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FSU baseball's Wes Mendes is the ACC Pitcher of the Year

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FSU ace Wes Mendes is the 2026 ACC Pitcher of the Year. He is the third Seminoles to win the award.

FSU baseball ace Wes Mendes has been named the ACC Pitcher of the Year, the conference announced on Monday. He is the third FSU pitcher to win the award, joining Parker Messick and Bryan Henry. Mendes has a 2.

68 ERA and a 1. 00 WHIP in 84 innings pitched. He has made 14 starts for the Seminoles, pitching at least 5.

0 innings in all of them and throwing two complete games. He has held opponents to a . 201 batting average with 109 strikeouts, the second most in the ACC and 12th nationally.

The junior lefty has allowed 61 hits and walked 23 batters this season, giving up 11 doubles, one triple, and four home runs. He was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week twice, the first coming on March 30 and the second on April 4. Mendes was also named to the All-ACC First Team, which the league's 16 head coaches vote on.