The Carolina Family — Where Are They Now?
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2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse THE CAROLINA FAMILY — WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former Carolina women’s lacrosse players have moved on to be successful in a variety of fields after leaving Chapel Hill. The fol - lowing is a sampling of what some former Tar Heels are doing now ... Medical School Brintha Krishnamoorthy, Northwestern University Karen Greenberg Dental School Amanda Baker Former Tar Heel All-America Brooke Crawford (center) Allison Baker is flanked by current UNC stars Christine McPike (left) and Kellie Thompson (right). The trio all played with Graduate School the U.S. Developmental Team in 2001. Amy Havrilla, Fashion Design, Meghan Stringer is working as a legal Drexel University assistant and applying to law school. Julie Kickham, Masters in Geology Katie Loovis, Institute of Government/Sociology Kate McDaniel, Nursing College Coaching/Professional Athletics Carla Nappi (applying for a PhD in Brooke Crawford, Assistant Coach, Psychology) James Madison University Lori Pasquantonio Sarah Dacey, Professional Soccer Player, Brooke Schildwachter (continuing educa- Carolina Courage tion for medical school) Teaching Katie Lewis Meghan Mohler Zoe Parker Erin McGinnis Sarah Dacey plays pro soccer with the Trisha Cummings Carolina Courage in Raleigh. Amy Fine Business Gray MacNair, Deutche Bank (invest- ments, New York City) Sports Marketing Jenny Voishan, Octogon Debbie Castine, Steiner Sports Sales Aubrey Falk, Black and Decker Nicole Foran (pharmaceutical) Ridgely Bennett Kristin Off Legal Assistant Meghan Stringer (applying to law Erin McGinnis is a teacher. Gray MacNair works for Deutche Bank in school) New York City. 19 2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse HENRY STADIUM Frances E. Henry Stadium — Home of the Tar Heels In April of 1999, the Carolina women’s lacrosse team moved into its new home, Francis E. Henry Stadium, a facility that is first-class in every way. Inside the Tar Heels’spacious locker room, each player has her own full-length locker, with ample storage space and a plaque bearing her name and number. Next door is a film and meeting room with leather couches, a big-screen television, computer lab and a small kitchen. The coaches’locker room provides another place for reviewing strategy before and after games. The build- ing’s entranceway houses a sizeable trophy case, which houses the Tar Heels’two NCAAFinal Four trophies and provides space for those trophies yet to be won. The 12,000-square-foot facility could not have been built with- out contributions from hundreds of Tar Heel supporters. Their generosity is celebrated all around the stadium, from the engraved bricks out front to plaques on the Carolina Blue seats in the stands. Inside, signs recognize more donors who helped make the building possible. BELOW: Carolina celebrates its over - time win over Maryland at Henr y Stadium in 2000. Kevin Cox 22 2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse Photos by Dan Sears Locker Room Team Meeting Room “The completion of Henry Stadium is an historic event for Carolina athletics and for women’s athletics here in particular. This facility ranks among the finest in the country, and it cer - tainly indicates how serious Carolina is about giving its wom - ens’ programs the best chance to succeed. Not only is it an athletic facility, but the team meeting room has four new com - puters and is used in conjunction with the academic center as a place for our student-athletes to get their work done.” — Head Coach Jenny Slingluff Levy Coaches’ Office 23 2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse FETZER FIELD One of the most famed venues in all of collegiate lacrosse history, Robert Allison Fetzer Field on the University of North Carolina campus has been home to Carolina’s men’s lacrosse program since its inception in 1949. Together with Frances E. Henry Stadium, Fetzer Field also has served as the home field of the Carolina women’s lacrosse team since 1996. Over half a century after hosting its first college lacrosse game, Fetzer Field now provides the Tar Heel men’s and women’s lacrosse teams with one of the most imposing home field advantages in all of college lacrosse. Fetzer Field has served as the home venue for a quartet of national championship teams in men’s lacrosse — in 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991 — as well as 11 teams that have won Atlantic Coast Conference men’s lacrosse championships. Fetzer has also served as home to a pair of women’s lacrosse NCAA Final Four teams — the 1997 and ‘98 Tar Heel squads that reached the national semifinals in just the second and third years of the program’s existence. Located in the heart of the Carolina campus, directly south of Carmichael Auditorium, Fetzer Field is accessible off of South Road by way of Carmichael Drive. Fetzer Field was originally completed in 1935 as a