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Mike Fox to be inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame
Former UNC baseball coach
Mike Fox is part of the 11-person Class of 2024 announced Friday for induction into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, Fox is the winningest coach in Carolina baseball history and led the Tar Heels to seven College World Series appearances before retiring in 2020. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
North Carolina Baseball: Five Things to Know Entering Fall Ball
The Tar Heels have reached into the baseball transfer portal to find replacements for what was lost to the MLB Draft, brought in a large incoming freshman class, and look to begin re-creating some of last season's magic. The fall season begins Friday, so let's take a look at the most noteworthy storylines for UNC baseball coach
Scott Forbes and his team. (
Inside Carolina)
UNC Baseball Releases Fall Schedule
UNC Baseball holds its first practice of the fall on Friday, Sept. 6, before hosting two powerhouse junior college programs in exhibition games, followed by the Fall World Series Oct. 15, 16, and 18. The Tar Heels will host Walters State Community College for an exhibition on Friday, Oct. 4 and Florence-Darlington Technical College on Friday, Oct. 11. (
GoHeels.com)
Video: This Week in UNC Baseball with Scott Forbes - Fall Season Begins
After a taste of the College World Series, UNC Baseball coach
Scott Forbes hopes to combine veterans, transfers, and freshman talent into a team that can reach the top when the 2025 season is complete. Forbes joins Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina to discuss the fall baseball season and the importance of the next 45 days.
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Thu Sep 5, 2024
Alex Madera returning to UNC Baseball for fifth season
Second baseman
Alex Madera will return to North Carolina for his fifth college season, and will be part of the Home Run Derby X tour’s fourth and final stop on Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park alongside former MLB stars. Madera and UNC first baseman
Hunter Stokely will compete in the co-ed three-on-three competition starting at 7 p.m. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Orioles promote Vance Honeycutt after just eight games in Carolina League
The Baltimore Orioles have promoted former North Carolina centerfielder
Vance Honeycutt after only eight games in the Carolina League. Honeycutt made his minor-league debut 10 days ago in Kinston with the Delmarva Shorebirds in the low-A Carolina League but now is off to the Orioles’ high-A South Atlantic League team, the Aberdeen Ironbirds. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Vance Honeycutt sends a heartfelt message to the University of North Carolina
The
Vance Honeycutt era in Chapel Hill has officially come to a close, as the former North Carolina baseball star is off to begin his pro career with the Baltimore Orioles organization. After signing his contract with the Orioles, Honeycutt took to social media to post this heartfelt message to thank Carolina for allowing him to live out his dream. (
Keeping It Heel)
Vance Honeycutt has outstanding pro debut as former UNC teammates face off in Kinston
In a battle of former UNC outfielders in Kinston on Thursday,
Vance Honeycutt reached base three times in his minor-league debut and got his first professional hit. Honeycutt, who went 1 for 3, walked in the first and eighth innings and singled in the fifth. After the eighth-inning walk, he stole second base and third base before scoring on a throwing error. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
How NIL Contracts Benefit UNC Baseball
Old Well Management, which absorbed previous collectives Heels4Life and Secondary Break Club, handles NIL negotiations for UNC’s 28 sports teams. Less than two months after the NCAA rule change, UNC Baseball concluded its season at the College World Series. Old Well Management was ready for negotiations when the Tar Heels returned home. (
Inside Carolina)
Kaleb Cost on Baseball, Football, Balancing Both at UNC and More
Kaleb Cost is a baseball guy. But he’s also a football guy. Baseball is harder, he says, and football is the sport that has him on scholarship at UNC. It’s also the sport in which he will start this season. A sophomore who appeared in all 13 games last season, Cost taking over the star position has been one of the most interesting stories of preseason camp. (
Tar Heel Illustrated)