History tistry, medicine, pharmacy and law. Five health schools -- Students Carolina was the nation’s first state university to open its which, with UNC Hospitals, comprise one of the nation’s Recent freshman classes at Carolina have set new standards doors and the only public university to award degrees in the most complete academic medical centers -- are integrated of excellence as measured by the rigorous coursework stu- 18th century. with liberal arts, basic sciences and high-tech academic dents have taken, as well as their grades and SAT scores. Authorized by the N.C. Constitution in 1776, the universi- programs. The incoming freshmen of 2001 are continuing that trend. ty was chartered by the N.C. General Assembly Dec. 11, In fall 2000, Carolina enrolled 24,872 students from all 100 Besides setting a new record for high school preparation, 1789, the same year George Washington first was inaugu- North Carolina counties, the other 49 states and nearly 100 the newest class will become the very best group of first- rated as president. other countries. Eighty-two percent of Carolina’s 15,608 year students Carolina has ever admitted. The cornerstone was laid for Old East, the nation’s first undergraduates were from North Carolina. Sixty-three per- state university building, Oct. 12, 1793. Hinton James, the cent of Carolina’s students were undergraduates, 28 percent UNC students have a long tradition of outstanding achieve- first student, arrived from Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 12, 1795. ment. Thirty-five have been awarded the Rhodes Location Scholarship since it was created in 1902, including the first The 729-acre central campus includes the two oldest state U.S. black woman recipient. Twelve UNC students have university buildings, Old East and Person Hall. Old East won the Rhodes since 1980. and Playmakers Theatre, an 1852 Greek-revival building UNC students regularly win other prestigious merit awards are National Historic Landmarks. in the United States and abroad. In 2001, for example, UNC The American Society of Landscape Architects selected the produced its 22nd Luce Scholar, economics major Alex Carolina campus as one of the most beautifully landscaped Mehfar, through a program funded by the Henry Luce spots in the country.That list, released in 1999 timed to the Foundation. Julius Lucks, a chemistry major, earned a society’s centennial, represents just the latest affirmation of Churchill Scholarship, one of only 11 awarded nationwide, the charm of mighty oaks, majestic quadrangles, brick side- to study at the University of Cambridge in England. Lucks walks and other landscaping synonymous with UNC. also received a prestigious Hertz Fellowship, one of 25 A campus master plan approved in spring 2000 by awarded by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, to sup- Carolina’s trustees represents a visionary look forward, port his graduate work. offering a striking view of how the campus should exist in The newest Tar Heels entering Carolina this fall will the long-term future to meet the needs of students, faculty, include 15 Robertson Scholars. Along with 15 others who staff and the surrounding community. The plan aims to cap- will matriculate at Duke University, they are part of the ture the ambience of north campus in the Polk Place and inaugural class of this unique scholarship program, created McCorkle Place quadrangles and use it to transform the last year by a $24 million gift from Julian and Josie southern region of campus into an equally wonderful place Roberston. The full-tuition scholarship will allow each stu- in which to learn, teach, work and live. dent to spend a semester in residence at the other campus. Chapel Hill has been called "the perfect college town" by The scholarships bring together two of the nation’s finest publications including Sports Illustrated. universities and attract top students to the Triangle. UNC anchors one corner of the famed Research Triangle Learning Park, which has played a vital role in nurturing the eco- This fall’s freshman class will be the second wave of nomic development of North Carolina. Carolina students required to own laptop computers as part Recent Rankings of the Carolina Computing Initiative. In 2000, 3,400 In the U.S. News and World Report magazine’s 2000 Chapel Hill freshmen became the largest class in the United “Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges,” UNC tied for States ever required to own laptops during the first year of third among the nation’s top public universities and tied for the initiative’s implementation. Students can access a world 25th overall among both public and private campuses. of knowledge at their fingertips and communicate with fac- Among undergraduate business programs, the Kenan- ulty and peers with just a few keystrokes. Flagler Business