2015-16 Season Review Outstanding Season for the Heels The 2015-16 Tar Heel squad put together the finest 2016 RESULTS campaign in program history. UNC won its first national Jan. 16 Georgetown Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-0 championship (ITA National Indoor Team Championship), North Carolina A&T Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-1 achieved its first No. 1 ranking, set a program record for wins (28), reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the third year ITA Kickoff Weekend in a row and led the nation in All-America honorees (five). Jan. 23 #50 Indiana Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-1 Additionally, head coach Sam Paul reached the 400 wins Jan 24 #40 NC State Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-2 mark and associate head coach Tripp Phillips was named ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year. The squad included four seniors, four juniors, one sopho- Jan. 30 #7 Illinois Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0 more and three freshmen. Feb. 7 #5 Oklahoma Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3

Fast Facts on UNC ITA National Team Indoor Championships 2016 record: 28-5 (9-3 ACC) Feb. 12 #14 Texas Tech Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-1 Final ranking: No. 5 Feb. 13 #8 Ohio State Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2 Head Coach: Sam Paul (23rd year) Feb. 14 #9 UCLA Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2 Record: 415-190 Feb. 15 At #1 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2 Associate Head Coach: Tripp Phillips (10th year) Team Captains: Brett Clark and Ronnie Schneider Feb. 21 Wofford Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Feb. 24 UNCG Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 Feb. 29 Campbell Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 Quick Hits Feb. 29 N.C. Central Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 • With 28 wins during the season, UNC set a program re- March 4 #54 Vanderbilt Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 cord for victories in a season. The Tar Heels’ previous record of 27 was set in 2014, when UNC finished the year 27-6. March 11 At #51 Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. L, 4-3 • UNC lead the nation with five players earning All-Amer- March 13 At #74 Miami* Coral Gables, Fla. W, 6-1 ica honors. The Tar Heels’ top five all earned the recogni- March 18 Louisville* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 tion, Ronnie Schneider in singles and Brett Clark, Robert March 20 At #33 NC State* Raleigh, N.C. W, 5-2 Kelly, Jack Murray and Brayden Schnur in doubles. March 25 Clemson* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-1 • Schnur, a junior, became just the third player in program March 27 #40 Virginia Tech* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 5-2 history to earn All-America honors three times. Before earn- April 1 #3 Virginia* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3 ing doubles recognition in 2016, he was a singles selection April 3 #6 Wake Forest* Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 4-3 in 2014 and ’15. April 8 At #55 Notre Dame* South Bend, Ind. L, 5-2 • Carolina’s assistant head coach, Tripp Phillips, was vot- ed the ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year. A Tar Heel April 10 At Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. W, 6-1 alum, the 2015-16 season was his 10th as part of the coach- April 15 #30 Georgia Tech* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3 ing staff. April 17 At #64 Duke* Durham, N.C. W, 6-1 • Schneider and Schnur earned first-team All-ACC honors for the third year in a row, and UNC was the only school ACC Championships with two players on the first team. Additionally, Clark was April 22 #30 Georgia Tech Durham, N.C. W, 4-0 named to the second team for the third year in a row, and April 23 #1 Virginia Cary, N.C. L, 4-3 Kelly was named to the third team, earning All-ACC honors for the first time in his career. NCAA Championships • Carolina was ranked in the top 10 all spring and finished the year at No. 5. May 14 Coll. of Charleston Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0 May 15 #31 Tulane Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0 May 20 #21 Mississippi State Tulsa, Okla. W, 4-0 May 22 #7 Georgia Tulsa, Okla. L, 4-0 UNC Athletic Communications Men’s Tennis Contact: Dana Gelin [email protected], 919-455-8289 * – Atlantic Coast Conference match 2016 Honors and Awards All-America Ronnie Schneider (singles) Brett Clark (doubles) Robert Kelly (doubles) Jack Murray (doubles) Brayden Schnur (doubles)

ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year Tripp Phillips

Most Outstanding Player of the ITA National Indoor Team Championship Ronnie Schneider

Five Earn All-America honors ITA National Indoor Team Championship UNC led the nation in men’s tennis All-America selections in 2016 with five Tar Heels All-Tournament Team earning the honor. Twenty-seven teams had at least one player honored in singles or dou- Jack Murray (No. 4) bles, but Carolina was the only one to put five on the list. Virginia was second with four, and UCLA, Florida, Wake Forest and Texas A&M had three each. All-ACC UNC is the first ACC men’s tennis program ever to have five All-America honorees in one year. Ronnie Schneider, 1st team Earning All-America honors for UNC were senior Brett Clark (doubles), sophomore Brayden Schnur, 1st team Robert Kelly (doubles), junior Jack Murray (doubles), junior Ronnie Schneider (singles) Brett Clark, 2nd team and junior Brayden Schnur (doubles.) Robert Kelly, 3rd team Schnur earned All-America honors for the third year in a row, after being recognized for singles in his freshman and sophomore years. He is just the third player in program history ITA Men’s DI Honors, Carolina Region to earn All-America honors in three separate years. Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year The honor was the first for Clark, Kelly, Murray and Schneider. Sam Paul ITA Assistant Coach of the Year UNC Claims Regional Honors Tripp Phillips The UNC men’s tennis coaching staff and a Tar Heel senior are recipients of Intercol- ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sports- legiate Tennis Association Division I Region Awards, as announced Monday by the ITA. manship Award UNC plays in the Carolina Region and from that pool, senior Brett Clark was named the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner. Clark, who is from Naples, Brett Clark Fla., serves as a team captain for the Tar Heels. He is the sixth UNC player to win the re- gional award, the first since Jose Hernandez in 2012. ACC Player of the Week Carolina head coach Sam Paul was named Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year. It’s the fifth Brett Clark, Jan. 26 time he’s won the honor, and the first since 2007. Jack Murray, Feb. 9 Associate Head Coach Tripp Phillips was named the ITA Assistant Coach of the Year. It’s Brayden Schnur, Feb. 16 the second time he has won the honor, with the other coming in 2011. Brayden Schnur, April 5

Schneider, Schnur, Clark, Kelly Earn NCAA Bids Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Three Tar Heel men’s tennis players were among the 64 from across the nation who Connor Daly received singles bids into the NCAA Division I Championships. Senior Brett Clark and juniors Ronnie Schneider and Brayden Schnur received at-large selections. Top 10 Scholar-Athlete Additionally, Clark and sophomore Robert Kelly earned the ACC’s automatic qualifica- tion into the doubles bracket and were seeded third overall in the 32-team field. Schnur and Connor Daly junior Jack Murray were among five alternates to the doubles field and eventually were admitted to the field and reached the quarterfinals, earning All-America honors. Clark and Final ITA Rankings Kelly were unable to compete in doubles after Kelly sustained an injury. Team 5th Back to Tulsa (High is No. 1, low is No. 10) For seven of the Tar Heels, the NCAA Tournament marked the second action of the sea- Singles son in Tulsa, following a trip in October for the ITA All-American Championships. Blaine 23. Ronnie Schneider Boyden, Brett Clark, Stuart DePaolo, Robert Kelly, Anu Kodali, Jack Murray and Ronnie Schneider all competed in singles action there, with Schneider reaching the quarterfinals. 30. Brayden Schnur • Clark and Kelly finished as the runners-up in doubles, falling to Virginia’s Thai-Son 53. Brett Clark Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7) in the championship match. 