Clemson’s Knaak, Georgia Tech’s Burress, Named ACC Baseball Players of the Week
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Georgia Tech sophomore outfielder Drew Burress was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while Clemson sophomore right-handed pitcher Aidan Knaak was tabbed the ACC Pitcher of the Week for games played March 10-16.
Burress led Georgia Tech to a 3-1 record last week, going 9-for-16 at the plate with nine runs scored, eight runs batted in, five doubles, three home runs and three walks for an eye-popping 2.088 OPS. The sophomore hit a home run in three of the Yellow Jackets’ four games played, while also hitting multiple doubles in back-to-back games to close out the week. It marked the first time in his career in which Burress has recorded multiple doubles in consecutive games.
Knaak pitched 7.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball to lead No. 10 Clemson to a 2-1 win over Notre Dame on Friday, March 14. He totaled a career-high 12 strikeouts on his way to earning the win. The sophomore allowed just two baserunners, both with two outs in the third inning, and needed just 96 pitches, 71 of which were strikes, to complete 7.0 innings of work. Knaak retired each of the last 13 batters he faced, sending the Fighting Irish down in order in six of his seven innings. On the season, the Fort Myers, Florida, native is 3-0 with a 3.86 ERA, .181 opponent batting average against and has logged 44 strikeouts against nine walks in 25.2 innings pitched over five starts.
2025 ACC Baseball Players of the Week
- Feb. 17 – Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest
- Feb. 24 – Trevor Haskins, 3B, Stanford
- Mar. 3 – Hunter Stokely, 1B, North Carolina
- Mar. 10 – Jarren Purify, 2B, Clemson
- Mar. 17 – Drew Burress, CF, Georgia Tech
2025 ACC Baseball Pitchers of the Week
- Feb. 17 – Griffin Hugus, RHP, Miami
- Feb. 24 – Logan Lunceford, RHP, Wake Forest and Mason Patel, RHP, Georgia Tech
- Mar. 3 – Ethan Darden, LHP, Clemson
- Mar. 10 – Ryan Marohn, LHP, NC State
- Mar. 17 – Aidan Knaak, RHP, Clemson
