Sports Updates
Baseball Earns ABCA Excellence Award The Utah baseball program was recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with the Team Academic Excellence Award. Presented to the Utes for the second straight season, the honor is given to programs with a team cumulative grade- point average of 3.0 or higher during the preceding school year.
The Utes had a team GPA of 3.295 and were one of five Pac-12 programs to be recognized, alongside Oregon State, Stanford, Washington and Washington State.
Three Utes Sign Pro Baseball Contracts
Three former Utah baseball players have signed professional contracts in recent weeks. Zac McCleve signed with the Tampa Bay Rays organization, joining them as an undrafted free agent after the right-handed submarine pitcher spent 2019-23 with the Utes. Over five seasons, he made 107 appearances, resetting the program record in that category and earning Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention in 2023. His 12 saves are tied for third-most in program history.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed right-handed pitcher Blake Whiting as an undrafted free agent. Whiting spent the 2022 and ‘23 seasons at Utah. In 2023, he made 20 relief appearances and finished with a 2-3 record. Whiting struck out 39 opposing batters in 31 innings pitched. Right-handed pitcher Cam Day signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his second year with the Utes in 2023, Day made 11 starts and also pitched key relief innings in six other games.
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