Burress went 4-for-4 in both wins this weekend
THE FLATS – Sophomore CF Drew Burress (Houston County, Ga.) was awarded Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week, the ACC offices announced Monday. Burress proved why he was named a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award by leading the Yellow Jackets to the 2025 Regular Season ACC Title with a series victory at No. 20 Duke, Georgia Tech’s second straight series win over a Top 25 opponent.
His eighth inning home run on Sunday’s game put GT ahead 6-2, helping Tech clinch its first outright conference regular season title since 2005. Burress hit four extra base hits this weekend (3 doubles and 1 home run) becoming the only player in the ACC with 40 extra base hits. He finishes the regular season with an ACC leading 23 doubles, tying the Georgia Tech record in the BBCORE era (since 2011) while scoring five times as the leadoff hitter, becoming the first Yellow Jacket in 24 years to record consecutive 70 run seasons (Richard Lewis in 2000 and ’01).
Burress becomes Tech’s first repeat winner of an ACC weekly award this season after being named Player of the Week on March 17. This is the fourth weekly honor for GT this season and second straight week after Brady Jones was named Pitcher of the week last Monday (May 12). Mason Patel was also named Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 24.
Burress and the Top-seeded Yellow Jackets have a double-bye in this week’s ACC Tournament and open postseason play on Thursday at 3 p.m. against No. 8-seeded Wake Forest, No. 9-seeded Miami (Fla.) or No. 16-seeded California. The single-elimination tournament will be held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. For more information on the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship, including tickets and schedule, click HERE
