CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) -- Florida State outfielder James Tibbs III has been named the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for baseball and leads the All-ACC Academic Team, announced Friday.
After being named the 2024 ACC Player of the Year, Tibbs helped lead the Seminoles to the semifinals of the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Tibbs also garnered First-Team All-ACC and All-Tournament team honors during the ACC Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tibbs started all 66 games for the Seminoles this season, hitting .387 with 91 hits, including 28 home runs and 18 doubles, 75 runs scored and 95 runs batted in. Tibbs currently sits in the top 10 nationally for home runs (28), walks drawn (58), runs batted in (95), runs batted in per game (1.44) and total bases (195).
The Marietta, Georgia, native has already been named a First-Team All-American on three occasions this spring with recognition from ABCA/Rawlings, NCBWA and Perfect Game.
A political science major, Tibbs graduated from Florida State in just three years, while also serving on the ACC’s SAAC Advisory Board. Tibbs is also a recipient of a 2024 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship. The 2024 selection to the All-ACC Academic Team is the second of Tibbs’ career, while also being named to the Dean’s List and the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2023.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports.
Tibbs led the 172 student-athletes selected to the All-ACC Academic Team. Requirements for selection to the All-ACC Baseball Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, position players must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests and pitchers in 20 percent.
Please see below for the complete All-ACC Baseball Academic Team, including academic majors:
2024 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
James Tibbs III, Florida State
2024 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team
Cameron Caraher, Boston College, Leadership & Administration
Vincent Cimini, Boston College, MBA
Antonio Colarusso, Boston College, Management
Charlile Coon, Boston College, History
Michael Farinelli, Boston College, MS Finance
Parker Landwehr, Boston College, MBA
Samuel Mcnulty, Boston College, Communication
Beck Milner, Boston College, Management
Eric Schroeder, Boston College, Management
Kyle Wolff, Boston College, Management
Joe Allen, Clemson, Communication
Tristan Bissetta, Clemson, Financial Management
Nick Clayton, Clemson, Athletic Leadership
Jack Crighton, Clemson, Financial Management
Reed Garris, Clemson, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management
Austin Gordon, Clemson, Sport Communication
Jacob Hinderleider, Clemson, Data Science & Analytics
Rob Hughes, Clemson, Athletic Leadership
Aidan Knaak, Clemson, Pre-Business
Lucas Mahlstedt, Clemson, Physics
Matthew Marchal, Clemson, Athletic Leadership
Alden Mathes Clemson, Athletic Leadership
Nolan Nawrocki, Clemson, Financial Management
Jimmy Obertop, Clemson, Athletic Leadership
Will Taylor, Clemson, Communication
Drew Titsworth, Clemson, Pre-Business
Blake Wright, Clemson, Economics
Tyler Albright Duke Sociology
Charlie Beilenson, Duke, MMS
David Boisvert, Duke, Public Policy
Logan Bravo, Duke, MMS
Wallace Clark, Duke, Economics
Jackson Emus, Duke, MMS
Andres Gracia, Duke, Undeclared
Edward Hart, Duke, Sociology
Kyle Johnson, Duke, Undeclared
Chase Krewson, Duke, Undeclared
Ben Miller, Duke, MMS
Zachary Morris, Duke, MMS
Gabe Nard, Duke, Sociology
Timothy Noone, Duke, MMS
Devin Obee, Duke, Political Science
Owen Proksch, Duke, Sociology
Jonathan Santucci, Duke, Sociology
Alexander Stone, Duke, Biology
Macon Winslow, Duke, Undeclared
Andrew Yu, Duke, Economics
Daniel Cantu, Florida State, Athletic Coaching
James Tibbs III, Florida State, Political Science
Conner Whittaker, Florida State, Social Sciences
Jaime Ferrer, Florida State, Sport Management
Noah Short, Florida State, Athletic Coaching
Cal Fisher, Florida State, Finance
Cameron Smith, Florida State, Sport Management
Connor Hults, Florida State, Social Sciences
Brennen Oxford, Florida State, Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Alex Lodise, Florida State, Sport Management
Brady Louck, Florida State, Finance
DeAmez Ross, Florida State, Communications
Max Williams, Florida State, Finance
Carson Ballard, Georgia Tech, Biomedical Engineering
Parker Brosius, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Dawson Brown, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Drew Burress, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Carson Kerce, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Michal Kovala, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Tate McKee, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
John Giesler, Georgia Tech, Master of Real Estate Development
Ben King, Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Alex Alicea, Louisville, Criminal Justice
