There is a lot to be said about Carolina athletics and what has been achieved over the years. In football, basketball, and baseball, the Tar Heels have not been strangers to having first-round picks from each program, to say the least. This year was a particularly good year in that department, because UNC catcher Luke Stevenson getting selected in the first round of the MLB Draft gave the program a unique hat trick.
UNC is one of just three schools in the country that had first-round picks in the 2025 NFL, NBA, and MLB Drafts. As you may recall, Omarion Hampton and Drake Powell each went in the first round of the NFL and NBA Drafts, respectively, and Stevenson getting selected by the Seattle Mariners completed the trifecta.