Pitcher Emerson Hancock joined elite company Thursday when he became only the fourth student-athlete in the history of the University of Georgia to earn First Team Academic All-America honors and be a First Round draft pick in his sport.
On Thursday, Hancock, a 6-4, 213-pound junior right-hander from Cairo, Ga., was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First-Team Academic All-America Team. A sports management major, he is the first Bulldog baseball player to be named to the First Team and the seventh overall to earn Academic All-America honors. The other six student-athletes made either the second or third team.