GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Miami Hurricanes were picked as the preseason favorite to win the ACC Coastal Division in a poll of the league's 14 head coaches, the conference office announced Wednesday. Miami, which was picked by 13 of 14 coaches as the likely division winner, is looking for its third straight Coastal title; the Hurricanes won the division in 2014 with a 24-6 mark in ACC play and again in 2015 with a 22-8 record. Miami (97 points) was followed by defending national champion Virginia (80 points), North Carolina (71), Georgia Tech (58), Duke (38), Virginia Tech (30), and Pitt (18) in the Coastal Division. Louisville (98 points) was selected to win the Atlantic Division, and also captured all 14 votes for overall champion of the ACC. The Hurricanes have earned three top-10 national preseason rankings, including a No. 4 mark from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and No. 6 from both D1Baseball.com and Baseball America. Miami returns 18 letterwinners from a 2015 team that won a second straight ACC Coastal Division title and qualified for the College World Series for the 24th time in program history. The Hurricanes, who earned the No. 5 national seed entering last year’s postseason run, won 50 games and extended their own college baseball record by qualifying for the NCAA postseason for the 43rd straight year; Miami has not missed the NCAA postseason since 1972. Two Hurricanes – juniors Zack Collins and Bryan Garcia – have earned preseason All-America recognition from both Louisville Slugger and Perfect Game. Season tickets to the Miami Hurricanes’ 2016 baseball season at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field are available for as little as $99, while family plans (two adults, three youth) for the entire home slate are available for just $199. Call (305) 284-2263 for more information. 2016 ACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll Overall Champion 1. Louisville (14) Atlantic Division 1. Louisville (14) - 98 2. Florida State - 74 3. NC State - 72 4. Notre Dame - 50 5. Clemson - 46 6. Wake Forest - 35 7. Boston College - 17 Coastal Division 1. Miami (13) - 97 2. Virginia (1) - 80 3. North Carolina - 71 4. Georgia Tech - 58 5. Duke - 38 6. Virginia Tech - 30 7. Pitt - 18

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami senior shooting guard Sheldon McClellan has been named to the midseason watch list for the national player of the year, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Monday. He is one of 20 total players, including one of four ACC players, on the list. McClellan has posted the eighth-best shooting percentage (52.9%) in the country among guards, and has the top shooting percentage among guards in the ACC, according to stats on NCAA.org on Jan. 25. McClellan’s 2-point shooting percentage is 61.0 percent this season. The native of Houston has posted a true shooting percentage of 66.3 percent, good for 22nd in the country, and has the 25th-best offensive rating in the country, according to KenPom.com McClellan is 10th in the ACC in scoring in league games, seventh in free throw percentage and tied for sixth in steals. McClellan is also currently on two other national player of the year early-season watch lists: Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year and Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The awards will be presented at the College Basketball Awards gala in Oklahoma City on April 11, 2016, at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Access Sports, a non-profit organization committed to supporting various charitable causes, will serve as host for the gala. Funds from the gala are used to support youth basketball programs in Oklahoma that allow disadvantaged youth the opportunity to participate in leagues and training. The USBWA, comprised of nearly 1,000 sports journalists covering college basketball for newspapers, magazines and websites, will select the recipients of the awards. This will be the first time the women’s college player of the year will be featured at the gala. Oscar Robertson Trophy (Men's National Player of the Year) Grayson Allen, Duke Kris Dunn, Providence Kahlil Felder, Oakland Yogi Ferrell, Indiana Buddy Hield, Oklahoma Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame Brice Johnson, North Carolina Jalen Jones, Texas A&M Sheldon McClellan, Miami Monte Morris, Iowa State Georges Niang, Iowa State Gary Payton II, Oregon State Wayne Selden Jr., Kansas Ben Simmons, LSU Melo Trimble, Maryland Tyler Ulis, Kentucky Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa Denzel Valentine, Michigan State Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami Hurricanes baseball team picked up its third top-10 ranking of 2016 Monday, checking in at No. 6 in Baseball America’s preseason top-25 rankings. The Hurricanes were ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s top 25 released in December, marking Miami’s highest preseason ranking from that publication since 2005. Miami was also ranked No. 6 by D1Baseball.com in its first top 25 released in early January. The Hurricanes’ preseason ranking of No. 6 is its highest from Baseball America since 2007, when they were ranked No. 2. Miami was No. 9 in last year’s Baseball America preseason rankings. To view the entire 2016 Baseball America Preseason Top 25, click HERE. The Hurricanes’ 2016 schedule includes series against four teams ranked in the Baseball America top 25, including home series against three of the top five teams (No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Louisville and No. 4 Virginia). Miami returns 18 letterwinners from a 2015 team that won a second straight ACC Coastal Division title and qualified for the College World Series for the 24th time in program history. The Hurricanes ended the 2015 season ranked No. 6 by D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Baseball America, Perfect Game and USA TODAY in year-end polls. The Hurricanes, who earned the No. 5 national seed entering last year’s postseason run, won 50 games and extended their own college baseball record by qualifying for the NCAA postseason for the 43rd straight year; Miami has not missed the NCAA postseason since 1972. Two Hurricanes – juniors Zack Collins and Bryan Garcia – have earned preseason All-America recognition from both Louisville Slugger and Perfect Game.