School tied for fifth nationwide in the Carolina is making it easier for students and others with same issue of the magazine. laptops to connect to the Internet, e-mail and the campus U.S. News also ranked 25 graduate degree programs and computer network – whether they are in classrooms, labs, specialty areas at UNC among the top 25 nationwide, in libraries and nearby outdoor sites – thanks to new wireless March 2001. The magazine rated programs in the schools technology. Wireless access points are being installed at of business, education, law, medicine, public health, and key locations on campus, allowing students whose comput- master’s and doctoral programs in the College of Arts and ers have adapter cards to connect to cyberspace without Sciences and other units. Several schools, degree programs graduates and another 9 percent were professional degree- physically plugging into the campus network. and specialty areas were in the top 10. seekers. UNC continues to enhance scholarly opportunities avail- The Fiske Guide to Colleges called UNC one of the 19 pub- Those students learn from a faculty that totaled 2,782 in fall able to undergraduates, especially freshmen. Freshman lic universities in the United States and Canada that were 2000. Many of those faculty members hold or have held seminars, averaging about 15 students each and taught by the “best college buys” for 2001. Such schools offer major posts in virtually every national scholarly or profes- outstanding senior faculty, are designed to develop critical “remarkable educational opportunities at a relatively mod- sional organization and have earned election to the most thinking, writing and speaking skills. Also, UNC opened est cost.” prestigious academic groups. the James M. Johnston Center for Underg r a d u a t e The January 2001 issue of Black Enterprise magazine UNC ranks 12th nationally among public research univer- Excellence, housed in the privately supported renovation of placed Carolina 14th in its “Black Enterprise-DayStar Top sities for the number of prestigious awards that faculty have Graham Memorial Building. The Johnston Center united 50 Colleges and Universities for African Americans” list, received in the arts, humanities, science and health. under one roof the honors program, Carolina Leadership up from 19th the previous year and the highest ranking The Carolina academic community benefits from a library Development, an undergraduate research office, scholarly among major public universities. DayStar, a research firm, with more than 5.1 million volumes and perennially ranks fellowship programs and other functions that enrich under- gathered the data for the list, which is based on responses among the best research libraries in the nation as judged by graduate education. to questions about which schools were both a good aca- the Association of Research Libraries. UNC’s North On Oct. 12, 2001, Carolina will launch the largest fund- demic and social fit for African-American students. Carolina Collection is the largest of its kind among state- raising campaign in its history and build upon impressive Business Week magazine ranked the Kenan-Flagler oriented collections on campuses nationwide. And the recent progress in seeking the private support that will help Business School’s master of business administration pro- Southern and rare book collections also are among the determine the university’s future excellence. Private gifts gram 15th in its 2000 rankings of the “Best Business country’s finest. create scholarships and professorships, purchase library Schools” published in October. Making up the overall rank- Carolina’s 227,388 alumni live in all 50 states and around collections and benefit academic units campuswide. ing were a graduate ranking of 11th and a corporate rank- the world. Notable alumni include writers Thomas Wolfe, Faculty ing of 16th. In special mentions, the school ranked fifth for Shelby Foote and Jill McCorkle; athletes Michael Jordan, Two professors recently were elected to the National "schools that are best responding to student concerns" and Vince Carter, Mia Hamm, Marion Jones and Davis Love Academy of Sciences: Fred P. Brooks Jr., Kenan professor for "greatest rise in MBAsatisfaction.” III; and journalists Roger Mudd, Charles Kuralt, Stuart of computer science, and Maurice S. Brookhart, Kenan pro- In October 2000, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine Scott and Tom Wicker. Others include former White House fessor of chemistry. UNC-Chapel Hill now has 10 faculty rated UNC first among a list of the 100 best buys in U.S. Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles; former White House members in the prestigious academy. Carolina also has five public colleges and universities because of its combination Communications Director Don Baer; U.S. Sen. John members of the National Academy of Engineering, 20 of top-quality academics and low cost. Kiplinger’s called Edwards; Bill Harrison, chief executive officer of Chase members of the Institute of Medicine and 23 members of UNC “a place where high achievers are in good company.” Manhattan Bank; Scott Livengood, Krispy Kreme the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Key Statistics Doughnut chairman, president and chief executive officer; Joe DeSimone, Kenan professor of chemistry, received the Now in its third century, UNC belongs to the select group U.S. President James Polk; geneticist Francis Collins; 2000 O. Max Gardner Award, the highest honor bestowed of 61 campuses forming the Association of American actors Jack Palance, George Grizzard and Andy Griffith, as by the UNC Board of Governors, for his pioneering Universities. UNC’s academic offerings span more than well as actresses Louise Fletcher and Sharon Lawrence; research that uses carbon dioxide as a replacement for 100 fields, including 84 bachelor’s, 165 master’s and 108 editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly; corporate banker Hugh water and solvents in a variety of synthetic and manufac- doctoral degrees as well as professional degrees in den- McColl; and fashion designer Alexander Julian. turing processes. The award recognizes faculty who have

2001 NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER • PAGE 78 “made the greatest contributions to the welfare of the African sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. Those dis- through the PlayMakers Repertory Company, which per- human race.” eases that are killing and infecting millions of people in forms in the Paul Green Theatre. The Carolina Union Jacquelyn Hall, founder of the Southern Oral History developing nations. Performing Arts Series brings national and international Project, won a 1999 National Humanities Medal for help- Carolina scientists are the first to successfully create a liq- dance, theatre and musical performances to campus. Recent ing preserve access to resources in the humanities. uid form of DNA, the molecule that is the blueprint for artists visiting UNC have included Bobby McFerrin, Stomp Pediatrics Professor Mel Levine has pioneered efforts to development of all living organisms. The research team and Dance Theater of Harlem. understand why children learn differently. All Kinds of included chemistry professors H. Holden Thorp and Royce Public Service Minds, a non-profit institute affiliated with UNC and W. Murray and three graduate students. Researchers are UNC's public service programs reach every region of North founded by Levine, has received a $10 million challenge unsure of the practical applications of liquid DNAbut spec- Carolina, helping communities protect public health, grant from Charles R. ulate that it will be useful improve schools and medical services, stimulate business, Schwab and his wife, both in understanding DNA plan for growth, understand cultural heritage, and enrich Helen, to promote greater better and in improving the quality of people’s daily lives. Launched in 1999, the awareness of learning dif- genetic engineering and Carolina Center for Public Service coordinates and cat- ferences nationally. microelectronic circuitry. alyzes campus outreach activities around the state. Other Applying their inventions mainstays of UNC’s public service efforts include the Economics Professor and their know-how for eco- Institute of Government, the nation's largest and most Steven Rosefielde was nomic growth, current and diversified university-based government training and among a dozen researchers former UNC faculty, staff research organization, and the N.C Area Health Education in the first class of Carnegie and students have helped Centers (AHEC) Program, which is based at the School of Scholars, selected for inno- create several new compa- Medicine and helps meet health-care needs statewide. vative scholarship and poli- nies based in the Triangle. Destiny, Carolina's traveling science laboratory, takes the cy research. The Carnegie Such start-up companies latest technology and teaching tools to North Carolina Corp. will fund up to include Alphavax, Inspire schools. The 40-foot bus - dubbed “The Best Thing in $100,000 worth of his Pharmaceuticals Inc., MiCell Science Education to Hit the Road” - is full of state-of-the- research on a project about Technologies Inc. (which art equipment for wet laboratory experiments, Internet arms control in Russia. spawned the environmental- exploration and carefully honed curriculum materials. The George F. Sheldon, Zack D. ly friendly Hangers dry project, supported by a grant from GlaxoSmithKline and Owens distinguished pro- cleaning chain) and Xanthon equipment from IBM, is among the first of its kind nation- fessor of surgery, has been Inc. wide. Destiny’s key