It was a successful season for the North Carolina Tar Heels’ baseball program, making it to Omaha and finishing as one of the best eight teams.
North Carolina was able to win a Game 7 against LSU in the Chapel Hill Regional and then sweep West Virginia in the Super Regional to punch their ticket to Omaha. While they went 1-2 during their time in the College World Series, it was a fun ride for Scott Forbes and his team.
Now, following the season a pair of Tar Heels are earning some more national honors.
On Wednesday, outfielder Vance Honeycutt was named to the D1Baseball.com‘s First Team All-American team. It’s the fifth All-America team honors for Honeycutt this offseason as well as winning the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award.
Honeycutt hit.318 while setting school records for home runs (28) and runs (88) in 2024.
For Pence, he was named to the second team All-America by the publication on Wednesday. This is the third All-American honors for Pence in the offseason after a 5-1 campaign in which he posted a 2.45 ERA. Pence was North Carolina’s best reliever and a big reason why the team advanced to Omaha.
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