CHAPEL HILL – Austin Love and Justice Thompson each garnered All-ACC honors, the conference announced on Monday.
Love, a First Team selection, became the eighth Tar Heel pitcher to earn first-team honors since 1999. He joins Daniel Bard, Robert Woodard, Andrew Miller, Alex White, Matt Harvey, Kent Emanuel, and J.B. Bukauskas.
The Salisbury, N.C. native has been electric in 2021 and turned in four performances in which he has pitched six-plus innings and recorded 10-plus strikeouts.
The ACC's leader in innings pitching (89.2), Love ranks third in strikeouts (111) and eighth in opposing batting average (.