College and Draft
Greenberg went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
As a junior in 2002, he hit .337, stole 35 bases, scored 80 runs, homered 17 times, and again led the ACC with seven triples. He was named to the All-Conference Team. In 2002, he was named a Jewish Sports Review College Baseball First Team All-American, along with future major leaguers Craig Breslow and Sam Fuld.
He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.
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