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UVA Baseball: Kevin McMullan named 2024 assistant coach of the year

Chris Graham
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UVA Baseball associate head coach Kevin McMullan was named the 2024 ABCA/Marines National Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

The 2024 award is the second for McMullan, who also won the honor in 2009.

McMullan, the team’s hitting coach, oversaw an offense that ranked in the top five nationally in hits (second – 752), batting average (third – .333), doubles (fourth – 151), runs (fifth – 581) and slugging percentage (fifth – .567).

UVA placed in the top 10 in the country in scoring (sixth – 9.2), on-base percentage (seventh – .425) and sacrifice flies (eighth – 33).

Virginia batters homered a program record 116 times in 2024 and eclipsed the 700-hit mark for the second straight season and fifth time in program history.

The Cavalier offense helped propel the program to its third College World Series appearance in four years and the seventh since 2009.

Five Cavalier batters picked up All-America honors at the end of the season while Griff O’Ferrall the recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, given annually to the nation’s top shortstop.

O’Ferrall was the first Cavalier ever to win the award.

To round out the success in 2024, a quartet of Cavaliers were selected in the MLB Draft, including O’Ferrall going 32nd overall to the Baltimore Orioles and is currently ranked as the #7 prospect in the O’s farm system after just two months in the minor leagues.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019, and Team of Destiny: Inside Virginia Basketball’s Run to the 2019 National Championship, and The Worst Wrestling Pay-Per-View Ever, published in 2018. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].