Logan Beard, Louisville, Health & Human Performance - Exercise Science
Tucker Biven, Louisville, Sport Administration
Kaleb Corbett, Louisville, Sport Administration
Sebastian Gongora, Louisville, Business Administration
Dylan Hoy, Louisville, Grad - Sport Administration
Isaac Humphrey, Louisville, Grad - Human Rouses & Organizational Development
Gavin Kilen, Louisville, Health & Human Performance - Exercise Science
Eddie King, Louisville, Sport Administration
Matt Klein, Louisville, Business Administration
Will Koger, Louisville, Sport Administration
Michael Lippe, Louisville, Business Administration
Ryan McCoy, Louisville, Sport Administration
Lucas Moore, Louisville, Health & Human Performance - Exercise Science
Riley Phillips, Louisville, Business Administration
Zion Rose, Louisville, Psychology
Ty Starke, Louisville, Finance
Evan Webster, Louisville, Grad - Business Analytics
Herick Hernandez, Miami, Economics
Antonio Jimeniz, Miami, Public Relations
Jake Kulikowski, Miami, Sports Administration
Slaide Naturman, Miami, Sports Administration
Nicholas Robert, Miami, Sports Administration
Joseph Urso, Miami, Grad - Liberal Studies
Brian Walters, Miami, Sports Administration
Gage Ziehl, Miami, Sports Administration
Casey Cook, North Carolina, Exercise and Sport Science
Gavin Gallaher, North Carolina, Exercise and Sport Science
Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina, Communication Studies
Matthew Matthijs, North Carolina, Communication Studies
Kyle Percival, North Carolina, Exercise and Sport Science
Luke Stevenson, North Carolina, Exercise and Sport Science
Alec Makarewicz, NC State, Sport and Entertainment Venue Management (Certificate)
Alex Sosa, NC State, Business Administration
Brandon Butterworth, NC State, Sport Management
Eli Serrano III, NC State, Sport Management
Matt Heavner, NC State, Sport Management
Noah Soles, NC State, Sport Management
Ryan Marohn, NC State, Sport Management
Sam Highfill, NC State, Business Analytics (Certificate)
Simon Baumgardt, Notre Dame, Master of Science in Business Analytics
Tito Flores, Notre Dame, Master of Science in Business Analytics
Rory Fox, Notre Dame, Environmental Sciences
Brady Gumpf, Notre Dame, Management Consulting
Nate Hardman, Notre Dame, Master of Science in Business Analytics
Will Jacobsen, Notre Dame, Master of Science in Business Analytics
David Lally Jr., Notre Dame, Finance
Tony Lindwedel, Notre Dame, Accountancy
Tobey McDonough, Notre Dame, Mechanical Engineering
Ricky Reeth, Notre Dame, Finance
Carson Tinney, Notre Dame, First Year - Finance
TJ Williams, Notre Dame, Management Consulting
Ryan Andrade, Pitt, Communication: Rhet & Comm
Tyler Bischke, Pitt, Digital Media (Certificate)
Aidan Coleman, Pitt, Undeclared
Kyle Demi, Pitt, Economics
Ethan Firoved, Pitt, Media & Prof Communications
Turner Grau, Pitt, Corporate/Community Relations (Certificate)
Jayden Melendez, Pitt, Communication: Rhet & Comm
Ryan Partridge, Pitt, National Prep & Homeland Security (Certificate)
Matthew Porter, Pitt, Marketing
Ryan Reed, Pitt, Media & Prof Communications
Josh Spiegel, Pitt, National Prep & Homeland Security (Certificate)
Ryan Zuckerman, Pitt, Undeclared
Jacob Ference, Virginia, Batten Certificate
Owen Coady, Virginia, Commerce (Master's)
Bobby Whalen, Virginia, Batten Certificate
Blake Barker, Virginia, American Studies
Eric Becker, Virginia, Undecided
Henry Ford, Virginia, Undecided
Angelo Tonas, Virginia, Commerce (Master's)
Anthony Stephan, Virginia, American Studies
Luke Hanson, Virginia, Undecided
Cullen McKay, Virginia, Undecided
Harrison Didawick, Virginia, Media Studies
Madden Clement, Virginia Tech, Sport Media and Analytics
Henry Cooke, Virginia Tech, Agribusiness
Preston Crowl, Virginia Tech, Communication
Carson DeMartini, Virginia Tech, Management Consulting and Analytics
Eddie Eisert, Virginia Tech, Consumer Studies
Ethan Gibson, Virginia Tech, Business
Grant Manning, Virginia Tech, Communication
David McCann, Virginia Tech, Economics
Jeremy Neff, Virginia Tech, Business Administration
Wyatt Parliament, Virginia Tech, Management Consulting and Analytics
Brett Renfrow, Virginia Tech, Communication
David Shoemaker, Virginia Tech. Agricultural and Life Sciences
Matthew Siverling, Virginia Tech, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Jacob Stretch, Virginia Tech, Sociology
Sam Tackett, Virginia Tech, Management Consulting and Analytics
Ben Watson, Virginia Tech, Building/Construction Science and Management
Chase Burns, Wake Forest, Communications
David Falco, Wake Forest, Project Management
Cameron Gill, Wake Forest, Management
Austin Hawke, Wake Forest, Undeclared
Nick Kurtz, Wake Forest, Communications
Haiden Leffew, Wake Forest, Undeclared
Michael Massey, Wake Forest, Finance
Antonio Morales, Wake Forest, Undeclared
Blake Morningstar, Wake Forest, Undeclared
Will Ray, Wake Forest, Communications
Cole Roland, Wake Forest, Project Management
Mitchell Salvino, Wake Forest, Management
Adam Tellier, Wake Forest, Project Management