In 2006... All-ACC first team... only reliever on the league's first team... chosen for Howser Trophy watch list... leads the ACC and ranks third in the NCAA with 14 saves... also leads the ACC in ERA (1.36), strikeouts per nine innings (11.38) and appearances (32)... ranks second in the conference with an opponents batting average of .190... 14-for-15 in save opportunities... the 14 saves are the most for a Wake Forest pitcher since former All-American Dave Bush had 16 in 2001... also ranks as tied for second-most in single-season school history... has allowed just 35 hits in 53.0 innings... struck out a team-best 67 and walked just 17... opened the season with 26.2 consecutive scoreless innings... allowed his first earned run in ACC action on April 14 ending a scoreless streak of 15.2 innings in conference games... recorded nine saves in the league and ACC foes are hitting just .196... named to the 2006 Pepsi Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team.

About Hunter... Tremendous competitor... former starting pitcher made immediate adjustment to closer's role... son of Ken & Mary Hunter... born Dec. 24, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois.

Matt Antonelli
Junior
3B
Peabody, Mass.

In 2006... Named first team All-ACC... chosen to the Howser Trophy watch list... preseason candidate for Wallace Award... named second team All-American by Baseball America... rated as the No. 27 prospect in the junior class by Baseball America... ranks in the top ten in the ACC in runs scored (64, 4th), doubles (18, 5th), home runs (11, 8th), walks (38, 9th), total bases (126, 8th) and slugging percentage (.592, 10th)... leads Wake Forest in runs, hits (71), doubles, total bases and stolen bases (15)... has started 161 consecutive games over his career... owns the school record with 127 career walks... named to the College Baseball Foundation Honor Roll (April 3)... has registered 20 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games... has scored a run in 37 of the Deacons 53 games... eight of his 11 home runs have gone to the opposite field... batting .357 with runners in scoring position... has reached base, by hit or walk, in 50 of the Deacons 53 games... has homered twice in a single-game on two different occasions (Wright State and Virginia Tech).

About Antonelli... Sensational athlete with the ability to play all over the diamond... named Cape Cod League All-Star each of the past two summers for the Falmouth Commodores... a legitimate first round prospect heading into his draft eligible year... a 19th round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2004 MLB Draft... a three-sport prep superstar... the Massachusetts Player of the Year in football and hockey and the runner-up in baseball... a communications major... born April 8, 1985.

Allan Dykstra
Freshman
1B
San Diego, Calif.

In 2006... ACC Rookie of the Year... second team All-ACC... chosen for Howser Trophy and Wallace Award watch lists... leads the ACC in walks (51), sacrifice flies (9), OPS (1.162) and is tied for the league lead in on-base percentage (.488)... only player in the ACC to lead the league in four different offensive categories... no other player leads in more than two... ranks second in home runs (14), seventh in doubles (17), ninth in RBI (55) and ninth in total bases (120)... earned Pepsi Baseball Classic All-Tournament team and College Baseball Foundation Honor Roll (April 3)... was named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 3)... batted .786 (11-for-14) with five home runs and 11 RBI... added three doubles, eight runs scored and drew five walks... recorded an absurd slugging percentage of 2.071 and on-base percentage of .850... tied the Wake Forest single-game school record with three home runs against Davidson on March 28... has recorded 15 multi-RBI games, including a pair of five RBI outings... registered 15 multi-hit games... has been intentionally walked eight times.

About Dykstra... Rated by Baseball America as the No. 41 prospect in the freshman class across the country... one of the few incoming freshman across the country that played in the Alaska Baseball League this past summer... drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 34th round of the 2005 MLB Draft... definite ACC Player of the Year candidate and National Freshman of the Year.