N.C. State’s Patrick Bailey can see the irony in it.
It’s not every day that a former North Carolina baseball star like Scott Bankhead, a recent inductee into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, helps develop a player who signs with the Wolfpack and becomes the 2018 ACC freshman of the year.
When Bailey was first learning about the finer points of playing the position, he attended the N.C. Baseball Academy in Greensboro. It’s owned and operated by Bankhead, who pitched for the Tar Heels and was an All-America before a 10-year career in the major leagues.