UNC Baseball Recruiting

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Recruiting.

Do-it-all athlete Kaleb Cost charted unique path to UNC football and baseball commitment

When Kaleb Cost was 3 years old, he started playing with his first piece of sports equipment — a soccer ball. His uncle could only fathom three words to describe the sight. "He’s the one." As time would tell, Cost, a UNC dual-sport commit for the class of 2023, would fulfill his uncle’s prediction, although his path to Chapel Hill didn't come via the soccer pitch. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC Baseball Commit Walker Jenkins Named Coastal Preps Player Of The Year

Not many players in Southeastern N.C. have ever had a better season than Walker Jenkins. The center fielder helped South Brunswick finish 25-5 and 11-3 in the Mideastern Conference. Jenkins finished with a .527 average to go with 13 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs, 18 stolen bases, 40 RBI, and 49 runs scored. He struck out only nine times. (Coastal Preps)

UNC baseball commitment Brooks Brannon re-writes NCHSAA record books, looks to bright future

Brooks Brannon is signed to play baseball at North Carolina next season. He would join an elite program that is hosting a super regional and has a long history of launching successful professional careers. Brannon will have the opportunity to decide between signing with whichever MLB team drafts him in July and going to Chapel Hill for multiple years. (High School OT)

UNC Baseball Commit Walker Jenkins Named N.C. Gatorade Player Of The Year

South Brunswick High School junior Walker Jenkins has been named Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the Year. The announcement, made before the state championship series, listed his statistics: batting average of .519, 10 home runs, 37 RBI, and 45 runs. According to PerfectGame.com, Jenkins is ranked the No. 2 player in the 2023 class. (State Port Pilot)

UNC baseball commitment Brooks Brannon ties his father's high school single season home runs record

UNC baseball commitment Brooks Brannon ended Wednesday night's NCHSAA 2A state semifinal opener with a home run to left field that gave Randleman its fifth straight playoff game win with a run-rule shutout, 12-0 over Community School of Davidson. It also gave him a share of the North Carolina high school baseball record for home runs in a season. (Asheboro Courier-Tribune)

UNC baseball recruit Brooks Brannon sets NC high school RBI record, stays focused on team

A record-breaking season is always an accomplishment. When you break the mark for runs batted in for a single season with six games to go, that’s something special. Randleman senior catcher Brooks Brannon, a North Carolina baseball commit, finished the season with 72 RBIs. However, Brannon was adamant he would not let it go to his head. (BVM Sports)

UNC Baseball Lands Third-Straight Top 25 Recruiting Class

The Diamond Heels' 2021 recruiting class has been ranked No. 22 by DI Baseball to give UNC its third straight Top 25 class. The class is anchored by a foursome of transfers led by 2021 NJCAA Player-of-the-Year Alberto Osuna of Walters State College. The Tar Heels secured a second Top 15 JuCo transfer with the signing of left-handed pitcher Brandon Schaeffer. (GoHeels.com)

Pitcher and outfielder John Wise Long signs with UNC baseball

After having much of his past two seasons of prep baseball snatched from him, Glynn Academy’s John Wise Long ensured he would get the opportunity to make up the missing time at the next level Wednesday. In an auditorium full of family, friends, coaches, teammates, and other supporters, Long signed a letter-of-intent to play baseball at UNC. (Brunswick News)

East Rowan pitcher Cam Padgett signs with UNC Baseball

East Rowan pitcher Cam Padgett signed with UNC Baseball on stage in the school auditorium Sunday. With a sprinkling of tattoos, longish blond hair and a 6-foot-4, thin-waisted frame, he looks more like a free-spirited rock star than the prototype All-American, but the 17-year-old can really pitch. UNC and a lot of other schools recognized that. (Salisbury Post)

Four-Star Forward Tyler Nickel Takes Official Visit to UNC

Class of 2022 four-star small forward Tyler Nickel took his official visit to Carolina over the weekend. A 6-foot-8, 210-pound prospect from Elkton (Va.) East Rockingham High School, Nickel is ranked the No. 79 overall prospect and the No. 21 small forward. Accompanied by his parents, Nickel was in Chapel Hill for the official visit beginning Friday afternoon. (Inside Carolina)

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