goal is to increase student access to elected chairman of the Educational and Cultural modern-day science and information-technology learning, Association of A m e r i c a n Resources especially in underserved and rural areas. Medical Colleges, the UNC has broken ground for North Carolina’s teachers are benefiting from the Learners' largest and most respected the new Sonja Haynes Stone and Educators' Assistance and Resource Network of North organization of its kind. The Black Cultural Center build- Carolina (LEARN NC), a collaborative statewide network non-profit association aims ing. The 44,500-square-foot, of teachers and partners devoted to improving student per- to improve the nation’s $9 million building – funded formance and enhancing teacher proficiencies by creating health by strengthening the entirely by private donations and sharing high-quality teaching and learning resources quality of medical educa- – will house seminar rooms, via the World Wide Web. LEARN NC, offered free through tion and training. classrooms, a 10,000-volume the UNC School of Education, provides curriculum and Research special library, a 400-seat instructional tools aligned with the state’s Standard Course Carolina topped $375 mil- theater, art gallery, dance stu- of Study and a virtual classroom of online courses for K-12 lion in contracts and grants for research, teaching and pub- dio, multipurpose room for performances, lectures and students and teachers. LEARN NC has trained teachers lic service in fiscal 2000, a 9 percent hike over the previous meetings, and offices for the Upward Bound program, the and others in all 117 public school systems as well as more year. Much of the increase resulted from a 20 percent jump Institute of African American Research and the Stone than 30 charter schools, North Carolina’s Catholic Diocese in National Institutes of Health funding. UNC-Chapel Center. Construction is expected to be completed in 2003. and the North Carolina Independent School Association. Hill’s $207 million from the NIH places the university 13th Now based in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, the With the N.C. Arts Council, the education school also helps overall among private and public universities nationwide. center is one of the nation’s leading centers for research, public schools through the N.C. Curriculum, Music and Carolina also is the top public university in the South and teaching, learning and public service related to black histo- Community Project, which uses traditional Tar Heel music one of only five Southern universities – public or private ry and culture. to teach the Standard Course of Study in fourth-grade. That –among the NIH’s top 20. NIH is the federal government’s Next April 5-6, UNC will host the North Carolina Literary project resulted from another designed to foster public biomedical research arm. Festival 2002, sponsored by Friends of the Library pro- service, the Tar Heel Bus Tour. Each May, the tour takes Carolina has committed at least $245 million over the next grams at UNC, Duke and N.C. State universities. The event faculty new to North Carolina on an educational tour of the decade to the emerging field of genome sciences. The cam- will begin with a reading by a major author and continue state. Goals include encouraging new faculty to serve the puswide initiative, which represents public and private with readings, panel discussions, workshops and perform- public and conduct research to help address the state’s investments, will allow Carolina to be a driving force in ances. Most events will be free and open to the public, in needs. When the 1998 tour visited the Ole Time Fiddler's & determining how the genomics revolution will change the tents on McCorkle Place and in surrounding buildings. Bluegrass Festival in Union Grove, School of Education way we treat human diseases, design drugs and grow crops. Festival goals include encouraging reading and writing, Dean Madeleine Grumet hatched the idea of incorporating This collaborative effort includes construction of four new spotlighting literature of the South, especially fiction, non- traditional music into the classroom. buildings to house genomics research, more than $50 mil- fiction and poetry produced in and near North Carolina. WUNC-FM, a public broadcasting service of UNC, marked lion in recurring funds for 40 new faculty positions and a Collaboration between the Center for the Public Domain its 25th anniversary in 2001. Now WUNC serves more than $25 million anonymous gift to create the Michael Hooker and UNC, has been launched with a $4 million gift. 190,000 weekly listeners from Greensboro to the Outer Center for Proteomics to study a specialized area of genet- Dubbed "The Public’s Library," ibiblio’s Web site offers Banks with four stations. WUNC is heard at 91.5 FM in the ics. software