CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State junior left-handed pitcher Wes Mendes has been named the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and leads the 2026 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team, announced Tuesday by the league office.
 
The Tampa, Florida, native posted a 9-2 record on the mound this season with a 2.90 ERA and 125 strikeouts. Mendes was named to five All-America teams this season, earning first team All-America honors from D1Baseball. He was also named the ACC Pitcher of the Year and earned first team All-ACC honors. Mendes was also tabbed a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and was named to the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, both of which are awarded to the top player in the country.
 
A Social Science major, Mendes has continued to shine in the classroom. This spring, Mendes garnered Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators (CSC). This is his second time being named to the ACC All-Academic Team, also doing so in 2025.
 
The 2026 Baseball All-Academic Team features 169 student-athletes from the league’s 16 baseball programs. Louisville led all programs with 22 selections, followed by Georgia Tech with 14 and Clemson with 13.
 
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC 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, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests. Scholar-Athlete of the Year nominees must be an undergraduate student-athlete who is an upperclassman and has been enrolled at the institution for at least one academic year with a cumulative GPA of 3.0, including a 3.0 in the most recent two semesters or three quarters.
 
2026 Baseball All-ACC Academic Team
Jacob Burnham, Boston College, LHP, So., Management
Antonio Colarusso, Boston College, LHP, Sr., Management
Luke D'Ancona, Boston College, RHP, Fr., Economics
Colin Larson, Boston College, OF, So., Management
John D. Mitchell, Boston College, RHP, So., Management
Jack Toomey, Boston College, OF, Sr., Economics
Kyle Wolff, Boston College, INF, Sr., Management
Cade Colombara, California, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Oliver de la Torre, California, RHP, Jr., American Studies
Gavin Eddy, California, RHP, So., Business Admin
Otto Espinoza, California, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Ethan Foley, California, RHP, Sr., American Studies
Take Kreis, California, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Quinn Larson, California, RHP, Jr., Sociology
Gannon Snyder, California, INF/OF, Jr., American Studies
Joe Allen, Clemson, RHP, Sr., Athletic Leadership
Talan Bell, Clemson, LHP/OF, So., Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
Brendon Bennett, Clemson, LHP, So., Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
Dion Brown, Clemson, RHP, So., Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
Jason Fultz, Clemson, INF, Fr., Criminal Justice
Luke Gaffney, Clemson, INF, Sr., Economics
Dylan Harrison, Clemson, RHP/INF, Fr., Sports Communication
Jacob Jarrell, Clemson, C, Sr., Management
Aidan Knaak, Clemson, RHP, Jr., Management
Tryston McCladdie, Clemson, INF/OF, Jr., Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
Danny Nelson, Clemson, RHP, Fr., Pre-Business
Hayden Simmerson, Clemson, RHP, Jr., Economics
Eston Simpson, Clemson, RHP, Fr., Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
Tyler Albright, Duke, OF, Sr., Sociology
Collin Anderson, Duke, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Benjamin Dean, Duke, RHP, So., Economics
Michael DiMartini, Duke, OF, Jr., Political Science
Retonio (RJ) Hamilton Jr., Duke, INF/OF, Jr., Sociology
Jacob Lambdin, Duke, INF, Jr., Sociology
Bennett LaPalm, Duke, LHP, Jr., History
Peter Lemke, Duke, RHP, Jr., Economics