121. Robert Kelly Doubles ACC Honors for the Tar Heels 4. Brett Clark/Robert Kelly Four players from UNC earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for the 2016 sea- 21. Brayden Schnur/Jack Murray son, as announced April 28 by the league. Juniors Ronnie Schneider and Brayden Schnur were named to the first team, each for the third year in a row. Senior Brett gymnastics, men’s swimming and diving and volleyball in top-10 recog- Clark was named to the second team for the third year in a row. Sopho- nition at UNC. more Robert Kelly earned the first All-ACC honor of his UNC career with a spot on the third team. Tar Heels Earn Conference Weekly Honors UNC was the only program to place two members on the nine-player UNC players earned ACC Player of the Week honors on four occasions All-ACC first team. this season: Georgia Tech’s Christopher Eubanks was selected as ACC Player of the Jan. 26: Brett Clark Year and Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos was named ACC Freshman of Clark helped lead the 10th-ranked Tar Heels (4-0) to two homecourt the Year. Wake’s Tony Bresky was named Coach of the Year after guiding victories in ITA Kickoff competition. In a 4-1 win over No. 50 Indiana, his program to its first-ever conference championship. Clark and doubles partner Robert Kelly won 6-4 in the No. 1 spot and he The All-ACC Team and individual season honors were selected by a also picked up a singles win at No. 3. Clark won in the same two spots vote of the league’s 13 head coaches. The three teams have representa- against No. 40 NC State, defeating the Wolfpack’s top doubles team 6-0 tives from 12 of the institutions, led by Virginia’s six selections. UNC and and then beating NC State’s Ivan Saveljic 6-4, 6-2. Virginia Tech each had four players voted All-ACC, while NC State and Feb. 9: Murray Wake Forest each had three honorees. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Murray, a junior from Beverly Hills, Mich., won both of his matches as Notre Dame had to All-ACC selections, and there was one honoree each No. 7 North Carolina upset No. 5 Oklahoma, 4-3, in Chapel Hill. He and for Clemson, Duke, Miami and Louisville. Brayden Schnur won their doubles match over Sooners Axel Alvarez and Spencer Papa in the No. 2 spot. The Tar Heels dropped the doubles point Tar Heels at the Rammys for the first time all season, but Murray led the comeback by defeating No. The men’s tennis team earned two honors at the Rammy Awards, UNC’s 92 Alex Ghilea 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 4 spot. annual athletic department recogni- Feb. 16: Brayden Schnur tion show, held on April 18. The Schnur helped lead UNC to the program’s first-ever ITA National In- team was honored for Best Upset, door Team Championship. The Tar Heels beat No. 1 Virginia, the tourna- for its win over top-ranked Virginia, ment’s host, 4-2 on Monday for the title. The UNC win broke the Cava- the host team, in the championship liers’ streak of 140 consecutive wins over ACC opponents. of the ITA National Team Indoor Playing at the No. 1 singles spot, Schnur earned two key wins in the Championship in February. tournament, including one over defending NCAA singles champion Ryan The team also received an ACC Shane of Virginia, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), that tied the championship match at Top Six for Service Award, which 2-2. goes to six individuals or teams at Team members accept the Rammy April 5: Brayden Schnur each conference school who have Award for Biggest Upset Schnur won two singles and two doubles matches during the week, all been extremely active in communi- against top-50 opponents. On April 1, as the top-ranked Tar Heels hosted ty service during the school year. The men’s tennis team won for the first No. 3 Virginia, Schnur teamed with Jack Murray at No. 2 doubles to beat time in program history. eighth-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger. At No. 1 sin- Team members were nominees for several other categories: gles, he held on for a tie-breaker win over No. 8 Ryan Shane, the defend- Breakthrough Athlete: Jack Murray ing NCAA singles champion. • This award goes to a non-freshman who has made great strides. Mur- On April 3 against No. 6 Wake Forest, Schnur and Murray, ranked 17th, ray, a junior who has gone 17-4 this spring, was beaten out by Joel Berry teamed up at No. 2 doubles to beat the 48th-ranked pair of Petros Chryso- II, who was MVP of the ACC Men’s Basketball Championship as Caroli- choes and Jon Ho. In singles, Schnur beat 16th-ranked Skander Mansouri na claimed the title. in straight sets. Record-breaking Performance: Brett Clark The Tar Heels beat Virginia 4-3 and fell to Wake by the same score. • Clark has amassed more than 100 singles and 100 doubles wins in his career at UNC. The Rammy went to seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Tar Heels at the Top Paige of the men’s basketball team. In the ITA rankings of April 5, North Carolina had the top-ranked dou- Outstanding Championship Performance: Ronnie Schneider bles team in both the men’s and women’s Division I tennis rankings. Ju- • Schneider was named Most Outstanding Player of the National Team nior Hayley Carter and senior Whitney Kay were atop the women’s dou- Indoor Championships. The Rammy went to Hayley Carter and Whitney bles