Chad Flack (2008) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Chad Flack

Induction:
2008
Class:
2008

2008—Chad Flack: Baseball (Forest City, N.C.)
Flack led the Tar Heels to three straight College World Series appearances and the 2007 ACC title. He set a College World Series record for at-bats with 73 and his 22 base hits were the third-most in CWS history.

He set UNC career records for base hits (328), at-bats (1,058), total bases (526) and games played (267). was second in runs scored and extra base hits and third in doubles, home runs and runs batted in. He became the first Tar Heel with 300 or more base hits and finished his career with 37 more hits than any previous Carolina baseball player.

Flack sent the Tar Heels to the 2006 College World Series with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning at Alabama in the NCAA Super Regional. A year later, he hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning in the third and deciding Super Regional game against South Carolina. He added a game-winning two-run shot against Fresno State in the 2008 World Series.

Flack hit .379 in the 2006 College World Series as the Tar Heels advanced to the championship round against Oregon State and finished second in the nation.