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05/27/2012
Georgia Tech Wins Its Eighth ACC Baseball Championship
The Yellow Jackets (36-24) become the first-ever eighth seed to win the title
05/26/2012
Just As We Saw It
Georgia Tech headed to ACC Tournament Championship game
05/26/2012
Tech Bound For ACC Championship Game With 5-1 Win Over Clemson
The Yellow Jackets (35-24) are headed for their 11th appearance in the ACC title game
05/25/2012
Georgia Tech Throttles Virginia, 17-5, Friday In ACC Championship
The Yellow Jackets (34-24) pounded out 14 hits and homered three times in the run-rule win
05/19/2012
Georgia Tech Edged By No. 21 Miami, 8-6
The Jackets (31-24, 11-18) remain alive for the final ACC Tournament spot
05/25/2012
Georgia Tech vs Virginia (ACC Tournament) 05/25/12 - Photos by Danny Karnik
Georgia Tech Throttles No. 19 Virginia, 17-5, in the ACC Tournament on Friday.
12/15/2011
Sam Dove
Sam Dove
Awards & Honors
*2011 Academic All-ACC Team
*2011 ACC Academic Honor Roll
*2010 ACC Academic Honor Roll
Scouting Report
A hard-working middle infielder that earned a spot on the team after walking on in 2010... Won the starting left field job in 2011, but will move back to the infield in 2012... Has emerged as a leader in the club house.
2011
Named to the Academic All-ACC Team... Made 48 starts ... Became Tech's primary left fielder after winning the job on March 18th ... Batted .310 with six doubles and 18 RBI ... Was 6-of-7 in stolen base attempts ... Had 15 multi-hit games ... Did not make an error in 49 games in the outfield ... Had a career-long 11-game hit streak from March 16-April 2 ... Hit a triple in the second game of the season against Kent State (2/ 19) ... Had three hits in a game three times in 2011 -- at Miami (3/25), at Wake Forest (4/16), and at Mercer (4/19) ... Knocked in a season-high two runs at Georgia (3/22) ... Had four hits, three RBI, and three runs against Boston College on Saturday and Sunday (4/23-24) ... Had a career-best five hits in the second game of the series against No. 18 Clemson (4/30), going 5-for-5 with two RBI ... Went 2-for-3 with a double in a midweek loss to East Tennessee State (5/17) ... Had a hit in five of the last six games of the season, including a 2-for-3 outing against Austin Peay in the NCAA Atlanta Regional (6/3).
2010
Saw limited action ... Batted .300 with four runs and a double in 14 games ... Reached base safely in his first two plate appearances, grabbing his first career hit on a single against Missouri State (2/20) ... Went 1-for-1 with a single and a run scored while pinch-hitting at Maryland (3/20) ... Recorded his first career double while scoring a run against Georgia Southern (4/21).
High School
Three-year letterwinner for baseball head coach Buddy Alexander at Brentwood Academy ... Earned 2009 Louisville Slugger All-America Honorable Mention honors ... 2009 TBCA all-state and all-region ... 2008 TSWA all-state and TBCA all-region ... Helped Brentwood win back-to-back Div. II AA State Titles in 2008 and '09 ... Held a career batting average of .496 with 34 RBI and four home runs ... Also stole 29 bases ... The shortstop was named Mid-State MVP and all-region.
Personal
Full name is Samuel Kerry Dove ... Born Nov. 27, 1990 ... Son of Kerry and Cindy Dove ... Has five relatives that played collegiate sports ... His great-uncle, Ben Fendley, is a Hall of Famer at Austin Peay State University (football and baseball, 1947-'50) ... Held a 4.0 GPA all four years of high school ... Majoring in in Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering.
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