rankings, and senior Brett Clark and sophomore Robert Kelly led the Kay of the UNC women’s tennis team. men’s rankings. • Senior Brayden Schnur was a nominee for Male Athlete of the Year, It marked the first time in Carolina tennis history that Tar Heels had which was won by men’s basketball’s Brice Johnson topped both the men’s and women’s doubles polls in the same week. • The team was nominated for Most Outstanding Team, which was Clark and Kelly moved up from No. 3 to No. 1 in the poll after two wins won by the NCAA runner-up men’s basketball team. over highly-ranked teams. On April 1 they beat the No. 2 team of Virgin- Additionally, Schneider served as a presenter, announcing the Rammy ia’s Ryan Shane and Luca Corintelli, and on April 3 they beat the No. 10 for Outstanding Newcomer. team of Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri. They were No. 1 in the poll of Jan. 5 following a successful fall, but fell from that spot in the Men’s Tennis Recognized For Outstanding APR Feb. 10 poll. The men’s tennis team was one of seven squads at UNC honored by the NCAA for placing among the top 10 percent nationally in Academic Team Mick Progress Rates in their respective sports. The men’s tennis team earned a Throughout the season, the Tar Heels had an honorary 13th member of perfect score of 1000 for the fifth consecutive year and ninth time overall their team, a young fan named Mick. The 4-year-old is undergoing treat- in the APR’s 12 years. ment for cancer at UNC Children’s Hospital and was connected with the The APR is measures a team’s academic success by tracking the prog- team through an organization called Team Impact. ress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligi- In Mick’s honor, each Tar Heel played with “MM” on the back of his bility, retention and graduation. This year’s award is based on a four-year shoes during the ITA National Indoor Championship and the team dedi- average for the 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years. cated its win to Mick. When the Tar Heels were honored on the court at Men’s tennis joined women’s tennis, women’s fencing, women’s golf, the UNC-Duke men’s basketball game later that week, Mick joined the fun, accompanying the team onto the court, even though it was way past his bedtime. He and his family attended several matches during the season and the Tar Heels have visited with Mick at UNC Children’s Hospital.

ITA National Team Indoors Championship The North Carolina men’s tennis team won its first ITA National Team Indoor Championship in program history on Feb. 15 defeating host and top-ranked Virginia 4-2 at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va. With Virginia leading 2-1, juniors Brayden Schnur and Ronnie Schnei- der fought to wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, both pulling out third-set tie-breaker victories to pull UNC ahead. In the third set, Schneider over- came a 5-3 deficit with his opponent, second-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkow- ski, twice serving for the match. UNC then led 3-2 and junior Jack Murray sealed the championship with a 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 win at No. 4. Paul Reaches 400 Sam Paul, in his 23rd year as the head coach at UNC, earned his 400th “‘Happiness’ is a huge understatement,” Murray said afterward. “Words career win on Feb. 29. Before the day was out, he also had his 401st. can’t begin to describe how it feels to get the job done for my team and That afternoon, the Tar Heels defeated Campbell 7-0, playing on the coaches. Our team has worked so hard and this was the epitome of all that outdoor courts at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center for the first time this work.” spring. In the evening, back inside, top-ranked UNC beat N.C. Central The Tar Heels, ranked No. 7 nationally and playing as the third seed in 7-0. The Tar Heels didn’t drop a set in either match. the tournament, improved to 10-0 on the season with the win. The Cava- Paul finished the day with a 401-185 record. In reflecting on the mile- liers (8-1) had won 140 consecutive matches against ACC opponents, the stone, he gave plenty of credit to associate head coach Tripp Phillips, who longest such streak in conference history in any sport. is in his 10th season on the UNC staff. “I’ve had a lot of help, a lot of Virginia is a five-time ITA National Indoors champion, while the Tar great players and great people,” Paul said. “I’m lucky to have Tripp and Heels were playing in their first-ever final and had never even reached the fortunate to be at the University of North Carolina.” semifinals prior to this year. The