This week the Tar Heel Blog staff will be handing out postseason awards to wrap up the season that gave us a little bit of everything, for better or worse. We’ll cover everything from Defensive Player of the Year to Sixth Man of the Year and everything we can think of in between. Today we kick things off with our biggest surprise of the year.
Imagine going back in time to tell yourself eight months ago that a kid from Hopkins, Minnesota, would be one of the brightest spots on this year’s UNC basketball team. Kerwin Walton didn’t come in with the fanfare that fellow freshmen Caleb Love, Day’Ron Sharpe, or Walker Kessler had, but the 6’5” small forward did everything in his power to make sure he wasn’t overlooked.