2009 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg 150 Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 4 5 48–18 19–10 Mike Fox 11th Scott Jackson 1st Matt McCay 2nd Scott Forbes 4th Boshamer Stadium Atlantic Coast Conference championsChapel Hill Regional championsChapel Hill Super Regional champions College World Series T-5th The 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Boshamer Stadium. The team was coached by Mike Fox in his 11th year as head coach at North Carolina. The Tar Heels won the Chapel Hill Regional and the Chapel Hill Regional Super Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona State Sun Devils. Roster 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels y Levi Michael y 1 INF S R 5 10 170 FR Welcome, North Carolina Landon Adams 2 OF S R 5 9 150 FR Raleigh, North Carolina Ben Bunting 3 OF L L 5 7 157 SO Randleman, North Carolina Garrett Gore 4 INF R R 5 10 177 SR Wilmington, North Carolina Jacob Stallings y 5 c R R 6 5 185 FR Brentwood, Tennessee Alex White baseball y 6 RHP R R 6 3 193 JR Greenville, North Carolina Ryan Leach 7 RHP R R 5 11 170 SO Kings Mountain, North Carolina Mark Fluery 8 C L R 6 0 202 SO Roswell, Georgia Kyle Seager y 10 INF L R 6 1 194 JR Kannapolis, North Carolina Mike Cavasinni 11 OF L R 5 7 160 JR y Huntersville, North Carolina Logan Munson 12 LHP L L 6 0 205 SO Columbia, South Carolina Dustin Ackley y 13 INF L R 6 1 185 JR Walnut Cove, North Carolina Greg Holt 14 RHP R R 6 1 205 SO Clemmons, North Carolina Seth Baldwin 16 OF L R 6 0 196 FR Forest City, North Carolina Patrick Johnson 17 RHP R R 5 10 170 SO Conover, North Carolina Jeff May 19 C R R 6 1 205 FR Stem, North Carolina Garrett Davis 20 RHP L R 6 4 195 FR y Fremont, North Carolina Matt Harrison 23 INF R R 5 11 175 FR Henderson, Nevada Ryan Graepel 24 INF R R 6 1 169 JR Greenville, North Carolina Colin Bates 25 RHP R R 6 1 179 SO y Naperville, Illinois Adam Warren 28 RHP R R 6 2 200 SR New Bern, North Carolina Nate Striz 29 RHP R R 6 2 240 SO Lakeland, Florida Jimmy Messer 31 RHP R R 6 1 195 FR Hudson, North Carolina Bryant Gaines 32 RHP R R 6 6 261 SO y Weddington, North Carolina Brett Thomas 36 INF L L 6 4 215 SO Columbia, South Carolina Mike McKee 38 C R R 5 10 174 SR Arden, North Carolina Tarron Robinson 39 INF L L 6 2 206 FR y Chapel Hill, North Carolina Matt Harvey y 43 RHP R R 6 4 210 SO Mystic, Connecticut Brian Moran baseball y 46 LHP L L 6 3 188 JR Rye, New York https://goheels.com/sports/baseball/roster/2008 January 4, 2022 30 Mike Fox 15 Scott Jackson 18 Matt McCay 21 Scott Forbes Schedule North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log |- ! style="North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white" | Regular season |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white February (7–1) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || February 20 || 2009 VMI Keydets VMI || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 13–3 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || February 21 || VMI || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 6–0 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || February 22 || VMI || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 11–3 || 3–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || February 24 || 2009 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Costal Carolina || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 3–7 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || February 25 || 2009 Liberty Flames Liberty || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–5 || 4–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 || February 27 || 2009 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 5–1 || 5–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || February 27 || Seton Hall || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–3 || 6–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 || February 28 || Seton Hall || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 10–3 || 7–1 || – |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white March (14–5) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 || March 4 || 2009 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Gardner–Webb || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 10–3 || 8–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 || March 6 || Clemson || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–5 || 8–2 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || March 7 || Clemson || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 5–2 || 9–2 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 || March 8 || Clemson || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–8 || 10–2 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 || March 10 || 2009 Appalachian State Mountaineers Appalachian State || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–8 || 11–2 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 || March 11 || Appalachian State || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 12–3 || 12–2 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 || March 13 || at 2009 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech || English Field • Blacksburg, Virginia || 7–3 || 13–2 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 || March 15 || at Virginia Tech || English Field • Blacksburg, Virginia || 13–5 || 14–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || March 17 || 2009 Princeton Tigers Princeton || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 17–0 || 15–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 || March 18 || Princeton || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 6–1 || 16–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 || March 20 || 2009 Duke Blue Devils Duke || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 8–5 || 17–2 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 || March 21 || Duke || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–5 || 17–3 || 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 || March 22 || Duke || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–10 || 17–4 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 || March 24 || at 2009 UNC Wilmington Seahawks UNC Wilmington || Brooks Field • Wilmington, North Carolina || 8–1 || 18–4 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 || March 25 || 2009 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 1–2 || 18–5 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 || March 27 || Virginia || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–3 || 19–5 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 || March 28 || Virginia || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 2–5 || 19–6 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 || March 29 || Virginia || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 6–5 || 20–6 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 || March 31 || 2009 Davidson Wildcats Davidson || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–4 || 21–6 || 7–4 |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white April (14–5) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 || April 1 || Old Dominion || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 7–6 || 22–6 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 || April 3 || at 2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech || Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia || 4–2 || 23–6 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 || April 4 || at Georgia Tech || Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia || 6–10 || 23–7 || 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 || April 5 || at Georgia Tech || Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia || 13–10 || 24–7 || 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || April 7 || 2009 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 3–1 || 25–7 || 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 || April 8 || 2009 Richmond Spiders Richmond || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 12–8 || 26–7 || 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 || April 10 || at 2009 Florida State Seminoles Florida State || Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 2–3 || 26–8 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 || April 11 || at Florida State || Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 12–7 || 27–8 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 || April 12 || at Florida State || Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || 8–9 || 27–9 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 || April 14 || 2009 High Point Panthers High Point || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–11 || 27–10 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 || April 15 || 2009 Winthrop Eagles Winthrop || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 20–4 || 28–10 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 || April 17 || 2009 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 3–0 || 29–10 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 || April 18 || Miami (FL) || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 5–4 || 30–10 || 12–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 || April 19 || Miami (FL) || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–1 || 31–10 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || April 21 || UNC Wilmington || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 7–5 || 32–10 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 || April 22 || at East Carolina || Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina || 0–4 || 32–11 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 || April 24 || 2009 Maryland Terrapins Maryland || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 7–4 || 33–11 || 14–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 || April 25 || Maryland || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 14–3 || 34–11 || 15–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 || April 26 || Maryland || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 4–2 || 35–11 || 16–7 North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white May (6–3) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 || May 5 || 2009 Elon Phoenix Elon || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 15–6 || 36–11 || 16–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || May 7 || 2009 Longwood Lancers Longwood || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 5–4 || 37–11 || 16–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 || May 8 || at 2009 NC State Wolfpack NC State || Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina || 0–3 || 37–12 || 16–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 || May 9 || at NC State || Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina || 5–2 || 38–12 || 17–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 || May 10 || at NC State || Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina || 4–9 || 38–13 || 17–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 || May 12 || at Charlotte || Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina || 4–1 || 39–13 || 17–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 || May 14 || at 2009 Boston College Eagles Boston College || Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts || 1–3 || 39–14 || 17–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 || May 15 || at Boston College || Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts || 16–10 || 40–14 || 18–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 || May 16 || at Boston College || Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts || 8–1 || 41–14 || 19–10 |- |- ! style="North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white" | Postseason |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white ACC Tournament (1–2) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 || vs May 20 || vs Duke || Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, North Carolina || 8–3 || 42–14 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 || vs May 22 || vs Virginia || Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, North Carolina || 1–11 || 42–15 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 || vs May 23 || vs Florida State || Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, North Carolina || 3–4 || 42–16 || 19–10 |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (3–0) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 || vs May 29 || 2009 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 5–2 || 43–16 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 || vs May 30 || Coastal Carolina || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 14–5 || 44–16 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 || vs May 31 || 2009 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 7–3 || 45–16 || 19–10 |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white NCAA Cary Super Regional (2–0) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 || vs June 6 || East Carolina || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 10–1 || 46–16 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 || vs June 7 || East Carolina || Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina || 9–3 || 47–16 || 19–10 |- North Carolina Tar Heels 2 white College World Series (1–2) |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ACC record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 || June 14 || vs Arizona State || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 2–5 || 47–17 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 || June 16 || vs 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 11–4 || 48–17 || 19–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 || June 18 || vs LSU || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 5–12 || 48–18 || 19–10 |- |- | Awards and honors Dustin Ackley First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All-American Baseball America First Team All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-Atlantic Region American Baseball Coaches Association National Player of the Year Rivals.com First Team All-ACC Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year College World Series All-Tournament TeamCWS record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org January 5, 2022 Levi Michael Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Second Team Freshman All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Brian Moran Third Team All-American Baseball America Second Team All-ACC Kyle Seager First Team All-ACC College World Series All-Tournament Team Adam Warren Second Team All-ACC Alex White First Team All-ACC Second Team All-Atlantic Region American Baseball Coaches Associationhttps://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/16base/16baseguideweb.pdf 2016 North Carolina Media Guide www.unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com January 9, 2022 References Category:North Carolina Tar Heels baseball seasons North Carolina Tar Heels baseball Category:College World Series seasons North Carolina Category:Atlantic Coast Conference baseball champion seasons