Works Projects Administration program. In addition to men’s and women’s lacrosse, the facility serves as the home of the Carolina men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s outdoor track and field and women’s out- door track and field squads. Construction on $1.6 million worth of renovations was completed in Carolina annually plays a portion 1990 and the facility was officially rededicated on April 6, 1991, at a of its home schedule on the grass Carolina “Super Saturday” men’s lacrosse matchup between UNC and at Fetzer Field. Here, Meghann Johns Hopkins. At that time, the track portion of the facility was renamed Mohler (above) and Betsy Gaines the Irwin Belk Track. (below) are shown in action at Fetzer Field now has a seating capacity of 5,025. Fetzer in recent seasons. The facility has been home not only to lacrosse NCAA and ACC Championships, but also to the 1991 and 1993 ACC Track and Field Championships, the N.C. High School Athletic Association Track and Carolina Year-by-Year at Home Field Championships, the National Junior Olympics and men’s lacrosse Year Fetzer Field Henry Stadium Total NCAAand ACC Tournaments. In 1996, the facility was the home train- 1996 4-2 4-0 8-2 ing site for the United States Track and Field Team as it prepared for the 1997 5-2 1-0 6-2 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. 1998 4-1 2-0 6-1 1999 2-1 2-1 4-2 2000 3-0 3-2 6-2 2001 2-1 4-1 6-2 Totals 20-7 16-4 36-11 24 2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse CHAPEL HILL “We can sell the whole package here — a great year-round climate, an excellent academic environ - ment, athletic tradition — but also a great social life. “Let’s face it, UNC has everything for an under - graduate. We’ve got the archetype for the great col - lege town. The campus is beautiful, the academic repu - tation is great and athletics top-to-bottom are tremen - dous.” In labeling Chapel Hill America’s finest college town, — Anson Dorrance, head coach of UNC’s 17-time Sports Illustrated said it is “the national champion women’s purest example we could find soccer team of a college town that is defined by a university — and Photos by Dan Sears a good university.” Morehead Planetarium Chapel Hill was featured in this 1999 USA Today story as one of the top 10 college towns in America. Greg Zoroya writes: “Franklin Street is the social fulcrum, with shops, restaurants, movie theaters, ice-cream parlors, pubs and historical sites.” 25 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Kenan-Flagler Business School U.S. News and World Report ranks Carolina among the nation’s top five “National Universities.” The same issue also rates UNC second nationally in terms of value among public universities and first among Southern universities. Davis Library University photos by Dan Sears 26 Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine rates Carolina No. 1 in the United States among state universities, calling UNC “a place where high achievers are in good company.” The Fiske Guide to Colleges describes UNC as a “powerhouse in research and education” and refers to Carolina’s “dazzling academic reputation, top-notch faculty, a gorgeously lush campus and Ivy-League ambience with a public school price.” Old East Dormitory Newsweek magazine has cited Carolina prominently among “first-rate schools” and lists Carolina’s top academic programs in biology, chemistry, economics, English, journalism, political science and sociology. Among UNC’s “plus factors” are strong academics, high-quality facilities, a beautiful campus and nation- ally-ranked sports teams. A FEW OF CAROLINA’S MANY NOTABLE ALUMNI Erskine Bowles ‘67, former White House Chief of Staff Gaston Caperton ‘63, two-term governor of West Virginia John Crawford ‘77, designer of the Intel 386 and 486 chips Jim Delaney ‘70, commissioner of the Big 10 Clyde Edgerton ‘66, writer Shelby Foote ‘39, author/historian Peter Gammons ‘67, journalist, ESPN and Boston Globe writer Andy Griffith ‘49, actor Mia Hamm ‘94, soccer superstar Allen Johnson ‘93, Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones ‘97, track superstar Michael Jordan ‘86, Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Alexander Julian ‘69, fashion designer Mitch Kupchak ‘76, general manager, Los Angeles Lakers Charles Kuralt ‘55, TV journalist Davis Love III ‘86, professional golfer Jeff MacNelly ‘69, editorial cartoonist Hugh McColl ‘57, corporate banker Jill McCorkle ‘80, writer Roger Mudd ‘53, TV journalist Jack Palance ‘41, Academy Award-winning actor James K. Polk 1818, 11th President of the United States Paul Rizzo ‘50, chief financial officer, IBM Stuart Scott ‘87, ESPN announcer Paul Wellstone ‘65, U.S. Senator Thomas Wolfe ‘20, writer 27 2002 Carolina Women’s Lacrosse TOP-NOTCH ACADEMIC SUPPORT At the University of North Carolina, athletes are still first and foremost students. While most universities make that claim, Carolina student-ath- “We have an athletic program with our priorities in line with the letes prove it.