6 record in the ACC in 2012 tying the league mark for wins in a season.  After being picked to finished second in the Atlantic Division in the ACC preseason poll, Martin led the Seminoles to a share of the division title for the sixth year in a row.  In 33 years as head coach at Florida State, Martin has never endured a losing season in Tallahassee leading the Seminoles to at least 40 wins each year. 

* From FSU Sports Information

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (May 21, 2012) - During the recently completed Spring 2012 semester at Tallahassee Community College, a total of 26 student-athletes earned honors recognition for their work in the classroom.

The following student-athletes were named to the President's List (4.0 GPA): Matt Duval, baseball; Matt Heckroth, baseball; Megan Oster, softball.

The following student-athletes were named to the Dean's List (3.5-3.99 GPA): Ashley Alexander, women’s basketball; Jarrod Batson, men’s basketball; Brandon Fleming, baseball; Hayden Jordan, baseball; Patrick Riley, baseball; Graham Saiko, baseball; Cameron Tewksbury, baseball; Daniel VanSickle, baseball; Raisa West, women’s basketball.

The following student-athletes were named to the Honor’s List (3.0-3.49 GPA): Michael Arencibia, baseball; Steven Brown, baseball; Nick Deckert, baseball; Tommy Hanks, baseball; Trent Higginbothem, baseball; Alanna Leasau, softball; Devin Kochergen, softball; Bobby Rice, baseball; Jared Romero, baseball; Christina Solmon, women’s basketball; C.J. Washington, men’s basketball; Jessica Whitlock, softball.

The following student-athletes received Merit Recognition (students who are in developmental courses and complete a minimum of six hours with a minimum 3.0 GPA): Kristyn Barry, softball; Sarah Williams, women’s basketball.

* From TCC Sports Information

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (May 21, 2012) – Tallahassee Community College women’s basketball standout Christina Solmon has signed an NCAA letter of intent with Winthrop University.

Solmon, a native of Waltham Park, Jamaica, played for Coach Teresa Atkinson’s Lady Ealges from 2010-12. In 51 career games, she averaged 3.5 points and 5.1 rebounds.

Solmon, who stands 6-foot-2, earned second-team All-Panhandle Conference honors in 2012 after posting 4.1 points and 5.9 rebounds in 26 games. She started all 12 PC games and averaged a team-best 6.3 rebounds.

As a freshman, she averaged 3.0 points and 4.3 rebounds in 25 games en route to being named honorable mention All-PC.

One trip to the Rock Hill, S.C., campus is all it took for Solmon to know that’s where she wanted to continue her academic and athletic careers.

“I really liked the campus,” said Solmon. “I know the coaches will be able to help me continue to improve my game.”

Winthrop head coach Marlene Stollings is equally excited about the opportunity of continuing Solmon’s transition from a lengthy career in Netball.

“Christina is an athletic, long post player who finishes well at the basket,” said Stollings. “She will add quickness, agility and the ability to aggressively rebound. Christina’s best basketball is in front of her, and we are excited about the immediate contributions she will make at the post position.”

One of Stollings’ assistants, Christena Hamilton, is a former assistant at Daytona State College and had the opportunity to see Solmon play in person during the 2010-11 campaign.

In addition to her success on the court, Solmon earned PC All-Academic honors in 2011.

Winthrop, who was 18-13 in 2011-12, is coming off a third-place finish in the Big South Conference.

