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Jun 2, 2024; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels pitcher  Aidan Haugh (47) pitches against the Louisiana State Tigers during the Div. I NCAA baseball regional at Boshamer Stadium.

Aidan Haugh could have left North Carolina a year early and get a small modicum of a signing bonus and toil around the rookie leagues for a year. Instead of doing that he bet on himself and returned to Chapel Hill for another season in the sun.

Scott Salomon
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Jun 8, 2025; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina pitcher Jake Knapp (42) pitches the ball during the seventh inning of the Super Regionals game against Arizona in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

North Carolina pitcher Jake Knapp was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the eighth round of the Major League Baseball draft Monday. He becomes the second Tar Heels player in as many days to be selected by the Cubs.

Scott Salomon
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North Carolina's Kane Kepley prepares to run to first base after getting a hit against Arizona late in the game. The North Carolina Tarheels and the Arizona Wildcats met in game two of the NCAA Division 1 Super Regionals in Chapel Hill, N.C. on June 7, 2025.

Outfielder Kane Kepley does one thing very well. He gets on base. He will have the opportunity to do that for the Chicago Cubs organization as they selected him in the second round Sunday night.

Scott Salomon
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