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NC State’s Bailey & Wilson Collect Collegiate Baseball All-America Honors

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TUSCON, Ariz. – Patrick Bailey and Will Wilson of No. 15 NC State baseball collected All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball on Thursday, as announced by the organization.

Bailey, a sophomore from Greensboro, N.C., was named to the third team while Wilson, a junior who hails from Kings Mountain, N.C., earned second team honors for the second straight season.

For Bailey, it is his second mention from the publication as he was named a freshman All-American last year. For Wilson, this the third mention of his career as he additionally earned freshman All-America honors in 2017.

The duo has played a vital part in the team’s 42-17 record and remaining nationally-ranked the entire season. NC State earned its ninth NCAA Tournament bid in the last 10 seasons and 31st overall, and opens up NCAA Regional play Friday at 12 p.m. versus Campbell in Greenville, N.C.

Bailey has been the Wolfpack’s primary backstop with 58 starts on the season. He currently owns a .291 clip with 67 hits, 17 doubles, nine homers and a .509 slugging percentage. Defensively, he has committed just five errors in 453 chances for a .989 fielding percentage, and has thrown out 32 percent of base runners attempting to swipe a bag.

He recently earned First Team All-ACC honors and was named one of 14 semifinalists for the Buster Posey Award, which honors the nation’s best catcher. Last month, Bailey was announced to USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team roster.

Wilson, who was announced as one of five finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award (given to the nation’s best shortstop) this morning, leads the team with a .346 batting average, 20 doubles, 16 home runs and a .682 slugging percentage. Those numbers rank top seven in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Last week he was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-ACC selection, committing just six errors in 53 starts. Additionally, he has tallied 56 putouts, including a team-leading 121 assists, in 183 chances.

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NC State Baseball Rankings Update After Another Undefeated Week

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February 28, 2023

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The NC State Baseball team is now 7-0 through two weeks of play, going 4-0 last week, defeating Coastal Carolina 16-4 on the road in a midweek game, and sweeping Belmont at home this past weekend (11-4, 7-0, 7-1).

The Wolfpack remain ranked 21st in the D1Baseball Top-25.

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The Wolfpack moved up 11 spots to #19 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll, up 2 spots to #20 in the Coaches Poll, and up 1 spot to #24 in the Baseball America poll.

NC State will host Longwood today at 3pm in their next matchup.

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NC State Sticks at #21 After Opening Weekend Sweep

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February 20, 2023

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NC State’s Men’s Baseball team stayed put at #21 in the D1Baseball Top-25 after an opening weekend sweep of Wagner.

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NC State also stayed put at #25 in the Baseball America’s new poll, and stayed put at #30 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll.

The Wolfpack will play Coastal Carolina on the road this Wednesday at

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NC State Picked 3rd in the Atlantic in the 2023 ACC Baseball Preseason Poll

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February 3, 2023

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The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll was released yesterday, and NC State is projected to finish 3rd in the Atlantic.

NC State finished 5th in the Atlantic Division in 2022, with a 14-15 record in Conference play.

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The Doak is getting its renovation…and NC State fans aren’t exactly loving it

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January 26, 2023

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I was just about to write a piece about the Doak renovation going down.

But while I was over on Twitter, I saw a ton of comments on it, all of them NC State fans, and almost all of them critical of the new look.


Look, I don’t know what’s going on here. Maybe it’ll look a lot better once it’s done, or maybe the grass will match up a lot better when it greens up. But right now, it’s a little jarring. Here is how it used to look…

And here is how it’s looking right now…

Again, I’m going to wait until it’s really done before I cast judgement, but I think the official tweet from the school marketing it and drawing attention to it, has people thinking it’s in it’s final form. And maybe it is. But I hope it’s not.

I remember this being shared a while back…

This shows grass in foul territory and dirt in the 1st/3rd baselines. So I’m not sure when this turf thing came along. And while we’re on the subject, aren’t we a turf management school? Shouldn’t we be turning up our noses at artificial turf?

Apparently, this is a thing now, where foul territories are artificial turf and fair territory is grass. Here is Mississippi State’s baseball field doing the same thing.

Can’t say I like it there either, honestly. It just seems like one of those fads. Remember when everyone was going crazy with field/court colors?

Did anyone ever really like those? Do people like them now? Have they ever gotten a recruit to come to the school? Have they ever scared a recruit away?

I don’t know. You tell me. I’ll hold final judgment, but things NC State fans don’t seem like they’re going to follow along.

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