Cavaliers ran out to an early 2-0 lead, winning the doubles point and also the fifth singles spot, where soph- omore Robert Kelly suffered his first loss of the year, 6-2, 6-3 to J.C. Incoming Tar Heels Aragone. In November, UNC announced the signing of two outstanding pros- Playing at No. 6, freshman Anu Kodali won in straight sets get the Tar pects, Simon Friis Soendergaard and Joshua Peck, to National Letters of Heels on the board at 2-1. Intent. They will join the team in the fall of 2016. “It was a great college match,” said UNC coach Sam Paul. “We know “It is a pleasure to welcome Simon and Josh to the University of North Virginia has a great team and it was a battle all the way to the end. I’m so Carolina,” UNC coach Sam Paul said. “Simon has significant experience proud of my guys and how hard they fought all the way through. Nobody playing all over the world, while Josh has benefitted from training under hung their heads after the doubles point – they just kept working hard. I’m the Tennis Canada umbrella the last two years. We expect them to con- really happy for them.” tinue to grow and develop with our team in Chapel Hill. Both Simon and Josh have great work ethic and outstanding character, and have shown Schneider, Murray Honored for Play their potential on the international stage. They will without a doubt have Ronnie Schneider was name MVP of the ITA National Indoor Team a huge impact on our program.” Championship. The junior business major from Bloomington, Ind., helped Soendergaard, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, was ranked as high as lead UNC to its first national championship on Monday in Charlottesville, No. 31 in the ITF Junior World Rankings. In September, he advanced to Va. UNC’s Jack Murray, a junior economics major from Beverly Hills, the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Futures in Turkey. Sondergaard was Mich., joined Schneider on the 2016 ITA All-Tournament Team. coached by Kenneth Carlsen, who achieved a top 50 ATP singles rank- The squad, which includes one player at each singles spot and three dou- ing and played in 46 Grand Slams during his career. Soendergaard was bles teams, was selected by a panel of the 16 participating head coaches a competitor in the main draws of all four Grand Slams during his junior from last weekend’s event. career, including reaching the Junior U.S. Open doubles quarterfinals. In Schneider, ranked No. 23 in the nation in singles, was 4-0 at the No. addition, Soendergaard captured one of the ITF’s most prestigious events, 2 spot as the Tar Heels beat No. 14 Texas Tech, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 winning the Mayors Cup (Grade A) in Osaka, Japan. He also has won 30 UCLA and No. 1 Virginia. He secured the clinching point in the team’s Danish titles (singles, doubles, team). 4-2 semifinal victory over UCLA, and his come-from-behind, three-set Peck, from Calgary, Alberta, is currently ranked No. 3 in the Canadi- win over second-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia in the tourna- an Boys U18’s. Peck has an impressive run of events over the past two ment final moved UNC within a point of clinching its first championship. summers. In July, at the age of 16, he captured his first ITF Pro Circuit The Tar Heels did just that moments later, as Murray won at No. 4 singles MD singles win at the Kelowna Futures. Peck also won the ITF (Grade 4) to secure the 4-2 victory. Junior singles title in Vancouver. Last summer, Peck reached the doubles Murray’s win in the championship came 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 over No. 78 Mac semifinals at the Pan American ITF in Tulsa and won the doubles title of Styslinger of Virginia. He also beat No. 18 Herkko Pollanen of Ohio State the Saville ITF in Edmonton. in the quarterfinals. His other two matches were unfinished because the Peck won the U16 Canadian Jr. National (outdoor) Doubles title in Mis- Tar Heels had already claimed the team victory. sissauga and was a Doubles Finalist at both the U18 Outdoor and Indoor This is the ninth annual ITA National Men’s Team Indoor All-Tourna- Junior Nationals. ment Team and the first time that a Tar Heel has been selected as MVP. Murray and Schneider were joined on the All-Tournament team by UC- LA’s Mackenzie McDonald at No. 1, Virginia’s Collin Altamirano at No. 3, Virginia’s J.C. Aragone at No. 5 and Ohio State’s Martin Joyce at No. 6. UCLA took the No. 1 doubles honor while Virginia claimed No. 2 and No. 3. UNC in the Rankings On Feb. 17, UNC moved into the No. 1 spot in the ITA Division I UNC in the NCAA Team Tournament (27-25) National Rankings for the first time in program history. The Tar Heels Year Opponent Result Round Site held the top ranking for seven weeks this season. 