Marcello Mastroianni, Duke, LHP, Jr., Sociology
Brooks Perez, Duke, INF/OF, Fr., Undeclared
Jordan Regulski, Duke, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Brayden Dowd, Florida State, OF, Jr., Social Science
Gabe Fraser, Florida State, INF, Jr., Sport Management
Chris Knier, Florida State, RHP, Jr., Social Science
Kevin Mebil, Florida State, LHP, Jr., Social Science
Wes Mendes, Florida State, LHP, Jr., Social Science
Bryson Moore, Florida State, RHP, Jr., Finance
Cade O’Leary, Florida State, RHP, So., Finance
Noah Sheffield, Florida State, INF, So., Comm. Entrepreneurship
Cole Stokes, Florida State, RHP, Jr., Social Science
Cooper Whited, Florida State, LHP, Jr., Social Science
Chase Williams, Florida State, OF, Jr., Social Science
Jarren Advincula, Georgia Tech, 2B, Jr., History, Technology & Society
Dimitri Angelakos, Georgia Tech, RHP, So., Business Administration
Carson Ballard, Georgia Tech, RHP, Sr., Biomedical Engineering
Jackson Blakely, Georgia Tech, RHP, So., Business Administration
Drew Burress, Georgia Tech, CF, Sr., Business Administration
Caleb Daniel, Georgia Tech, OF, So., Business Administration
Alex Hernandez, Georgia Tech, OF, So., Business Administration
Carson Kerce, Georgia Tech, SS, Jr., Business Administration
Jake Lankie, Georgia Tech, RHP, Sr., Business Administration
Tate McKee, Georgia Tech, RHP, Jr., Business Administration
Drew Rogers, Georgia Tech, C, So., Business Administration
Kent Schmidt, Georgia Tech, 1B, Jr., History, Technology & Society
Justin Shadek, Georgia Tech, RHP, Jr., Economics
Ryan Zuckerman, Georgia Tech, 3B, Jr., Business Administration
Alex Alicea, Louisville, INF, Jr., Criminal Justice
Jack Brown, Louisville, RHP, So., Business Administration
Kyle Campbell, Louisville, OF, So., Criminal Justice
Griffin Crain, Louisville, OF, So., Exercise Physiology
Tague Davis, Louisville, LHP/1B, So., Business Administration
Zach Davis, Louisville, INF, Fr., Business Administration
Ethan Eberle, Louisville, LHP, So., Sport Administration
Kade Elam, Louisville, INF, Fr., Business Administration
Aaron England, Louisville, LHP, So., Mechanical Engineering
Colton Hartman, Louisville, LHP, Jr., Business Administration
Jax Hisle, Louisville, INF, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Bayram Hot, Louisville, INF, Sr., Business Administration
Peter Michael, Louisville, RHP, Sr., Communication
Lucas Moore, Louisville, OF, Jr., Exercise Science
Casen Murphy, Louisville, LHP, So., Accountancy
Jimmy Nugent, Louisville, C, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Zion Rose, Louisville, OF, Jr., Psychology
Jake Schweitzer, Louisville, RHP, So., Sport Administration
Brandon Shannon, Louisville, RHP, Fr., Sport Administration
Ben Slanker, Louisville, OF, Jr., Business Administration
Zane Stahl, Louisville, RHP, Fr., Business Administration
Ty Starke, Louisville, LHP, Jr., Finance
Ryan Bilka, Miami, RHP, Sr., Economics
AJ Ciscar, Miami, RHP, So., Finance
TJ Coats, Miami, RHP, Jr., Economics
Lazaro Collera, Miami, RHP, So., Public Relations
Max Galvin, Miami, OF, Sr., American Studies
Lyndon Matrafailo, Miami, RHP, Jr., American Studies
Alex Sosa, Miami, C, Jr., American Studies
Derek Williams, Miami, OF, Sr., Sport Administration
Collins Black, NC State, RHP, So., Business Administration
Rett Johnson, NC State, OF, Fr., Business Administration
Chris McHugh, NC State, INF, Jr., Sport Management
Wyatt Peifer, NC State, INF, Jr., Business Administration
Emerson French, North Carolina, OF, Sr., Biology (BS)
Gavin Gallaher, North Carolina, INF, Sr., Exercise and Sport Science
Caden Glauber, North Carolina, RHP, Fr., Communication Studies
Tyler Howe, North Carolina, OF/1B, Fr., Exercise and Sport Science
Owen Hull, North Carolina, OF, Jr., Management and Society
