D1Baseball unveiled its Preseason All-American teams for the 2025 college baseball season on Tuesday, and after a 40-win season for the Blue Devils last spring, two Duke players made the roster.
Third baseman Ben Miller, Duke’s lone returning All-ACC First Team member from 2024, and sophomore outfielder AJ Gracia found themselves on the Third Team.
Miller, now a redshirt senior, led the Blue Devils with a .360 batting average in 2024. He cranked out 18 doubles and 15 home runs, good enough for a .645 slugging percentage, and batted in 49 runs.
As a freshman last season, Gracia hit .305 with 220 at-bats. He ended up with 14 doubles and home runs apiece, and his 58 RBIs are the most of any returning Blue Devil.
Duke won the ACC Tournament for the second time in school history, defeating the Florida State Seminoles 16-4 in the title game. However, the Blue Devils couldn’t advance out of the Norman Regional, losing to the Connecticut Huskies and hosting Oklahoma Sooners.
The Blue Devils open the 2025 season on February 14 against the Cincinnati Bearcats, the first part of a three-game weekend series.
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