1976 USC L 4-5 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. UNC moved up from No. 7 after winning the ITA Division I Na- 1977 UCLA L 2-7 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. tional Men’s Team Indoor Championship, held Feb. 12-15 in Charlot- 1992 TCU W 5-3 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. tesville, Va. The Tar Heels downed then-No. 1 Virginia for the title, UCLA L 2-5 Quarterfinal Athens, Ga. fighting back from a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2. Carolina then held the top 1993 Harvard W 5-3 Round of 20 Athens, Ga. spot for four weeks before falling to No. 2 for a week. The following USC L 2-5 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. week UNC was back at the top. After three weeks and loss at Notre 1994 Clemson W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Columbia, S.C. Dame, the Tar Heels fell to No. 5. They are now No. 3. South Carolina W 4-2 Regional 2nd Rnd Columbia, S.C. Georgia Tech L 3-4 Regional Final Columbia, S.C. UNC in the rankings 1995 Clemson L 3-4 Regional 1st Rnd Norfolk, Va. Jan. 5 9 1996 La.-Lafayette W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Austin, Texas Jan. 20 10 Texas L 2-4 Regional Final Austin, Texas Jan. 27 10 1997 Clemson L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 3 7 1998 Georgia Tech W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Richmond, Va. Feb. 17 1 South Carolina L 1-4 Regional Final Richmond, Va. Feb. 23 1 2000 Ball State W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn. March 1 1 Tennessee L 2-4 Regional Final Knoxville, Tenn. March 8 1 2001 Arkansas L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Dallas, Texas March 15 2 2002 Virginia Tech L 2-4 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn. March 22 1 2003 Oklahoma State L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Minneapolis, Minn. March 29 1 2004 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State L 3-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. April 5 1 2005 Boise State L 1-4 Regional 1st Rnd Boise, Idaho April 12 5 2006 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. April 19 3 Clemson W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. April 26 3 Ohio State L 0-4 Round of 16 Palo Alto, Calif. May 5 3 2007 Radford W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Final 5 NC State L 0-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. 2008 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Duke W 4-2 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Heels in the Preseason Rankings Mississippi L 2-4 Round of 16 Tulsa, Okla. Five Tar Heels earned spots in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Ten- 2009 South Carolina W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Charlottesville, Va. nis Men’s Division I preseason rankings. With that total, North Car- Virginia L 0-4 Regional Final Charlottesville, Va. olina is tied for the second-highest number of players on the list, just 2010 Nebraska W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Durham, N.C. behind Virginia with six. Florida also has five. Duke L 1-4 Regional Final Durham, N.C. Two UNC players were ranked in the top 20 in singles: Brayden 2011 E. Kentucky W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Champaign, Ill. Schnur at No. 9 and Ronnie Schneider at No. 14. Illinois L 1-4 Regional Final Champaign, Ill. Brett Clark was at No. 51, Jack Murray at No. 89 and Robert Kelly 2012 Coll Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. at No. 105. Tennessee W 4-0 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia L 0-4 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. 2014 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. South Carolina W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia W 4-2 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. Oklahoma L 2-4 Quarterfinal Athens, Ga. 2015 William & Mary W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi St. W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Illinois W 4-3 Round of 16 Waco, Texas TCU L 1-4 Quarterfinal Waco, Texas 2016 Coll. Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Tulane W 4-0 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N,C. Mississippi St. W 4-0 Round of 16 Tulsa, Okla. Georgia L 4-0 Quarterfinal Tulsa, Okla. 2015-16 BIOS Blaine Boyden Anu Kodali Freshman • Raleigh, N.C. • Major Undeclared Freshman • Durham, N.C. • Major Undeclared • Went 11-4 in dual matches during the spring, 6-2 • Is 18-9 in singles play during his UNC career, in ACC play including a 13-6 record in spring dual meets and • Played mostly at the No. 6 spot 6-3 vs ACC teams. Played mostly at the No. 6 spot • Is 15-8 in singles in his UNC career, including a and went 10-3 there. 