Caglianone Honored as Division I Baseball Academic All-American of the Year
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida two-way standout Jac Caglianone was named a 2024 First Team Academic All-American as well as the Division I Baseball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year on Tuesday, as announced by the College Sports Communicators.
Caglianone is joined by Alex Epp from William Jewell College, Matt Scolan of UW-Whitewater and Tyler Horner from Oregon Tech as this year's All-America of the Year honorees for NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and the NAIA, respectively. These baseball student-athletes were awarded for the exceptional performance both in the classroom and on the playing field during the 2023-24 academic year.
Hailing from Tampa, Fla. Caglianone earned his selection as an infielder. He is a history major with a 3.64 cumulative grade point average.
Recently named a 2024 Division I Unanimous First Team All-American and the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, Caglianone is Florida's all-time home run leader with 75 career round-trippers. He hit a school single-season record 35 home runs in 66 games this season as he helped lead the Gators to the NCAA Division I Men's College World Series Semifinals for the second-consecutive season. He posted a .419 batting average this season with 83 runs scored, 72 RBI and a 1.419 OPS.
On top of that, he paced the Orange & Blue with 16 starts and 73 2/3 innings pitched. His 4.76 ERA ranked second and his .225 batting average against was tops among qualified UF hurlers, powering him to a 5-2 record.
Caglianone is the fifth-different Gators baseball player of all-time to be named an Academic All-American and just the third to garner first-team status.
UF BASEBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1970 - Fred Bretz (1st)
1972 - Ray Hull (2nd)
1996 - David Eckstein (2nd)
1997 - David Eckstein (1st)
2006 - Darren O'Day (3rd)
2024 - Jac Caglianone (1st)
The 33-man Academic All-America team has a 3.78 average cumulative GPA with the first team checking in at 3.73.
The complete 2024 NCAA Baseball Academic All-America teams can be found below:
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jac Caglianone, University of Florida
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Caglianone is joined by Alex Epp from William Jewell College, Matt Scolan of UW-Whitewater and Tyler Horner from Oregon Tech as this year's All-America of the Year honorees for NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and the NAIA, respectively. These baseball student-athletes were awarded for the exceptional performance both in the classroom and on the playing field during the 2023-24 academic year.
Hailing from Tampa, Fla. Caglianone earned his selection as an infielder. He is a history major with a 3.64 cumulative grade point average.
Recently named a 2024 Division I Unanimous First Team All-American and the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, Caglianone is Florida's all-time home run leader with 75 career round-trippers. He hit a school single-season record 35 home runs in 66 games this season as he helped lead the Gators to the NCAA Division I Men's College World Series Semifinals for the second-consecutive season. He posted a .419 batting average this season with 83 runs scored, 72 RBI and a 1.419 OPS.
On top of that, he paced the Orange & Blue with 16 starts and 73 2/3 innings pitched. His 4.76 ERA ranked second and his .225 batting average against was tops among qualified UF hurlers, powering him to a 5-2 record.
Caglianone is the fifth-different Gators baseball player of all-time to be named an Academic All-American and just the third to garner first-team status.
UF BASEBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1970 - Fred Bretz (1st)
1972 - Ray Hull (2nd)
1996 - David Eckstein (2nd)
1997 - David Eckstein (1st)
2006 - Darren O'Day (3rd)
2024 - Jac Caglianone (1st)
The 33-man Academic All-America team has a 3.78 average cumulative GPA with the first team checking in at 3.73.
The complete 2024 NCAA Baseball Academic All-America teams can be found below:
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jac Caglianone, University of Florida
| FIRST TEAM | |||||
| Pos | Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major |
| C | Ryan Campos (3) | Arizona State University | 3.75 | Jr. | Liberal Studies |
| DH | Slade Wilks (3) | Southern Mississippi | 3.57 | Sr. | Business Administration |
| IF | Travis Bazzana (3) | Oregon State University | 3.58 | Jr. | Psychology |
| IF | Jac Caglianone | University of Florida | 3.64 | Jr. | History |
| IF | Carter Cunningham | East Carolina University | 3.87 | Sr. | Business Administration |
| IF | Jon Jon Gazdar | Austin Peay State University | 4.00 | Jr. | General Studies |
| OF | James Tibbs | Florida State University | 3.53 | Jr. | Political Science |
| OF | Lyle Miller-Green | Austin Peay State University | 3.61/4.00 | Sr. | General Studies (U)/Leadership (G) |
| OF | Vance Honeycutt | University of North Carolina | 3.54 | Jr. | Communication |
| P | Trey Yesavage | East Carolina University | 3.51 | Jr. | Communication |
| P | Jesse Barker (1) | University of Central Arkansas | 4.00 | Gr. | General Science |
| SECOND TEAM | |||||
| Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major | |
| C | Jake Holland | University of New Mexico | 4.00 | Sr. | Business Administration |
| DH | Burke Camper | Utah Valley University | 3.97 | Sr. | Exercise Science & Outdoor Recreation |
| IF | Owen Cobb (2) | Stanford University | 3.87/3.66 | Gr. | Management Science & Engineering |
| IF | Lucas Loos | Eastern Illinois University | 4.00 | Sr. | Exercise Science |
| IF | Wyatt Henseler | University of Pennsylvania | 3.88 | Sr. | Political Science |
| IF | Mitchell Daly | University of Kentucky | 3.50/3.90 | Gr. | Communication |
| OF | Tyler Fogarty | Saint Louis University | 3.92 | Gr. | Business Administration (G) |
| OF | Nolan Schubart | Oklahoma State University | 3.90 | So. | Marketing |
| OF | Dylan Nevar | Western Michigan University | 3.91 | Jr. | Electrical Engineering |
| P | Charlie Beilenson | Duke University | 3.6/3.63 | Gr. | MBA (G) |
| P | Brett Sears | University of Nebraska | 3.65 | Sr. | Child, Youth & Family Studies |
| THIRD TEAM | |||||
| Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major | |
| C | Cole Messina | University of South Carolina | 3.60 | Jr. | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| DH | Easton Carmichael | University of Oklahoma | 3.57 | So. | Sports Business |
| IF | Dillon Kark | Michigan State University | 3.92 | Sr. | Strategic Communication |
| IF | Trace Willhoite | Lipscomb University | 4.00/4.00 | Gr. | Business |
| IF | Sean Keys | Bucknell University | 3.55 | Jr. | Mechanical Engineering |
| IF | Emilien Pitre | University of Kentucky | 3.56 | Jr. | Management |
| OF | Joel Dragoo | Presbyterian College | 3.68 | Jr. | Business Management & Marketing |
| OF | Zack Kovalchik | Sacred Heart University | 3.98 | Jr. | Biology |
| OF | Gavin Turley | Oregon State University | 3.56 | So. | University Exploratory Studies |
| P | Nick Brink | University of Portland | 3.95 | Jr. | Computer Science |
| P | Bridger Holmes | Oregon State University | 3.84 | Jr. | History |
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