archives, music archives, large text database proj- Triad and Triangle, at 90.9 FM in the Rocky UNC scientists are national leaders among those using ects and special exhibits. The site is dedicated to maintain- Mount/Wilson/Greenville area, and at 90.5 and 90.9 FM sophisticated atomic-scale research techniques called nan- ing the open source philosophy in the development and along the Outer Banks. otechnology, which may help guide efforts to manipulate management of its collections. Some of the Internet’s most Since the 1940s, scientists at UNC’s Institute of Marine viruses and DNA. Team members work with a device they respected and most-used software archives reside on ibib- Sciences in Morehead City have served North Carolina by invented called the nanoManipulator, which combines an lio, home to one of the largest “collections of collections” addressing important questions related to the nature, use, atomic force microscope with a force-feedback virtual real- available on the Internet. development, protection and enhancement of coastal ity system. From the Ackland Art Museum to the Morehead marine resources. Its work includes the Neuse River Mark Sobsey in the School of Public Health’s department Planetarium to the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Monitoring and Modeling Project on the Neuse River, of environmental engineering, specializes in research about Carolina offers a vast array of educational and cultural which has been designated as one of the nation’s 20 most waste treatment systems. He is looking into ways to recy- opportunities. The Ackland exhibits from a permanent col- pollution-endangered rivers. Also, the institute is assessing cle hog lagoon wastewater for fertilizer and other uses, lection of more than 15,000 works of art, particularly rich long-term damage to the coastal ecosystem from Hurricane while mitigating the public health risks. He and his gradu- in Old Master paintings and sculptures by artists including Floyd, which flooded eastern North Carolina in 1999. ate students work directly with a Johnston County, N.C., Degas, Rubens and Pisarro; Indian miniatures; Japanese Kenan Institute Charlotte, a joint venture between the hog farmer to help find ways to safely use water from the paintings; and North Carolina folk art. Astronomy enthusi- Kenan-Flagler Business School and The Belk College of hog lagoon as fertilizer for tomato plants, which are then asts and schoolchildren from across North Carolina enjoy Business at UNC-Charlotte, works closely with govern- sold commercially. the Morehead Planetarium. Besides its displays of native ment agencies, non-profit organizations and local and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $15.1 mil- and unusual plants and its nature trails, the Botanical statewide partners to strengthen the Charlotte-area business lion to an international consortium of researchers led by Garden offers art exhibits, nature walks and courses on top- climate. Services provided include research services, small UNC’s Richard R. Tidwell, professor in the schools of ics ranging from home gardening to botanical illustration. business managerial and technical assistance, and work- medicine and pharmacy, to develop new drugs to fight Professional theater also has a permanent place at Carolina shops and training programs.

2001 NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER • PAGE 79 When collectively compared to their UNC National Championship Teams NCAA Division I peers, the teams and the individual athletes who comprise the Women’s Soccer ...... 17 University of North Carolina athletic pro- (1981-82-83-84-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-96-97-99-2000) gram have proven over the last eight years to Men’s Lacrosse (1981-82-86-91) ...... 4 be among the nation’s elite. The final stand- Men’s Basketball (1924-57-82-93) ...... 4 ings in the Sears Directors’Cup competition Field Hockey (1989-95-96-97) ...... 4 support that assertion with aplomb. Carolina is one of only two schools to ever Women’s Basketball (1994) ...... 1 win the Sears Directors’ Cup. The other school is Stanford. And in each of the eight went to UCLA son since the award began. Those years were years that the Cup has been awarded the Tar with 630 points 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001. Heel athletic program has finished in the Top and fifth place to The Cup competition honors the school with 20 every year. Michigan with the best NCAAchampionship performances in During the 1993-94 school year, the 620 points. 