We've done an "alumni news" blog on how former Cary High baseball player Cory Harrilchak was drafted by the Atlanta Braves after his senior year at Elon.

Now we're doing one yet another former Cary High baseball player drafted by the Atlanta Braves.

Andrew Wilson, a 6'2 180-pound right handed pitcher from Liberty University, was selected by the Braves with the 1,078th pick (36th round) in the MLB draft last week. Wilson and Harrilchak were teammates at Cary.

Wilson went 5-3 in his final year with the Flames, posting a 3.52 ERA in 64 innings pitched. 

In the Big South Conference, Wilson was fifth in strikeouts (70) and tied for fourth in saves (5). Wilson’s five saves were also tops for Liberty, as he averaged 9.84 strikeouts per nine innings. He made 24 appearances, 21 of which came out of the bullpen.  

 We hope to have more from these two Imps-turned-Braves in next week's TCN sports section. 

Former Cary High baseball player Cory Harrilchak has been selected by Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves in 14th round (418 overall) of the 2009 MLB Draft.

Harrilchak has spent the last two years as a standout centerfielder for the Elon Phoenix after transferring from Surry Community College.

As a senior, Harrilchak batted .336 with 18 doubles, three triples and 16 home runs. He was named first-team All-Southern Conference after setting school records in runs in a season (79) at bats in a season (256) and finishing third in hits for a season (86).

It's looking bleak right now when it comes to determining how Wake will be impacted by the expected state budget cuts.

As noted in today's article, the end of the school year on Wednesday for traditional-calendar schools marks the start of a period of uncertainty. Hundreds of teachers will likely not be rehired. Electives, arts and AP courses are being cut for this fall.

Also add in several year-round schools that are requiring families to change tracks as they collapse whole tracks or individual sections.

Along with being named on Wrestling USA's Dream Team in it's latest issue, Eloheim Palma may have cemented his claim to the most ever accolades of any NC wrestler by being named the heavyweight for ASICS 1st Team All-American Team.
 
The short list of Eloheim's recent awards and accomplishments, according to coach Jerry Winterton, includes:
 
Winner of the Dapper Dan
Winner of Senior Nationals, has defeated or finished ahead of 4 top ranked heavy's including asics #2, #4,#6, #8.
Named Nation's Junior Schalles award winner by WIN Magazine
Named to Asics All-American team 1st Team
Named to Wrestling USA Magazine's "Dream Team" (1st Team) 

Also, Palma won his third straight individual state title this year and was a part of seven championship runs at Cary in his four years, winning the dual-team championship three times and the team tournament title four consecutive years. 

Palma finished his career 225-9, with 159 by pin. He went 61-0 this year.

Along with being named on Wrestling USA's Dream Team in it's latest issue, Eloheim Palma may have cemented his claim to the most ever accolades of any NC wrestler by being named the heavyweight for ASICS 1st Team All-American Team.
 
The short list of Eloheim's recent awards and accomplishments, according to Coach Jerry Winterton, includes:
 
Winner of the Dapper Dan
Winner of Senior Nationals, has defeated or finished ahead of 4 top ranked heavy's including asics #2, #4,#6, #8.
Named Nations Junior Schalles award winner by Win Magazine
Named to Asics All-American team 1st Team
Named to Wrestling USA Magazine's "Dream Team" (1st Team)

Make that another postseason award for Cary wrestling.

Exactly a week after coach Jerry Winterton was named National Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, the Wrestler Insider Newsmagazine honored senior national champion Eloheim Palma with the Junior Schalles Award.

Winterton wins national coach of the year honors

Palma gets notice