Herrmann Named ACC Baseball Player of the Week

May 18, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. – University of Miami junior outfielder Chris Herrmann has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week for his performance against Wake Forest in the team’s final series of the regular season.

Herrmann led the Hurricanes offensively in their sweep at Wake, going 10-for-13 (.769) with team-highs in RBI (8), runs (8), walks (4), total bases (17), on-base percentage (.824) and slugging percentage (1.308).

In Thursday’s series-opening win, Herrmann became the first Hurricane to score five runs in a game since Jim Burt accomplished the feat on June 6, 2004 against FAU. The Tomball, Texas native then recorded his second two-homer game in a span of 15 days in Miami’s win in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Herrmann finished with at least three hits in all three games over the weekend, recording three in each of the first two games before going a perfect 4-for-4 in the series finale. He reached base in 14 of his 18 plate appearances against the Demon Deacons, adding four walks to his 10 hits.

The weekly honor for Herrmann was his first as a Hurricane.

North Carolina pitcher Matt Harvey was named ACC Pitcher of the Week after tossing a career-best 8.2 innings to lead North Carolina past Boston College Saturday for a win that helped lock up the ACC’s Coastal Division for the Tar Heels.

Both Miami and North Carolina will be among the eight-team field for the 2009 ACC Baseball Championship, which gets under way Wednesday in Durham, N.C. The fifth-seeded `Canes will open the tournament against fourth-seeded Georgia Tech at 12 p.m. at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.