University of North Carolina Athletics
2009 Preseason Accolades
February 18, 2009 | Baseball
Feb. 18, 2009
Preseason Team Rankings • No. 1 - NCBWA • No. 1 - Rivals.com • No. 1 - Ping! Baseball • No. 2 - USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll • No. 2 - Collegiate Baseball • No. 3 - Baseball AmericaACC Preseason Poll (Coaches' Voting) • First in Coastal Division (12 of 12 votes) • Overall champion (10 of 12 votes)
Dustin Ackley, Jr., 1B/OF, Walnut Cove, N.C. • Rivals.com Preseason National Player of the Year • College Baseball Insider Preseason National Player of the Year • No. 4 Overall Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • No. 4 College Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • No. 2 ACC Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • Baseball America Preseason All-America (1st) • Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • NCBWA Preseason All-America (1st) • Rivals.com Preseason All-America • College Baseball Insider Preseason All-America (1st) • Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • Baseball America Preseason All-ACC • SEBaseball.com Preseason All-ACC (1st) • Rivals.com Preseason All-ACC • Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List • Golden Spikes Award Watch List
Colin Bates, So., RHP, Naperville, Ill. • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
Matt Harvey, So., RHP, Mystic, Conn. • No. 1 Sophomore Prospect (Baseball America) • No. 1 ACC Prospect for 2010 MLB Draft (BA) • Baseball America Preseason All-America (2nd) • NCBWA Preseason All-America (3rd) • College Baseball Insider Preseason All-America (HM) • Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • Baseball America Preseason All-ACC • SEBaseball.com Preseason All-ACC (2nd) • Rivals.com Preseason All-ACC • Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List • Golden Spikes Award Watch List
Brian Moran, Jr., LHP, Rye, N.Y. • Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America (3rd) • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
Kyle Seager, Jr., IF, Kannapolis, N.C. • No. 49 College Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • No. 43 Junior Prospect (Baseball America) • No. 6 ACC Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • Baseball America Preseason All-America (2nd) • Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America (3rd) • College Baseball Insider Preseason All-America (2nd) • Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • Baseball America Preseason All-ACC • SEBaseball.com Preseason All-ACC (1st) • Rivals.com Preseason All-ACC • Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List
Adam Warren, Sr., RHP, New Bern, N.C. • Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America (3rd) • SEBaseball.com Preseason All-ACC (2nd) • No. 30 Senior Prospect (Baseball America)
Alex White, Jr., RHP, Greenville, N.C. • No. 3 Overall Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • No. 3 College Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • No. 1 ACC Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft (BA) • Baseball America Preseason All-America (1st) • Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • NCBWA Preseason All-America (1st) • Rivals.com Preseason All-America • College Baseball Insider Preseason All-America (1st) • Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America (1st) • Baseball America Preseason ACC Pitcher of the Year • Baseball America Preseason All-ACC • SEBaseball.com Preseason All-ACC (1st) • Rivals.com Preseason All-ACC • Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List • Golden Spikes Award Watch List