* From TCC Sports Information

FIRST TEAM

Name, Cl., Position, School

Pete O’Brien, Sr., Catcher, Miami

Jayce Boyd, Jr., First Base, Florida State

Devon Travis, Jr., Second Base, Florida State **

Richie Shaffer, Jr., Third Base, Clemson **

Chris Diaz, Jr., Shortstop, NC State

James Ramsey, Sr., Outfield, Florida State **

Brandon Thomas, Jr., Outfield, Georgia Tech

Ryan Mathews, Sr., Outfield, NC State

Mac Williamson, Jr., Outfield, Wake Forest

Phil Pohl, Sr., DH/Utility, Clemson **

Marcus Stroman, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Duke

Buck Farmer, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Georgia Tech

Kent Emanuel, So., Starting Pitcher, North Carolina

Carlos Rodon, Fr., Starting Pitcher, NC State

Robert Benincasa, Jr., Relief Pitcher, Florida State

Michael Morin, Jr., Relief Pitcher, North Carolina

SECOND TEAM

Name, Cl., Position, School

Jacob Stallings, Sr., Catcher, North Carolina

Mark Zagunis, Fr., Catcher, Virginia Tech

Jake Davies Sr., First Base, Georgia Tech **

Steve Wilkerson, So., Second Base, Clemson

Keith Werman, Sr., Second Base, Virginia

Trea Turner, Fr., Third Base, NC State

Anthony Melchionda, Sr., Shortstop, Boston College

Daniel Palka, So., Outfield, Georgia Tech

Tom Bourdon, So., Outfield, Boston College

Thomas Brittle, Jr., Outfield, Clemson

Brian Holberton, So., DH/Utility, North Carolina

Mike Compton, Fr., Starting Pitcher, Florida State

Brett Harman, Sr., Starting Pitcher, Maryland

Eric Erickson, Gr., Starting Pitcher, Miami

Branden Kline, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Virginia **

Justin Thompson, Sr., Relief Pitcher, Virginia

Michael Dimock, Sr., Relief Pitcher, Wake Forest

** denotes two-time first team or second team All-ACC

Player of the Year

James Ramsey, Florida State

Pitcher of the Year

Carlos Rodon, NC State

Freshman of the Year

Carlos Rodon, NC State

Coach of the Year

Mike Martin, Florida State

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Florida State heads back to Greensboro, N.C., site of its last conference title in 2010, for the 2012 ACC Baseball Championship as the No. 1 overall seed for the ninth time in school history. The Seminoles will open the tournament against eighth-seeded Georgia Tech on Wednesday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m., as announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Sunday afternoon.

As the No. 1 overall seed, Florida State (43-12, 24-6 in ACC play) will be placed in Division A and will be joined by No. 4 Virginia (36-16-1, 18-12), No. 5 Clemson (32-24, 16-14) and No. 8 Georgia Tech (32-24, 12-18).

The Seminoles will face Clemson in their second game of the tournament on Friday, May 25 at 3:00 p.m. and will conclude pool play on Saturday, May 26 taking on No. 4 Virginia at 3:00 p.m.  

Under the pool-play format, each team will play one game against each of the other three opponents in its division Wednesday-Saturday (May 23-26). The two teams with the best records within their respective division brackets will advance to the title game on Sunday, May 27 at 12:00 p.m., with the winner earning the ACC's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

This marks the second time in conference history that the ACC Baseball Championship will be held in Greensboro.  In 2010, Florida State, who entered the tournament as the No. 5 seed, defeated NC State 7-3 in the finals to capture its fifth ACC title in school history. 

The Baseball Championship has been held in the state of North Carolina on seven previous occasions with six of those championships being played in Durham.  FSU owns a record of 17-11 all-time when the ACC Baseball Championship is played in North Carolina.  The Seminoles have played for the conference championship four times in Durham, in 1996, 1998, 2009 and 2011 and the only time the tournament was played in Greensboro in 2010.

North Carolina (42-13, 22-8) is the No. 2 seed and will be joined in Division B by No. 3 NC State (38-15, 19-11), No. 6 Miami (34-19, 16-14) and No. 7 Wake Forest (32-22, 13-17).

All 13 games of this year's 39th annual ACC Baseball Championship will be televised for the sixth straight year with RSN, a regional network that includes Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, FOX Sports Net South, FOX Sports Florida and New England Sports Network, providing coverage. Selected other games will be available via Sun Sports and SportsSouth. Check local listings for more details.  Sunday’s championship game will air on ESPN2 for the first time league history.

All games of the ACC Tournament will be live-streamed via the Internet by ESPN3.  In addition, Sirius 93 will broadcast all 13 games live via satellite radio, and every game with exception of the Wednesday and Friday 7:00 p.m. games will also be broadcast live via satellite radio on XM 190. 

Complete ACC Baseball Championship Schedule

Wednesday, May 23

Game 1 - #1 Florida State vs. #8 Georgia Tech, 11:00 a.m.

Game 2 - #3 NC State vs. #6 Miami, 3:00 p.m.

