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Sabato Named All-American By Baseball America

Aaron Sabato was named a third-team All-American by Baseball America, the site announced Monday. A native of Rye Brook, N.Y., Sabato having one of the best freshman seasons in Carolina Baseball history. The ACC Freshman of the Year has set the single season freshman home run record with 16 long balls, besting the previous record of 15 set by Chad Flack in 2015. He has already been named a first-team All-American, freshman All-American and Co-National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball.

Sabato also led the team in batting average during conference play (.