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Honeycutt Named CSC First Team Academic All-America
July 2, 2024 | Baseball, Academics
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – UNC junior outfielder Vance Honeycutt has been named First Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). Honeycutt is the fifth UNC baseball student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors and the first since Benton Moss in 2015.
To be eligible for the CSC Academic All-America Award, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and a 3.5 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale). They must have reached a sophomore athletic and academic standing at the institution and completed at least one full academic year at the institution.
A communication major, Honeycutt was named CSC All-District earlier this season and garnered All-ACC Academic Team honors for the third consecutive season.
The honor caps off an award-filled season for Honeycutt. He earned First-Team All-America accolades from the American Baseball Coaches Association, College Baseball Foundation, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game and received second team honors from Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Honeycutt becomes the 21st student-athlete and first baseball student-athlete in UNC history to be named First Team All-America and First Team Academic All-America, joining an esteemed list that includes Billy Cunningham, Eric Montross, Heather O'Reilly, Cindy Parlow, Charlie Scott, Sue Walsh and Tyler Zeller.
A native of Salisbury, N.C., Honeycutt hit a career-best .318 while setting school records for home runs (28) and runs (88) in 2024. He drove in a career-high 70 runs and collected 81 hits and 13 doubles. Honeycutt finished the season ranked third nationally in runs and seventh in home runs while leading the ACC in both categories.
He was a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award, the top two honors in college baseball.
Honeycutt started all 176 career games played in center field the past three seasons, belting a program-record 65 home runs while becoming the first player among the Power 5 schools with more than 60 home runs and 70 stolen bases (76).
To be eligible for the CSC Academic All-America Award, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and a 3.5 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale). They must have reached a sophomore athletic and academic standing at the institution and completed at least one full academic year at the institution.
A communication major, Honeycutt was named CSC All-District earlier this season and garnered All-ACC Academic Team honors for the third consecutive season.
The honor caps off an award-filled season for Honeycutt. He earned First-Team All-America accolades from the American Baseball Coaches Association, College Baseball Foundation, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game and received second team honors from Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Honeycutt becomes the 21st student-athlete and first baseball student-athlete in UNC history to be named First Team All-America and First Team Academic All-America, joining an esteemed list that includes Billy Cunningham, Eric Montross, Heather O'Reilly, Cindy Parlow, Charlie Scott, Sue Walsh and Tyler Zeller.
A native of Salisbury, N.C., Honeycutt hit a career-best .318 while setting school records for home runs (28) and runs (88) in 2024. He drove in a career-high 70 runs and collected 81 hits and 13 doubles. Honeycutt finished the season ranked third nationally in runs and seventh in home runs while leading the ACC in both categories.
He was a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award, the top two honors in college baseball.
Honeycutt started all 176 career games played in center field the past three seasons, belting a program-record 65 home runs while becoming the first player among the Power 5 schools with more than 60 home runs and 70 stolen bases (76).
University of North Carolina
First-Team All-Americas and First-Team Academic All-Americas
Baseball
Vance Honeycutt
All-America 2024
Academic All-America 2024
Men's Basketball
Billy Cunningham
All-America 1964, 1965
Academic All-America 1965
Charlie Scott
All-America 1969, 1970
Academic All-America 1970
Eric Montross
All-America 1993, 1994
Academic All-America 1993, 1994
Tyler Zeller
All-America 2012
Academic All-America 2011, 2012
Field Hockey
Rachel Dawson
All-America 2004, 2007
Academic All-America 2007
Men's Lacrosse
Joey Seivold
All-America 1984, 1985
Academic All-America 1987
Women's Lacrosse
Katie Hoeg
All-America 2018, 2020, 2021
Academic All-America 2020
Men's Soccer
Jonathan Campbell
All-America 2015
Academic All-America 2014, 2015
Women's Soccer
Heather O'Reilly
All-America 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Academic All-America 2006
Yael Averbuch
All-America 2006, 2007, 2008
Academic All-America 2008
Amber Brooks
All-America 2012
Academic All-America 2012
Cindy Parlow
All-America 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Academic All-America 1998
Softball
Christine Kubin
All-America 1996
Academic All-America 1995, 1996
Women's Swimming
Sue Walsh
All-America 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Academic All-America 1984
Richelle Fox
All-America 1997, 1998
Academic All-America 1988
Jessi Perruquet
All-America 2002, 2003, 2004
Academic All-America 2003
Women's Tennis
Hayley Carter
All-America 2016, 2017
Academic All-America 2016, 2017
Elizabeth Scotty, 2024 (singles, doubles and academics)
Track and Field
Laura Gerraughty
All-America 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Academic All-America 2004, 2005, 2006
Georgia Kloss
All-America 2005, 2006, 2007
Academic All-America 2007
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