Game 3 - #2 North Carolina vs. #7 Wake Forest, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 24

Game 4 - #4 Virginia vs. #5 Clemson, 11:00 a.m.

Game 5 - #2 North Carolina vs. #6 Miami, 3:00 p.m.

Game 6 - #3 NC State vs. #7 Wake Forest, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 25

Game 7 - #4 Virginia vs. #8 Georgia Tech, 11:00 a.m.

Game 8 - #1 Florida State vs. #5 Clemson, 3:00 p.m.

Game 9 - #6 Miami vs. #7 Wake Forest, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 26

Game 10 - #5 Clemson vs. #8 Georgia Tech, 11:00 a.m.

Game 11 - #1 Florida State vs. #4 Virginia, 3:00 p.m.

Game 12 - #2 North Carolina vs. #3 NC State, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 30

Game 13 - Division A Winner vs. Division B Winner, 12:00 p.m.

* From FSU Sports Information

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Spectacular pitching throughout the UCLA Regionals this weekend just wasn’t enough for the 20^th-ranked Florida State University softball team as it fell once again to San Diego State by a 1-0 score to end a fulfilling 2012 season.

The Seminoles (47-16) came into the weekend boasting the nation’s 11^th-best earned run average, a mark that lowered even more thanks to some superb pitching by FSU ace Monica Perry. The Whitesburg, Ga., native was clicking on all cylinders this weekend, and gave FSU one of its biggest victories of the season earlier in the day when the Seminoles eliminated 11-time national champion UCLA by a 2-1 score in the Bruins’ (36-20) ballpark.

In three games at the UCLA Regionals, FSU allowed just one earned run in 20 innings pitched, equaling an incredible 0.35 ERA. Perry allowed one earned run in 16.1 innings pitched while walking just two and striking out 11 in her three appearances.

In FSU’s four nationally-ranked wins this season that include victories over UCLA, North Carolina twice and LSU, it was Perry who pitched in the circle. Perry (22-6) delivered a complete-game performance against UCLA and let up just one run and six hits with six strikeouts. The biggest hit of the game for FSU came on Briana Hamilton's solo home run in the second inning, her 12th of the season, to give FSU a 2-0 advantage.

Head coach Lonni Alameda now owns 14 Top 25 victories since coming to FSU in 2009, as UCLA is ranked 14th in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll.

Against San Diego State, FSU’s pitching allowed just one base hit in 22 at-bats, as starter Lacey Waldrop, Jessica Nori (4-4) and Perry proved to be effective against another talented offense. The Aztecs’ (32-23) lone run came on a fielding error by FSU that scored pinch runner Roshana Lavery in the fourth inning.

The Seminoles struck out a season high 14 times against San Diego State starter Bailey Micetich (17-7), who earned two wins over FSU this weekend and scattered five hits in Saturday evening’s elimination game. Shayla Jackson ended her successful career in style, recording two singles while Maddie O’Brien, Courtney Senas and Briana Hamilton also produced a base hit. Senas’ went extra bases with her second triple of the year.

“At the end of the game someone has to win and someone has to lose,” head coach Lonni Alameda said of her team’s season-ending loss. “We accomplished a lot of good things this season. I’m really proud of the way Monica pitched this weekend. In the end, things didn’t go our way, but we’ll take a little time off and already start preparing for next year.”

FSU’s 47-16 overall record marks the most wins by a Seminole softball squad since the 2004 season, highlighting another successful season. The season-ending loss also marks the final games for FSU seniors Shayla Jackson, Mallory Borden and Amber Bryant.

* From FSU Sports Information

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Behind another tremendous performance from pitcher Monica Perry, the Florida State University softball team kept its season alive by defeating No. 12 national seed UCLA, 2-1, on Saturday evening at Easton Stadium.

The Seminoles (47-15) will now face San Diego State in an NCAA Regional elimination game beginning at 9:50 p.m. ET/6:50 p.m. PT this evening. The winner of tonight's game will have to defeat Hofstra twice on Sunday afternoon with the first pitch beginning at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT.

