University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Tar Heels Named To ACC 50 Baseball Team
September 24, 2002 | Baseball
Sept. 24, 2002
Four former University of North Carolina baseball players were named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th anniversary team, which was announced today by ACC commissioner John Swofford. The 52-member team was voted on by the nine league institutions as decided by the league's 50th Anniversary Committee.
Scott Bankhead, Scott Bradley, B.J. Surhoff and Walt Weiss were Carolina's honorees on the team.
"These four players certainly distinguished themselves with outstanding careers here at Carolina," said UNC head coach Mike Fox. "They have each made a tremendous contribution to Carolina baseball and to the game of baseball in general and I couldn't be happier for them. Their success, not only here in college but in Major League Baseball, speaks to their character, work ethic and commitment to the game."
ankhead played for five teams over 10 seasons in MLB and is now the owner and director of the North Carolina Baseball Academy in Greensboro. Bradley, who was in the big-leagues from 1984-92 is now the head coach at Princeton, Weiss moved into an administrative position with the Colorado Rockies after a 14-year professional career and Surhoff is in his 16th season in Major League Baseball. Currently on the injured list of the Atlanta Braves, Surhoff is a .281 career hitter in the majors.
Clemson led all league schools with twelve members on the Golden Anniversary team while Georgia Tech came in second with nine honorees. NC State and Wake Forest each had seven players selected, followed by Florida State (6), Carolina (4), Duke (3), Maryland (2) and Virginia with two.
Carolina's honorees were as follows:
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Scott Bankhead (1982-1984)
Scott Bradley (1979-1981)
Scott Bankhead holds the Carolina career record for consecutive wins and winning percentage ... He is third all-time in the ACC with a winning percentage of .889 and averaged 9.92 strikeouts per 9 innings in his career, good for 19th best in ACC history ... two-time All-ACC selection and All-America in 1984.
In 1980, Scott Bradley set new ACC records for hits in a season and doubles in addition to having a 30-game hitting streak ... He was named a second team All-America before passing up his last season of eligibility to sign with the New York Yankees.
