CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State junior shortstop Alex Lodise was tabbed the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while Seminole redshirt junior left-handed pitcher Joey Volini was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week for games played March 24-30.
Lodise hit .500 (10-for-20) with 10 hits, eight RBI, four home runs and a 1.300 slugging percentage last week. Lodise’s week was highlighted by hitting for the cycle in the Seminoles’ walk-off win against rival Florida on Tuesday, March 25, in Jacksonville, Florida. By completing the feat with a walk-off grand slam, the shortstop hit for the cycle for the first time in his career and was the first by a Seminole since 2019. He doubled in the first inning, singled in the third and tripled in the seventh before capping his performance with a grand slam on the first pitch in the ninth to give Florida State an 8-4, walk-off win. In the Seminoles’ series at Notre Dame, Lodise added three more home runs and four RBI on six hits. This season, he leads the conference with a .466 batting average, a .871 slugging percentage, 54 hits and 101 total bases and ranks second with 14 doubles and 12 home runs.
Volini pitched his second consecutive 7.0-inning complete game in Florida State's 4-2 win at Notre Dame on Sunday, March 30. In the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, Volini struck out a career-high-tying seven batters and allowed just two runs on four hits with two walks over 7.0 innings. He improved to 7-0 in seven starts this season and is the first Seminole starter to begin a season at 7-0 or better since Michael Hyde posted an 8-0 start in 2008. On the season, Volini leads the league with seven wins, a 1.25 ERA and 43.1 innings pitched and ranks second with 63 strikeouts.
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
Mar. 24 – Jacob French, OF, California
Mar. 31 – Alex Lodise, SS, Florida State
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
Mar. 24 – Aidan Haugh, RHP, North Carolina
Mar. 31 – Joey Volini, LHP, Florida State