GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC) – Georgia Tech first baseman Andrew Jenkins and Virginia Tech outfielder Carson Jones have been named the final Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Players of the Week of the 2022 season, and Wake Forest sophomore righthander Rhett Lowder earned Pitcher of the Week accolades.
 
ACC weekly honors were voted on by a select 15-member panel and announced on Mondays throughout the regular season. Monday’s recognition was the second of the day for Lowder, who was earlier announced as the ACC Pitcher of the Year.
 
Jenkins keyed Georgia Tech to a five-win week, hitting .435 (10-for-23) with two doubles, four home runs and nine RBI. The Atlanta native posted 23 at-bats without striking out and recorded a .440 on-base percentage with two stolen bases. The sophomore hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning in game one versus Pitt, catapulting the Yellow Jackets to a three-game sweep.


 
Virginia Tech’s Jones hit five home runs and tallied eight RBI to lead the No. 3 Hokies to four wins, including a three-game sweep of Duke that clinched the Coastal Division title and the No. 1 seed in the ACC Baseball Championship. For the week, the Glen Allen, Virginia, native batted .429 (6-for-14) and scored six runs. He amassed a 1.500 slugging percentage for the week while reaching base at a .529 clip.
 
Lowder set the tone for Wake Forest’s first-ever series sweep in Raleigh, throwing a complete-game gem to propel the Demon Deacons to an 8-2 win at NC State on Thursday night. Lowder tossed the first complete game by a Wake pitcher since 2017 on just 87 pitches, striking out six batters while allowing just five hits and no walks.  Lowder (10-3) is one of seven ACC pitchers to go the distance this year and finished the regular season tied for the league lead in wins.