Heels soar in 2008-09
Posted Jun 27, 2009
Carolina, Missouri and Southern California are the only schools to have players selected in the first rounds of the 2009 National Football League, Major League Baseball and NBA drafts. UNC wide receiver Hakeem Nicks went 29th to the New York Giants; first baseman Dustin Ackley went second to the Seattle Mariners and pitcher Alex White went 15th to the Cleveland Indians in the MLB draft.
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