The Seattle Mariners selected UNC catcher Luke Stevenson with the No. 35 overall pick in the first round of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft Sunday. Stevenson, a draft-eligible sophomore, played key roles on Diamond Heels teams which reached the Men’s College World Series in 2024 and the NCAA Super Regionals in 2025, earning top-5 national seeds each time. He started 124 of a possible 125 games with Carolina during his two seasons in Chapel Hill, with 122 of those starts coming at catcher. As a freshman, Stevenson posted a .284 batting average and hit 14 home runs, including a game-tying solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning of UNC’s Super Regional Game 1 against West Virginia at Boshamer Stadium. He earned first team freshman All-America honors from both D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game, becoming the first UNC catcher to be named a freshman All-American since Tim Federowicz in 2006. While Stevenson’s batting average dipped in 2025, he increased his power numbers by hitting...