Talk:Ken Willard
Latest comment: 7 months ago by 67.233.27.52 in topic Hi this is Charles farrar. I lived in evergreen Virginia. Don’t know if this reaches Kim Willard.
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College athletics loose ends edit
Did some research and rework on the College career
section, but there are a couple of things I wasn't able to figure out:
- When was Willard named an Academic All-American? A 2013 retrospective says he was, but not when, and I wasn't able to find contemporary reporting. I did discover that he was named Academic All-ACC (p. 18, left side) in 1962, but that's a conference-level honor and seems like it's less relevant than his unqualified All-ACCs in '63 and '64.
- Assuming he was in fact an Academic All-American, was Willard the first Academic All-American at UNC, and if so was he honored with a plaque at Kenan Stadium in 2013? The previous version of the section thought so.
- What was his college baseball career like beyond the 525-foot home run? It seems like he was pretty good (I mean, he had the Red Sox coming after him) but there's not a whole lot out there about it.
Box of wolves (feed) 22:07, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi this is Charles farrar. I lived in evergreen Virginia. Don’t know if this reaches Kim Willard. edit
Cousins 67.233.27.52 (talk) 22:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)