Hokie ClubGREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2019 baseball postseason honors today and among those recognized is Virginia Tech redshirt-senior Jack Owens, who made the All-ACC Second Team as a second baseman. This is the second time in his career he's been selected to the ACC postseason team, garnering a third team choice in 2017.
Owens becomes Tech's first two-time All-ACC honoree since Mark Zagunis, who was a two-time All-ACC catcher (2012, 2014). Owens, Zagunis and Steve Domecus (2009, OF; 2010, C) are the only three Hokies to be named to the All-ACC postseason team twice.
In his final season in Blacksburg, Owens put together a strong senior season, most notable on the diamond as he committed just three errors and posted a .982 fielding percentage, the best numbers in his career.
At the plate, Owens led the team in batting, with a .323 average, while pounding out 53 hits (third on the team), including nine doubles and two home runs. He ended the year with 33 runs scored (tied for third), knocked in 12 more and added five stolen bases to his totals.
His team-leading .456 on-base percentage, aided by 30 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches, was the fourth best in a single season since the team joined the ACC and the best since 2010 (Austin Wates, .491). It was also the ninth-best on-base percentage in the ACC, at the end of the regular season.
Owens was third on the team with 16 multi-hit games and finished his Hokie career with 51. However, he led the team with nine games with at least three hits, including his final game at Tech in Saturday's 8-4 win over Virginia.
In his Tech career, Owens finished six hits shy of 200, playing in 154 games with 151 starts. His career .418 on-base percentage ranks as the ninth best over the past 15 seasons (since Tech joined the ACC), while his 37 hit by pitches is now the most ever, surpassing Tom Stoffel (2014-18, 34). He also scored 130 career runs, the eight-most at the school (since 2005) and is one of just three players on that list in the top 10 to play just three seasons.
Finally, Owens became the first Tech player to ever hit two game-opening home runs in ACC play – at Georgia Tech last year and at Wake Forest this season.
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