Diverse defense helps define Tar Heels' Levi Michael

Posted Jun 9, 2011
Earlier in his college career, Levi Michael played at other positions in the infield out of necessity. The Tar Heels had slick-fielding Ryan Graepel at shortstop, but Michael needed to be somewhere in the lineup. Now, that tends to be doing everything from the routine to the spectacular as North Carolina’s shortstop. (Burlington Times News)

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