UNC is ranked No. 12 in the 2023 DI Baseball preseason Top 25 poll, marking the Tar Heels' third top 15 appearance in a preseason poll. UNC also received preseason top 15 rankings from Collegiate Baseball (No. 11) and Perfect Game (No. 13). Carolina is the ACC's second-highest ranked team in the DI Baseball preseason poll behind No. 6 Wake Forest. (GoHeels.com) Vance Honeycutt Named Perfect Game ACC Preseason Player Of The Year
UNC sophomore centerfielder Vance Honeycutt was named Preseason ACC Player of the Year by Perfect Game on Friday. A consensus Freshman All-America last season, Honeycutt.