2024 MLB Draft: UNC's Vance Honeycutt selected by Orioles in first round
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- UNC-Chapel Hill junior Vance Honeycutt was picked 22nd overall Sunday by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
In 2024, the Salisbury native helped lead UNC to the College World Series for the first time since 2018.
Here are some of this season's stats:
- Finished the season with a career-best .318 batting average, 70 RBIs
- Posted third-highest single-season slugging percentage .714 in UNC program history
- Tied for the ACC lead in home runs with a program record of 28, led the league in runs (88)
- Named First Team All-America in 2024 by four organizations
- Named to the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Team
- Became first 60-70 Power 5 conference player in NCAA history (65 home runs, 76 stolen bases)
The MBL draft continues Monday and ends Tuesday.
Other UNC first-round picks:
2020: Aaron Sabato, #27 (Minnesota Twins)
2019: Michael Busch, #31 (Los Angeles Dodgers)
2017: J.B. Bukauskas, #15 (Houston Astros); Logan Warmoth, #22 (Toronto Blue Jays); Brian Miller, #36 (Miami Marlins)
2013: Colin Moran, #6 (Miami Marlins)
2011: Levi Michael, #30 (Minnesota Twins)
2010: Matt Harvey, #7 (New York Mets)
2009: Dustin Ackley, #2 (Seattle Mariners); Alex White, #15 (Cleveland Indians)
