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08-Brochure-New.Pdf 2008 NORTH CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS University Quick Facts Table of Contents Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. 2008 Senior Returning Starters . .Front Cover Chartered: 1789 2008 Team Picture & Non-Senior Returning Starters . .Inside Front Enrollment: 27,700 General Information, Quick Facts, Table of Contents . .1 Chancellor: James Moeser 2008 Roster & Schedule . .2 Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour 2008 Season Preview . .3 Senior Associate Athletic Director for Olympic Sports: Beth Miller 2008 Player Biographies . .4 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2008 Tar Heel Group Pictures . .12 Conference: Atlantic Coast 2008 Photo Roster . .13 Nickname: Tar Heels Head Coach Sam Paul . .14 Mascot: Rameses The Ram Assistant Coach Tripp Phillips . .17 Department of Athletics . .18 School Colors: Carolina Blue and White Tar Heel Tennis Players in the Pros . .19 Athletic Dept. Web Site: www.TarHeelBlue.com 2007 Statistics & Results . .20 Carolina Men’s Tennis Information 2007 Season Review . .22 Head Coach: Sam Paul (Presbyterian ‘83) Carolina Tennis Tradition Under Coach Sam Paul . .23 Career Record at UNC: 237-115, 14 years Year-by-Year Records . .24 Office Phone: (919) 962-6060 Records Against Oppponents, Year-by-Year ACC Records . .25 Assistant Coach: Tripp Phillips (North Carolina ‘00) All-Time Match Scores . .26 2007 Record: 24-4 overall, 9-2 in the ACC, ACC Tournament Run- Southern Conference & ACC Champions . .32 nerup Miscellaneous Honors & Award Winers . .33 2007 National Finish: NCAA Tournament Second Round, 10th in final Carolina Tennis History . .34 ITA Poll All-Americas . .38 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tar Heel Tennis Testimonials . .40 Courts: Hard Courts, 6 indoor and 12 outdoor The University of North Carolina . .42 Outdoor Seating Capacity: 2,000 Carolina Athletic Tradition . .43 Tennis Center Phone: (919) 962-6363 Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center . .44 Tennis Center Fax: (919) 962-2604 All-Time Letter Winners . .45 Tennis Center Administrative Assistant: Andrew Parker Student-Athlete Services . .46 Team Manager: Barton Grover Educational Foundation Information . .48, Inside Back Cover Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays 2008 Seniors, 2008 Schedule . .Back Cover Assistant Athletic Trainers: Jeff Hudson (Graduate Student), Sonia Gysland (Graduate Student), Jake Friedman (Undergraduate Student) TarHeelBlue.com Team Physician: Tom Brickner Media and fans can follow the Carolina men’s tennis team and Team Orthopaedic Surgeon: Alex Creighton the rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world UNC Athletic Communications on the official web site of North Carolina athletics. Men’s Tennis Media Contact: Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic Commu- TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, features and nications Director even more on all 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports. Student Assistant Contacts for Men’s Tennis: Charlie Hulme, Greg Dziwulski Lohse’s Email Address: [email protected] Lohse’s Office Phone: (919) 962-7257 Lohse’s Cell Phone: (919) 641-4128 Athletic Communications Office Fax: (919) 962-0612 Office Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Shipping Address: Sports Information, 300 Skipper Bowles Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Supporting UNC Men’s Tennis Tar Heel fans mob Franklin Street after North Carolina The University of North Carolina and Nike extended their agreement won the 2005 NCAA men’s basketball championship. for eight more years beginning in July 2002. The agreement provides each varsity team with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other prod- ucts. It also provides $100,000 annually to the Chancellor's Academic En- hancement Fund for undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the athletic department to reward Olympic sport programs and coaches for academic and athletic excellence. 2008 Men’s Tennis Brochure Player headshots, team pictures and cur- rent player action photos by Jeffrey Ca- marati, Grant Halverson, Allan Billings and Andrew Parker. Covers designed by Marissa Nilon and Dana Gelin. The 2008 media guide was edited by Dave Lohse, Associate Director of Athletic Communi- cations, and Andrew Parker, the adminis- trative assistant for the men’s and women’s tennis programs at the Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center. 2008 UNC MEN’S TENNIS • PAGE 1 2008 Roster & Schedule Name Class Hometown High School Kyle Baker RS Fr. Acworth, Ga. Harrison Benjamin Carlotti Sr. Paris, France Lycee Lafontaine Andrew Crone So. Hickory, N.C. Hickory Sandeep Daiya Sr. Acworth, Ga. Harrison Clay Donato So. Transfer Toronto, Ontario Pendleton School Taylor Fogleman Jr. New Orleans, La. Jesuit Lenny Gullan RS Sr. Cape Town, South Africa Saddlebrook Academy Philip Gullan Sr. Cape Town, South Africa Pendleton School Stefan Hardy So. Santa Maria, Calif. Righetti Tristan Heinrich Sr. Boise, Idaho Boise Chris Kearney So. Irvine, Calif. Mater Dei Will Plyler Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Jeff Schroeder Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Leesville Road Senior Benjamin Carlotti David Stone Sr. Greensboro, N.C. Page Maclane Wilkison So. