America hasn't had enough of the Josh Hamilton story. That much can be assumed after the former Athens Drive High star, despite missing half of this season with injuries, received more than 2.4 million votes to the American League All-Star team.

Hamilton had the third-highest total of any outfielder, which, if healthy enough to play, gives him a starting spot in the MLB All-Star game on July 14 game in St. Louis.

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).

Former Athens Drive player Josh Hamilton is with the Texas Rangers (in case you've been living under a rock for the past year), but now he's got some local company in the AL West now that Apex High's Landon Powell is breaking into the big leagues with the Oakland Athletics.

Wake Forest junior forward Zack Schilawski was named ACC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced on Wednesday morning by the league office.

Schilawski becomes the first Wake Forest men's soccer play to be named ACC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Schilawski was also named to the All-ACC Academic Men's Soccer Team for the third time in his career.

A native of Cary, N.C., Schilawski currently has a 3.579 cumulative grade point average with a major in biology. Schilawski was also named a 2008 first team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. He finished the 2008 season with 11 goals, which was the third most on the team, and 27 points. Schilawski scored a career-best five points in Wake's victory over Dartmouth in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

The former Imp ('06) also helped Wake Forest claim the 2007 National Championship. The Demon Deacons finished this season in the College Cup Final Four.