Gelof Earns ACC Player of the Week Honor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Junior Jake Gelof was selected as the ACC Player of the Week on Monday (April 10). He takes home the honor for the second time in his career and is the first Cavalier to be recognized this season.

Gelof hit .438 (7-for-16) in a 4-0 week for the seventh-ranked Cavaliers. In the three-game sweep against No. 20 Miami, he was 7-for-14 (.500) with a double, triple, three home runs and nine RBI. He vaulted himself to the top of Virginia’s all-time home run list in the process and is now tied with E.J. Anderson (1995-98) for the most career homers in UVA history (37).

 

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Gelof drove in four of UVA’s six runs on Sunday to help UVA sweep Miami for the first time since 2012.

Through 32 games this season, Gelof is batting .372 (48-for-129) with 14 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 53 RBI. He enters midweek action as the national leader in RBI (53) and ranks fifth in the country in total bases (104). He leads the ACC in doubles (14) and slugging percentage (.806).

ACC baseball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a selected 15-member media panel and announced on Mondays throughout the regular season.

Virginia returns to action on Tuesday when it squares off against Richmond at Disharoon Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.