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Latin Karl Wishart Sr. Baden-Baden, Germany Klosterschulevom Heiligen Grab Coaches & Support Staff Sam Paul - Head Men's Tennis Coach Tripp Phillips - Assistant Coach Jay Lewandowski - Racquet Technician Dave Lohse - Men's Tennis Athletic Communications Sally Mays - Head Athletic Trainer Kym Orr - Academic Advisor Andrew Parker - Men's Tennis Administrative Assistant Pronuncation Guide Benjamin Carlotti car-LOTT-ee Sandeep Daiya DIE-yuh Clay Donato duh-NOT-toe Lenny Gullan GULL-en Philip Gulan GULL-en Stefan Hardy STEFF-on Chris Kearney KERR-nee Karl Wishart WIH-shart Senior Will Plyler 2008 University of North Carolina Men’s Tennis Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 01/29/08 vs. Campbell Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET vs. North Carolina Central Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:30 p.m. ET 02/01/08 vs. Charlotte Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET vs. James Madison Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:30 p.m. ET 02/03/08 vs. Rice Chapel Hill, N.C. 12:00 p.m. ET 02/10/08 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 12:00 p.m. ET ITA Team Indoors 02/15/08 ITA Team Indoors Seattle, Wash. TBA 02/16/08 ITA Team Indoors Seattle, Wash. TBA 02/17/08 ITA Team Indoors Seattle, Wash. TBA 02/18/08 ITA Team Indoors Seattle, Wash. TBA 02/24/08 vs. VCU Chapel Hill, N.C. 4:00 p.m. ET 02/26/08 vs. Auburn Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ET 03/12/08 vs. Navy Jacksonville, Fla. 4:00 p.m. ET 03/18/08 vs. Wake Forest Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 03/21/08 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 5:00 p.m. ET 03/23/08 at Miami Coral Gables, Fla. 12:00 p.m. ET 03/28/08 at Maryland College Park, Md. 3:00 p.m. ET 03/30/08 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 11:00 a.m. ET 04/02/08 vs. North Carolina State Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/04/08 vs. Virginia Chapel Hill, N.C. 4:00 p.m. ET 04/06/08 vs. Virginia Tech Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 04/09/08 at Duke Durham, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/11/08 vs. Georgia Tech Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/13/08 vs. Clemson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET ACC Championship 04/17/08 ACC Championship Altamonte Springs, Fla. TBA 04/18/08 ACC Championship Altamonte Springs, Fla. TBA 04/19/08 ACC Championship Altamonte Springs, Fla. TBA 04/20/08 ACC Championship Altamonte Springs, Fla. TBA 2008 UNC MEN’S TENNIS • PAGE 2 2008 UNC Tennis Dual Match Season Outlook Coming off back-to-back record-shatter- nis Association Mideast Region Rookie of ing seasons, the University of North Car- the Year. olina men’s tennis team is well positioned Kearney was named the Atlantic Coast to make another sustained run at confer- Conference’s Freshman Player of the Year ence, regional and national honors in for 2007 after the Californian finished with 2008. The Tar Heels begin their challeng- an overall singles record of 24-9. Kearney ing dual-match season with five consecu- was 6-4 at No. 2 and 8-2 at No. 3 during tive matches at home beginning January the dual match season. 29 before hitting the road for matches at Besides the big three at the top of the Ohio State and at the Intercollegiate Ten- Tar Heel lineup, three other Tar Heels with nis Association Team Nationals in Seattle, significant returning starting experience in Wash. The Tar Heels will begin their ACC singles include junior Taylor Fogleman of Lenny Gullan joined season at home against Wake Forest on New Orleans, La., senior Will Plyler of Senior Karl Wishart fellow senior David March 18 after meeting the likes of Rice, Raleigh, N.C. and senior Karl Wishart of entered this year Stone at No. 1 dou- Ohio State, VCU and Auburn in the non- Baden-Baden, Germany. Senior David with a 31-12 career bles in 2007. conference part of the schedule. Stone of Greensboro, N.C. also figures in singles mark. Head coach Sam Paul’s 2007 team was the mix for a starting singles position as instrumental in winning its head mentor does sophomore Clay Donato, a native of ACC Coach of the Year accolades for the Toronto, Ontario and a transfer from Texas fifth time in his career and Intercollegiate A&M University who started for the Aggies Tennis Association Mideast Region Coach in their singles lineup last year. of the Year honors for the fourth time since Fogleman led the Tar Heels in overall the 1996 season. Coach Paul was also a singles victories last year with 26, of which national coach of the year finalist for the 16 were in dual matches.
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