North Carolina junior right-hander J.B. Bukauskas was named to a pair of national midseason All-America teams on Thursday. The Ashburn, Virginia, standout was a first-team selection on both the D1Baseball Midseason All-America team and the Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings College Baseball All-American team. In addition, D1Baseball named Bukauskas the Midseason Top Pitcher.
Bukauskas has been stellar through his first seven starts, piling up 70 strikeouts in 47.0 innings against just 11 walks. He is 5-0 on the year with a 0.96 ERA and opponents are hitting just .151 against him. Bukauskas is a perfect 4-0 in four ACC starts and has allowed just 12 hits over 27 ACC innings with 40 strikeouts.