Ryan Lynch, North Carolina, RHP, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science
Matthew Matthijs, North Carolina, RHP, Sr., Communication Studies
Cooper Nicholson, North Carolina, INF, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science
Erik Paulsen, North Carolina, INF, Jr., Management and Society
Jake Schaffner, North Carolina, INF, Jr., Management and Society
Macon Winslow, North Carolina, C, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science
Parker Brzustewicz, Notre Dame, 3B, So., Acct & Finance
Noah Coy, Notre Dame, SS, So., Strategic Management
Xavier Hirsch, Notre Dame, RHP, Sr., ACMS
Sam Bryan, Pitt, RHP, Sr., Natural Sciences
Carter Dierdorf, Pitt, INF, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Antonio Doganiero, Pitt, LHP, Jr., Undeclared
Caden Dulin, Pitt, INF, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Trey Fenderson, Pitt, INF, Sr., Accounting
Mikey Gray, Pitt, LHP, Sr., Economics
AJ Nessler, Pitt, OF, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Brandon Reiter, Pitt, LHP, So., Undeclared
Michael Savarese, Pitt, RHP, Jr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Eddie Smink, Pitt, RHP, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Derrick Tarpley Jr., Pitt, OF, Jr., Media & Professional Communications
Kai Wagner, Pitt, INF, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Charlie Bates, Stanford, SS, So., Undeclared
Sam Garewal, Stanford, LHP, Sr., Psychology
Cohen Gomez, Stanford, RHP, So., Undeclared
Luke Lavin, Stanford, C, Jr., Science, Technology & Society
Cort MacDonald, Stanford, OF, Sr., Science, Technology & Society
Trevor Moore, Stanford, RHP, Sr., Management Science & Engineering
JJ Moran, Stanford, 3B, So., Undeclared
Jimmy Nati, Stanford, INF/OF, Sr., Science, Technology & Society
Ben Reimers, Stanford, RHP, Jr., Economics
Brady Reynolds, Stanford, OF, Jr., Human Biology
Kassius Thomas, Stanford, RHP, Sr., Design
Joe Colucci, Virginia, RHP, Sr., Media Studies
AJ Gracia, Virginia, OF, Jr., Undeclared
Kevin Jaxel, Virginia, RHP, Sr., American Studies
Kyle Johnson, Virginia, LHP/OF, Jr., Sociology
Christian Lucarelli, Virginia, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Noah Murray, Virginia, INF, Jr., Undeclared
Antonio Perrotta, Virginia, INF, Jr., Undeclared
Max Stammel, Virginia, LHP, So., Undeclared
Jayden Stroman, Virginia, RHP/INF, Fr., Undeclared
Joe Tiroly, Virginia, INF, Jr., Undeclared
Jake Weatherspoon, Virginia, INF, Jr., History
Noah Yoder, Virginia, RHP, Fr., Undeclared
Ethan Ball, Virginia Tech, INF, Fr., Accounting & Business Analytics
Preston Crowl, Virginia Tech, P, Jr., Communication
Logan Eisenreich, Virginia Tech, P, So., Communication
Ethan Grim, Virginia Tech, P, Fr., Business Undecided
Daniel Lazaro, Virginia Tech, P, Jr., Economics
Nicholas Locurto, Virginia Tech, OF, Jr., Finance
Brett Renfrow, Virginia Tech, P, Jr., Communication
Aiden Robertson, Virginia Tech, P, Jr., Sociology
Brody Roe, Virginia Tech, P, Sr., Religion and Culture
Brendan Yagesh, Virginia Tech, P, Sr., Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Cameron Bagwell, Wake Forest, RHP, So., Communication
Ryan Bosch, Wake Forest, LHP, Fr., Undeclared Major
Matt Conte, Wake Forest, C, So., Communication
Troy Dressler, Wake Forest, RHP, So., Communication
Zach Johnston, Wake Forest, RHP, Sr., Communication
Evan Jones, Wake Forest, RHP, Fr., Undeclared Major
Kade Lewis, Wake Forest, INF, Jr., Communication
Duncan Marsten, Wake Forest, RHP, So., Communication
Blake Morningstar, Wake Forest, RHP, Jr., Communication
JD Stein, Wake Forest, INF, Fr., Undeclared Major
Dalton Wentz, Wake Forest, INF, Jr., Communication
Javar Williams, Wake Forest, OF, Jr., Communication
 
Bold denotes 2026 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year