4-4 record in fall tournaments • 13-5 record in doubles, including a win at No. 2 • Went 10-7 in doubles, playing at all the third spot (with Ronnie Schneider) against Mississippi State and teaming with Andrew Gores (2-1), Anu Kodali in the Round of 16. (5-2), Ronnie Schneider (2-4) and Brett Clark (1-0). Teamed with Clark to win at No. 3 in the Elite 8 matchup with Georgia. Jack Murray Junior • Beverly Hills, Mich. • Economics Brett Clark Major Senior • Naples, Fla. • Business Major • Earned All-America honors in doubles after • A team captain, along with Ronnie Schneider reaching the NCAA Championship quarterfinals • The only senior who was a fulltime starter with partner Brayden Schur. The two got into the • Earned All-America honors in doubles field as alternates. • 23-5 in dual matches, playing mostly at No. 3 • 20-6 in dual meet singles and 26-8 overall in (17-3) 2015-16 • Is 34-9 overall in singles, 10-4 in ACC dual • Went 12-4 at his usual No. 4 slot matches • Went 4-1 vs. ranked opponents, earning a win against the No. 18 player • Named to the All-ACC second team (Ohio State’s Herkko Pollanen) • Winner of the ITA Carolinas Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and • Named ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after UNC upset No. 5 Sportsmanship Award Oklahoma • Played No. 1 doubles with Robert Kelly. The two were ranked No. 1 in • With Brayden Schnur, is an alternate to the NCAA Doubles field. two weeks during the season and were in the top five all spring. • Coordinated the team’s volunteer activites, which culminated in an • Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 26 ACC Top Six for Service Award • With Kelly, reached the finals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y. in Nov. The Tar Heels were Ronnie Schneider seeded No. 2 in the field and fell to Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares of Junior • Bloomington, Ind. • Business Major Texas Tech 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(7). • All-America in singles after reaching the Round • Is the first player since 1987 (Jeff Chambers) to pass the 100 career of 16 at NCAA Championships wins mark in both singles and doubles. Clark finished his career with 161 • A team captain, along with Brett Clark singles victories and 109 doubles victories. • Went 26-8 overall in 2015-16 and 21-5 in the spring, mostly at No. 2 (15-4). Also played at No. Robert Kelly 1 (5-1) and No. 3 (1-0) this spring Sophomore • Chapel Hill, N.C. • International • First-team All-ACC for the third year in a row Studies Major • Played just six times in the fall before suffering a non-tennis injury that • Earned All-America honors in doubles and was kept him out of action until the start of spring play named to the All-ACC third team • Achieved his career-high ranking of No. 10 on Feb. 23 • Led the team in singles wins with 25 in dual match play and 36 for the year Brayden Schnur • Finished 25-4 in singles in dual matches, 10-2 in Junior • Pickering, Ontario • Communication ACC play Studies Major • 32-7 in doubles, including 22-5 in dual matches and 10-1 in ACC • Earned All-America honors in doubles, becom- battles ing the third player in program history to earn the • Unable to compete at the NCAA Championships due to injury recognition three times • Reached the finals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Cham- • He and partner Jack Murray reached the NCAA pionships in Flushing, N.Y. in Nov. He and Brett Clark were seeded No. Championship doubles field as alternates and made 2 in the field and fell to Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares of Texas Tech a run to the quarterfinals 6-4. 5-7, 1-0(7) • Went 9-11 in singles matches during the spring, • The two also were runners-up at the ITA All-American Championship including 4-6 in ACC dual matches in Tulsa, Okla., in Oct. In that final they fell to Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwi- • 16-10 in doubles atkowski and Mac Styslinger, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(7). • Two-time ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 16 and April 5) • Played all but one match at No. 1 singles, going 9-9 at that spot • First-team All-ACC for the third year in a row • Did not compete during the fall season due to injury • Started the fall ranked No. 9 nationally and was ranked as high as No. 26 in the spring