UF BSB: Caglianone Honored as Division I Baseball Academic All-American of the Year

The junior history major owns a 3.64 cumulative grade point average and batted .419 this season with 35 homers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida two-way standout Jac Caglianone<https://floridagators.com/sports/baseball/roster/jac-caglianone/16365> 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.

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<https://floridagators.com/sports/baseball/roster/jac-caglianone/16365>, 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<https://floridagators.com/sports/baseball/roster/jac-caglianone/16365>   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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