Around the Bases with Colin Bates
Posted Oct 12, 2009
What went into your decision to return to UNC after being drafted by the Oakland Athletics last summer? "It really was not a tough decision. I am on pace to graduate right now, which is something that I value far and above anything else. To me, getting a degree from here exceeds everything else to me. The Athletics did not really approach me that much since that is what I told them as well."
(Inside Carolina)
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