Georgia Tech pitcher Michael Hutts was found dead Friday afternoon at the apartment he shared on Northside Drive, according to Atlanta police and the Fulton Medical Examiners Office.

Investigator Mike Alsip with the medical examiner's office said an autopsy will be performed today. The cause of death has not been determined.

Michael Hutts starred at Wesleyan High School in Norcross before signing with Georgia Tech.

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Alsip said Hutts, 21, was found by his roommate around 1:40 p.m. at the M Street Apartments. The roommate's name was not released.

Hutts, a junior from Dunwoody in the College of Management, was a graduate of Wesleyan School in Norcross.

"This isn't supposed to happen to fine young men like Michael," Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich said. "It's not supposed to happen to college student athletes. To have a life cut short like this is just tragic."

Radakovich said the university's "deepest heartfelt condolences go out to his parents, Mark and Vicky Hutts, and the entire Hutts family."

Vicky Hutts declined to comment. Mark Hutts was out of town and could not be reached.

Hutts, 6-feet-2, 190 pounds, appeared in nine games this season. In 10 2/3 innings, he struck out 11 with a 3.38 ERA.

Friday night's game was postponed and will be made up as part of a doubleheader today, with the first game at 3 p.m. The second game will be played at 7 p.m.

Tech baseball coach Danny Hall said his players were devastated when he and Radakovich met with them at 4 p.m. and asked if they wanted to postpone Friday's game.

"Our players and the coaching staff were unanimous in support of this decision," Radakovich said. "The team was certain that a return to the field [today] was necessary and appropriate."

Radakovich said a minister and a counselor attended the meeting to support the players. Hall said he and his players will do their best to focus on beating Miami, the nation's No. 1-ranked team.

"You hope that they show up knowing that, I don't want to say they have a job to do, but they have an obligation to represent themselves and Georgia Tech, and I'm sure there will be a lot of emotion riding for Michael and his family," Hall said. "You've just got to do the best you can. That's all you can ask."

Hutts held several Wesleyan career baseball records -- most victories (27), strikeouts (236), innings pitched (213) and ERA (2.03) -- and was voted to the all-Gwinnett County team three times. He also held single-season school records for victories (eight in 2004) and ERA (0.80 in 2003). Hutts also played basketball and helped Wesleyan's boys win the Class A cross country championship as a freshman in 2001.

Wesleyan athletics director DeWayne Cupples said, "I was stunned, very shocked to learn this terrible news. Michael was a great kid. I always enjoyed visiting with him.

"He always had a smile on his face. Just a good kid and a good athlete."

Cupples said he last spoke to Hutts "in September, October, when he came over to visit the school. He'd visit us, take some fly balls, hit out of the cage when he had some time off."

Wesleyan baseball coach Michael Shaheen was out of the country Friday, traveling with a group of students on a goodwill mission, and could not be reached for comment.

At the corner of Marietta Street and Northside Drive, M Street is a gated community. Its residents are a mixture of Georgia Tech students, professionals and lower-income families, resident Jennifer Nam said. Hutts' neighbors said Atlanta police swarmed building 1000 about 2 p.m. Friday.

"Whatever happened, that's really sad," said Jessica Kim, 29, who lives in the complex. "I feel bad for his family."

-- Staff writers Rhonda Cook, Todd Holcomb, Chandler Brown, Curtis Bunn and Marcus Garner, and news researches Sharon Gaus and Nisa Asokan contributed to this article.