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PRESEASON HONORS
• Rivals.com Preseason All-America (1st team)
• BA Preseason All-America (2nd team)
• CB Preseason All-America (2nd team)
• NCBWA Preseason All-America (2nd team)
• Brooks Wallace Award Watch List
• Baseball America Preseason All-ACC
• Baseball America ACC's Best Defensive Shortstop
• Baseball America ACC's Best Infield Arm
• Rivals.com Preseason All-ACC
• SEB.com Preseason All-ACC (1st team)
• Baseball America No. 22 College Prospect for 2007
• Baseball America No. 6 ACC Prospect for 2007
AS A SOPHOMORE (2006)
Had one of the top seasons by a shortstop in all of college baseball • Earned first-team All-America honors from Rivals.com, second-team accolades from Baseball America and a spot on the Collegiate Baseball's Louisville Slugger third team • Also named to the All-ACC first team and the ABCA All-Region first team • Started 68 of 69 games at shortstop • Hit .395 (107-for-271) to win just the second ACC batting title since 1979 for Carolina • Had 107 hits to rank second in the ACC, fifth nationally and second on the Tar Heels' single-season list • Also scored 62 runs and drove in 59 • Had 17 doubles, one triple and seven home runs • Led UNC with a .455 on-base percentage and also posted a .542 slugging percentage • Stole 12 bases in 13 attempts • Second on the team with 34 multi-hit games and was third with 17 multi-RBI games • Hit .423 with runners on base and .430 with runners in scoring position • Hit safely in 59 of 68 games played, including 26 of the first 28 • Posted a career-best 15-game hitting streak from April 18 to May 16 and also had 12-game hit streaks from Feb. 17 to March 12 and March 12 to April 2 • Hit .379 with three homers and 19 RBI in ACC play • Hit .333 with 11 RBI in the NCAA Tournament to earn a spot on the all-tournament teams of both the Chapel Hill Regional and the College World Series • Named to regional all-tourney team after hitting .417 with four RBI • Had a season-high four hits with two runs scored and three RBI versus Towson March 22 • Also went 4-for-4 with a home run and a season-best four RBI in the regional final against Winthrop June 4 • Homered and drove in three runs against Alabama in the Super Regional June 9 • Drove in the game-winning run with a 13th-inning single in the CWS opener against Cal State Fullerton June 16 • Tallied 11 three-hit games and five three-RBI games on the year • Had five three-hit games in ACC play • Scored a season-best three runs on four occasions • Recorded six straight multi-hit games from Feb. 19 to March 1 • Notched six hits in series wins over then-No. 1 Florida State and then-No. 7 NC State and in a series loss at then-No. 9 Virginia. Summer 2006: Played with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League • Hit .209 with eight runs scored and eight RBI in 26 games • Added four doubles and one triple.
AS A FRESHMAN (2005)
One of the nation's top rookie shortstops • Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball and second-team All-ACC accolades • Named midseason freshman All-America by Baseball America • Played in 58 games and started 53 at shortstop after earning in the job in late February • Ranked second on the team with a .347 average (67-for-193) • Drove in 35 runs and scored 29 times • Tied for the team lead with three triples and added two home runs and 11 doubles • Posted a .466 slugging percentage and a .398 on-base percentage • Stole five bases in seven attempts • Hit .396 with runners on base and .355 with runners in scoring position • Third on the team with 20 multi-hit games, including nine games with at least three hits • Had six multi-RBI games • Went 4-for-6 with a double, triple and career-best six RBI at East Carolina April 19 • Was 4-for-5 with a game-tying triple in the eighth inning at NC State April 30 • Also added four hits against Towson • Went 3-for-4 with a career-best four runs scored and a home run versus Winthrop March 29 • Also homered against Wake Forest March 25 • Went 3-for-4 with four RBI at Maryland April 8 • Was 8-for-14 with four RBI in the NC State series and went 7-for-14 in the series at Florida State • Had eight multi-hit games in a 10-game stretch from April 26 to May 15 • Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Summer 2005: Played with the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League • Hit .258 in 26 games, all starts • Drove in seven runs and stole seven bases • Rated the No. 7 prospect in the Coastal Plain League by Baseball America.
ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year varsity letterwinner at Orange High School under coach Dean Dease • Earned preseason and postseason All-America honors from Louisville Slugger as a senior • First-team Two-time all-state selection and three-time all-conference honoree • Two-time N.C. State Games team member • Named to 2004 North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Game • Participant in the 2003 East Coast Professional Showcase • Also played four years of basketball and two years of football • Member of Beta Club and four-year honor roll student.
PERSONAL
Joshua Ryan Horton is the son of Alan and Kim Horton • Born Feb. 19, 1986, in Hillsborough, N.C. • Has one brother and one sister • Has not declared a major at Carolina • Favorite movie is "The Goonies" • Favorite MLB team as a child was the Baltimore Orioles • Has modeled his game after former Tar Heel Russ Adams • Favorite class at Carolina is oceanography • Would like to switch places for a day with brother Logan Horton, a frequent batboy for the Tar Heels.
HORTON'S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
YEAR G-GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR Slg SB BB SO Avg
2005 58-53 193 289 67 35 11 3 2 .466 5-7 18 19 .347
2006 68-68 271 62 107 59 17 1 7 .542 12-13 33 28 .395
Totals 126-121 464 91 174 94 28 4 9 .511 17-20 51 47 .375
