University of North Carolina Athletics
Miller Named Cape's Top Prospect, Headlines Tar Heels' Summer Success
August 18, 2004 | Baseball
Aug. 18, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - While rising sophomore left-hander Andrew Miller was named the No. 1 Major League prospect in the Cape Cod League by Baseball America, he was not the only Tar Heel to enjoy success this summer as Carolina baseball players worked all across the country and around the world to hone their games during the offseason. Head coach Mike Fox's Tar Heels were represented in the prestigious Cape Cod League by Miller and classmate Robert Woodard, who both pitched for the Chatham A's, and senior second baseman Greg Mangum, who played with the Bourne Braves. Miller was 2-0 with a 2.03 earned run average and struck out 48 batters in just 40 innings. In a game called because of fog, Miller fanned the side four times in four innings against Falmouth and also struck out the side on just 15 pitches in the league's all-star game. Woodard was a late addition to Chatham, but also posted impressive numbers. He went 2-2 with a 1.56 ERA and struck out 16 against just six walks in 17.1 innings. Mangum hit .176 (24-for-136) with a wooden bat in 42 games with Bourne. He posted four doubles and drove in seven runs. Rising sophomore Daniel Bard was a part of the U.S. National Team that brought home the gold medal from the FISU II World University Baseball Championship in Tainan, Taiwan, where Team USA went 8-0. Bard made two appearances in the tourney and did not allow a hit in 1.2 innings. On the summer, Bard made eight appearances, all out of the bullpen. Several other Tar Heels excelled closer to home, led by outfielders Jay Cox and Mike Daniel, whose bats will be counted on heavily in 2005. Cox batted .301 (44-for-146) in 39 games with Fayetteville of the Coastal Plain League. Cox also tallied a team-best 32 runs batted in and hit two homers and added 10 doubles. A CPL all-star, Daniel batted .273 (44-for-161) in 41 games with Peninsula. He finished tied for second on the team with four homers and drove in 14 runs. Cox and Daniel were joined in the CPL by Blair Waggett and Brack Massey, who played with Wilmington, and Jonathan Hovis and Ross Cook, who played with Gastonia. Waggett batted .202 in 35 games and stole 11 bases in 14 attempts. Massey made 43 starts and hit .190 with two homers and 17 RBI. Hovis was stellar on the mound for Gastonia, posting a 1.30 ERA and a 3-1 record. He worked 27.2 innings and struck out 31 batters with just 10 walks. Hovis also proved solid at the plate, batting .264 (14-for-53) with five RBI. Cook, who joined the Grizzlies late in the summer, hit .239 (16-for-67) with 11 RBI and 11 runs scored.