Perry (22-6) delivered a complete-game performance and let up just one run and six hits with six strikeouts. The biggest hit of the game for FSU came on Briana Hamilton's solo home run in the second inning, her 12th of the season, to give FSU a 2-0 advantage.

Head coach Lonni Alameda now owns 14 Top 25 victories since coming to FSU in 2009, as UCLA is ranked 14th in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll.

* From FSU Sports Information

NORMAN, Okla. – The Florida State men’s golf team finished in a tie for third place in the NCAA Southwest Regional Championships and advanced to the NCAA Championships May 29-June 3 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.  It marks the second time in the last three seasons the Seminoles have advanced to the championship round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship.  Florida State finished in third place in the final standings of the National Championships in 2009. 

The Seminoles finished in a tie for third place in the final standings of the 2012 Southwest Regional Championships and advanced along with first placed Washington, second placed Texas, Illinois (tied for third) and fifth placed Oklahoma.  Those five schools will be joined by the top five teams from the five other regional championships as the 30 teams who will compete for the coveted title of national champion during the final week of the collegiate golf season. 

“To say I am proud of this team is an understatement,” said head coach Trey Jones.  “In our last five rounds we have had five different guys step up and have the team’s low round.  This week Brooks (Koepka) got us off to a good start.  Daniel (Berger) played a great round yesterday and Wesley (Graham) came through in a bag way today.  This is a no excuses teams and while they struggled with the course and the conditions, it never got the best of them.”

 The Seminoles finished comfortably inside of the cut to advance as one of the top five teams as they finished three strokes ahead of fifth placed Oklahoma and 13 strokes ahead of sixth placed Georgia Tech (the 2012 ACC Champion).  Florida State’s tied for third place finish in this regional championship is the second best in school history behind only the Seminoles’ second place finish at the NCAA Central Regional Championship at Notre Dame in 2010.   The tied for third place finish is the second highest regional finish under Jones. 

2012 NCAA Southwest Regional Championship/May 17-19, 2012/Final Florida State Results

Jimmie Austin Golf Course at the University of Oklahoma/Norman, Okla./Par 72

T3/14.      Florida State                            279          292          300          871

3.             Daniel Berger                          69            69            75            213

6.             Wesley Graham                       70            75            71            216

17.           Brooks Koepka                       67            75            78            220

T31.         Doug Letson                           73            73            78            224

T52.         Chase Seiffert                          75            79            76            230

2012 NCAA Southwest Regional Championship/May 17-19, 2012/Final Team Results

Jimmie Austin Golf Course at the University of Oklahoma/Norman, Okla./Par 72

1.             Washington                             860          8.             South Carolina                        895

2.             Texas                                       864          T9.           Arizona                                   902

T3.           Florida State                            871          T9.           San Diego                               902

T3.           Illinois                                     871          11.           Sacramento State                     903

5.             Oklahoma                                874          12.           IUPUI                                     915

6.             Georgia Tech                           883          13.           Middle Tennessee State           922

7.             St. Mary’s (Calif.)                   892          14.           Loyola (Chicago)                    944

* From FSU Sports Information

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Atlantic Division champion Florida State and Coastal Division champion North Carolina will be the two top seeded teams for the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, which will be held from Wednesday, May 23 through Sunday, May 27, at NewBridge Bank Park.

As the No. 1 overall seed, Florida State (43-12, 24-6) will be placed atop Division A and will be joined by No. 4 Virginia (36-16-1, 18-12), No. 5 Clemson (32-24, 16-14) and No. 8 Georgia Tech (33-24, 12-18).

North Carolina (42-13, 22-8) is the No. 2 seed and will be joined in Division B by No. 3 NC State (38-15, 19-11), No. 6 Miami (34-19, 16-14) and No. 7 Wake Forest (32-22, 13-17).

Under the pool-play format, each team will play one game against each of the other three opponents in its division Wednesday-Saturday (May 23-26). The two teams with the best records within their respective division brackets will advance to the title game on Sunday, May 27, with the winner earning the ACC’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

Game times Wednesday through Saturday are set for 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday’s Championship Game will begin at 12 noon.

Complete pairings, dates and game times for the entire 2012 ACC Baseball Championship will be released by noon on Sunday (May 20). Visit http://bit.ly/2012ACCBase for more information.

* From The ACC