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami Hurricanes baseball team picked up its second top-10 ranking of the 2016 preseason Tuesday, checking in at No. 6 in D1Baseball.com’s first top-25 rankings of the spring. The Hurricanes, who were ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s top 25 released in December, were one of six teams from the ACC ranked by D1Baseball.com. To view the entire 2016 D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 25, click HERE. Miami returns 18 letterwinners from a 2015 team that won a second straight ACC Coastal Division title and qualified for the College World Series for the 24th time in program history. The Hurricanes ended the 2015 season in Omaha, Neb., and were ranked No. 6 by D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Baseball America, Perfect Game and USA TODAY in year-end polls. Two Hurricanes – juniors Zack Collins and Bryan Garcia – have earned preseason All-America recognition from both Louisville Slugger and Perfect Game. The Hurricanes’ 2016 schedule includes home series against four teams ranked in the D1Baseball.com top 25 (No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Louisville, No. 13 Virginia and No. 16 North Carolina), as well as a road series at No. 20 Florida State. The Hurricanes, who earned the No. 5 national seed entering last year’s postseason run, won 50 games and extended their own college baseball record by qualifying for the NCAA postseason for the 43rd straight year; Miami has not missed the NCAA postseason since 1972.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami juniors Zack Collins and Bryan Garcia were among those recognized as Perfect Game Preseason All-Americans Monday. Collins and Garcia, who also earned preseason recognition from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in late December, were both named to the second team by Perfect Game. Collins was one of the top power hitters in the nation as a sophomore in 2015. The junior slugger, who started 66 of 67 possible games a season ago, hit .302 with 15 home runs and 70 RBI. The Pembroke Pines, Fla., native was named to the 2015 All-ACC First Team and was a Rawlings third-team All-American. In just two seasons with the Hurricanes, Collins has hit a combined. 300 and totaled 26 home runs and 124 RBI. He has amassed 28 doubles, eight triples and 99 walks in his first two years at Miami. Garcia served as Miami’s closer for the second straight season in 2015. The righthander continued his ascent in the Miami record books with 10 more saves in 2015, finishing with a 6-2 record and a 2.50 ERA in 39.2 innings. The Miami native was named to the 2015 All-ACC Third Team. Garcia enters 2016 ranked fifth in all-time saves at Miami (25) and has a career 2.08 ERA with 94 strikeouts in 91.0 innings. His career record at Miami stands at an impressive 13-6. Miami was ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s annual preseason rankings released in December. The ranking marked Miami’s best from the publication since 2005, when the Hurricanes checked in at No. 2.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football program signed senior defensive end Pat Bethel to a grant-in-aid agreement on Monday. Bethel, who hails from Vero Beach, Fla., concluded senior season at Vero Beach High School after he recorded nine sacks in 2015. He is currently ranked No. 88 in the ESPN 300 ratings. Bethel also has a four-star ranking and is rated as the 10th–best defensive end by 247Sports. He also is ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the TCPalm Super 11 rankings. Most recently, Bethel was selected to play in the 2015 Under Armour All-American Game on Jan. 2. Bethel is the fifth grant-in-aid player to sign with the Hurricanes. Earlier this year, Miami inked Jack Allison, Shaq Quarterman, Mike Pinckney and Zach McCloud. He also is the fourth player ranked in the ESPN 300 ratings to sign with the Canes.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami juniors Zack Collins and Bryan Garcia were among those players recognized as 2016 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-Americans, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper announced Tuesday. Collins, a Preseason All-America first-team selection at catcher, was one of the top power hitters in the nation as a sophomore in 2015. Collins, who started 66 of 67 possible games a season ago, hit .302 with 15 home runs and 70 RBI. The Pembroke Pines, Fla., native was named to the 2015 All-ACC First Team and was a Rawlings third-team All-American. In just two seasons with the Hurricanes, Collins has hit a combined. 300 and totaled 26 home runs and 124 RBI. He has amassed 28 doubles, eight triples and 99 walks in his first two years at Miami. Garcia, a Preseason All-America second-team selection as relief pitcher, served as Miami’s closer for the second straight season in 2015. Garcia continued his ascent in the Miami record books with 10 more saves in 2015, finishing with a 6-2 record and a 2.50 ERA in 39.2 innings. The Miami native was named to the 2015 All-ACC Third Team. Garcia enters 2016 ranked fifth in all-time saves at Miami (25) and has a career 2.08 ERA with 94 strikeouts in 91.0 innings. His career record at Miami stands at an impressive 13-6. Miami was ranked No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s annual preseason rankings released Monday. The ranking marked Miami’s best from the publication since 2005, when the Hurricanes checked in at No. 2.