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Orioles Take UNC’s Vance Honeycutt in First Round of MLB Draft

Despite his high strikeout rate at the plate, Vance Honeycutt will be remembered as one of the greats in UNC baseball history, an unmistakable dynamic blend of speed and power and instincts that made him UNC's all-time home run leader (65 career homers) and the ACC's first two-time Defensive Player of the Year, while zooming around the outfield. (Inside Carolina)

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Vance Honeycutt goes No. 22 to Orioles, highest Tar Heel picked in five years
Versatile center fielder Vance Honeycutt, who rewrote the record books during his three seasons at North Carolina, became the 24th first-round pick in program history.