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dhr Daily ear Hrrl Ackley & Cos. excel in Cape Cod BY POWELL LATIMER SPORTS EDITOR Dustin Ackley spent the first part of the summer shelling hit ters in Omaha, Neb., as the leadoff hitter in North Carolina's College World Series arsenal. The rising junior is now spend ing the last part of his vacation tearing up the Cape Cod summer league. In the most prestigious of the collegiate summer leagues, Ackley s numbers closely resemble his UNC statistics: .415 batting average, tied for second in RBIs on the Harwich Mariners, with a .707 slugging per centage. “It’s been great; I mean, it's just like a baseball town," Ackley said of Cape Cod. Mass. “Everybody comes to see the baseball." After playing first base for his first two years at UNC, Ackley has spent much of the summer in the outfield, at his natural position of left field. The switch is significant, as the Tar Heels already lost centerfield er Seth Williams and left fielder Kyle Shelton to graduation, and could lose Tim Fedroff if the All- American right fielder signs with a pro team, which would require some major shifts in UNC’s defen sive alignment. “It seems all the outfield posi tions are open," Ackley said. “So I'll go wherever they want to put me." Ackley knows the openings are there and is using the summer to try and brush off the rust from his outfield skills. “It's been good." Ackley said of the position switch. “Especially since next year I’m hoping to play there. Just getting out there and catching fly balls, making good JC A Tar Heel '7* fai/srife .T“3SmCeiW2 x ' UOOURJ * m: ’pump y Downtown Chapel Hill • 942-PUMP 106 W Franklin St. (Ne*l to He iNo Hm| Mon-Sot 11 30om-ll ;30pm, Son 12pm 11 30pm www.yogurtpump.com . centralpark CONDOMINIUMS Luxury One Bedroom Units Five Minute Walk To Campus And Downtown On Major Bus Lines To Campus And Hospital If ! | -/L , . J I h^i UNC [ Hill Pi J. 919.929 1188 602 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Chapel Hill. NC www.centralparkchapelhill.com / DTH FILE/RACHEI RODEMANN Dustin Ackley closed his sophomore season with a 13-game hitting streak and has continued swinging effectively in the Cape Cod summer league. reads. That’s the main thing I think; getting out there will help me improve." Ackley is joined in the Cape Cod league by a host of UNC team mates. including second baseman Kyle Seager. Seager. by contrast, struggled dur ing the College World Scries, but in a league peppered with name's from Omaha, he has found success. Seager is batting .357 in 12 appearances. He has nine RBI and one home run, with most of his time coming at shortstop. “It’s great to look over and see guys you played .with. Kyle’s doing really well," Ackley said. Ackley also has faced down UNC’s freshman pitcher Matt Harvey, who dominated Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament for eight innings. “It went alright; the count went pretty deep," Ackley said of his matchup with Haney, who is 0-1 with a 1.54 ERA for the Chatham Athletics. “I think I managed to ground it... and it turned into an infield single." UNC players litter the Cape Cod league, including pitchers Colin Bates, Adam Warren and Nate Striz. Bates, a freshman All-America with Harvey, has 16 strikeouts in 17 innings of work and three games for the Hvannis Mets. with a 3.18 ERA. Warren is 1-1 in two starts with the Chatham As, with nine strike outs and a 2.45 ERA. Striz has 4.1 innings of w ork with no runs allowed in three appearances. Contact the Spirt* Editor at sports@unc.edu OneMontt^EEl* i 200 west franklin street I unc campus I www.avedachapelhill.com ; mjm Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. 1111 iI Li rnlra Accepts WAWJULUJMUUUEttALIbtaUUifII UNC OneCard 1 LARGE **i.i*. | _ _ I FOR Thun-Sat Mam-3am 3 Topp'ng PIZZA 11 i^asn**i :&S’flßiigg'7g! | up to 3 toppings Sports Hansbrough, Dawson up for ESPYs BY MARGOT SCHNEIDER STAff WRITER Two UNC athletes are in the running to earn college athlete of the year awards July 20. Rising senior Tyler Hansbrough and recent graduate Rachel Dawson arc up for Male and Female College Athlete of the Year awards, respec tively, in the ESPYs, the annual sports awards ceremony determined by fan votes and hosted by ESPN. Last season the Associated Press named Hansbrough its Collegiate Player of the Year. He also won the Wooden and Naismith awards. Hansbrough helped lead the Tar I leels to an ACC title and the NCAA Final Four, averaging 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. But it is not the statistics that stand out in the forward’s reper toire; it is the records he already has broken —and the number he is in line to break this season. He is on track to become the ACC's all-time point and rebound leader during his senior season. Hansbrough said joining the ranks of college basketball's great est means a lot to him. “I feel very honored to be up there with those guys," he said. And though Hansbrough said winning awards, such as the poten tial ESPY, is an honor, he has his eyes on more than individual honors in his last year at North Carolina. “Right now I'd say that a nation al championship would be a great way to end." he said. Though Hansbrough might be sticking around for the title, fellow ESPY nominee and Kansas State freshman phenom Michael Beasley was drafted No. 2 overall by the Miami Heat in June. Beasley fin ished third in season scoring with 26.2 points per game and first in UNC All- American forward Tyler Hansbrough is nominated for best college male athlete. rebounding with 12.4 per game. Rounding out the nominees is Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow won the Heisman Trophy last season, the first college football player to both throw and rush for 20 touchdowns in one season. The sophomore Gator helped lead his team to a national title. And though much can be said for a national title, North Carolina field hockey standout Dawson makes the case that winning one game is not enough. As National Player of the Year, Dawson led her team in to an undefeated national championship season. 24-0. Dawson scored 19 goals this season and earned ACC Defensive y STOCK FEXCHANGE SUMMER CLEARANCE OFF Ire inventory e Days Only riday. Aug. Ist 7am-7pm day. Aug. 2nd 9am-spm xiay. Aug. 3rd 12pm-spm ralcorißridgt Stopping Center across from Ecko Furniture exit 27 'on 1-40 frvear Murdi Gras; 919403.9977 you still have time! It’s not too late to apply to live on campus next year. We have a variety of spaces on north and south campus for FEMALE STUDENTS ONLY. I mUSBm*. I jBBHnk v j I- ft ff I mmlk ~ f ApptyOnKn* Residential Education hoUsinQ.Uncedu THURSDAY, JULY 17. 2008 £ All-America Rachel Dawson is up for best collegiate female athlete of 2008 Player of the Year far the second time. She now is playing with the U.S. national team in Beijing. The Tennessee women's basket ball team might not have been unde feated. but the Lady Vols did win their second national championship in a row. led by ESPY nominee and Player of the Year Candace Parker. Parker was drafted No. 1 overall by the las Angeles Sparks in April. Also nominated is Virginia Tech pitcher Angela Tincher. who led her team to its first College World Series on a 49-19 season. The ESPYs will air at 9 p.m. July 20 on ESPN. Contact the Spirts Editor at spirt*(a unc.edu 7
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