Official Site of the Tar Heels · Jun 8, 2019
GoHeels Exclusive: That's Baseball
By Pat James, GoHeels.com
When he was in the thick of it, a sophomore season that mostly fell short of his personal expectations, Ashton McGee was unflappable. He never appeared panicked about his follow-up to his sensational freshman campaign.
But looking back now, almost an entire year later, he acknowledges that going through those struggles was more difficult than he made it seem.
"It's tough going through it and having failure," said McGee, the 2017 ACC Freshman of the Year. "Most kids coming into college have hit .500 or .400, whatever it is, in high school. And then to come in here my freshman year and do so well and come off a sophomore year that wasn't too hot, it's difficult.