20 sports. A school can count as many as 10 Carolina athletic program proved to be the During the men’s and 10 women’s sports in determining Champion of Champions. The inaugural 1998-99 school its Sears Directors’ Cup point total. No more Sears Directors’ Cup, sponsored by Sears, y e a r, North than 20 sports can be counted and no more Roebuck and Company, USA Today and the Carolina had its than 10 sports can be counted per gender. The National Association of Collegiate Directors first off year in 10 best finishes for either men or women are of Athletics (NACDA), tabbed Carolina as the Sears used in determining the point totals, regardless the nation’s best NCAA Division I sports Directors Cup of sport. Only NCAA sponsored sports and program. c o m p e t i t i o n , Division I football are eligible for scoring pur- North Carolina won the championship in The world’s fastest female placing in a tie poses. 1993-94 with 806.5 points. Stanford finished track performer Marion for 17th place. Men’s sports are baseball, basketball, cross second with 786.5 points while UCLA was Jones ran track and UNC During the country, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, third with 779.5 points, Florida fourth with in the mid 1990s and was 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 0 lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, 768 points and Penn State fifth with 756 the starting point guard on school year the track and field, volleyball, water polo and points. the Tar Heels’1994 NCAA Tar Heel athletic wrestling. In 1994-95, Carolina finished an extreme- women’s basketball cham - p r o g r a m Women’s sports are basketball, cross coun- ly strong second behind Sears Directors’Cup pionship team. rebounded from champion Stanford, the previous year’s run- its 17th place fin- ner-up. Stanford won with 971.5 points. ish of the previ- UNC was second with 789 points, followed by ous year by claiming a fifth place standings in U C L A with 736, Arizona with 716.5 and the Sears Directors’ Cup standings. Stanford Florida with 691. won its sixth successive Sears Directors’ Cup Stanford won its second straight Sears title by totaling 1,359.5 points. UCLA was D i r e c t o r s ’ Cup in 1995-96 while Carolina second with 1,153.5 points. Michigan earned slipped to sixth in the standings, the third 965 points and claimed third place. The next worst ever finish for the Tar Heel athletic pro- three spots in the standings featured a pitched gram. The Cardinal finished with 961.5 points battle between North Carolina, Penn State and and UCLA posted a second-place finish with Nebraska. The Nittany Lion athletic program 836 points. Florida was third with 731.5 prevailed in the race for fourth place as Penn points, Texas fourth with 700 points, Michigan State finished with 909.5 points. The Tar Heel fifth with 689 and North Carolina in the sixth athletic program finished just one point behind position in the standings with 673.5 points. with 908.5 points for fifth place. Nebraska fol- In the 1996-97 competition, Stanford won lowed in sixth place with 906 points. The the Sears Directors’ Cup for the third straight remainder of the Top 10 teams from last year year with a total of 1,084.5 points. UNC included Florida in seventh place with 842 bounced back from its sixth place standing points, Arizona in eighth place with 837.5 from the previous year and finished second in points, Texas in ninth place with 801 points 1996-97 with 804 points. UCLA was third, and Louisana State in 10th place with 764 just two points behind UNC. The remainder of points. the Top Five teams had Nebraska in fourth This past year the Tar Heel athletic program place with 780.5 points and Florida in fifth actually led the Sears Directors’Cup standings place with 763. at the conclusion of the fall sports season but In 1997-98, under a new scoring system, diappointing performances by teams in the Carolina produced its fourth first or second winter and the spring led to UNC’s demise. place finish in the five-year history of the Carolina ended up in 15th place. Still, Sears Directors’ Cup. Stanford won for the Carolina has finished in the Top 15 seven of Current Tar Heel assistant men’s tennis fourth successive year as the Cardinal racked the eight years and North Carolina remains coach and former Carolina player in his up a total of 1,010 points. The Cardinal’s win- among a handful of schools which have placed own right Don Johnson has won back to ning margin was an amazing 350 points. in the Top 20 of the standings each year. back Wimbledon titles. He captured mixed North Carolina and Florida tied for second in Carolina has also placed as the highest rank- doubles in 2000 and this past year he won the standings with 660 points. Fourth place ing Atlantic Coast Conference school in the the gentlemen’s doubles championship. Sears Directors’Cup standings all but one sea- 2001 NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER • PAGE 80 Carolina is #1 in ACC Championships try, field hockey, golf, Carolina claimed seven Atlantic Coast gymnastics, lacrosse, Conference team titles in 2000-01. The Ta r rowing, soccer, soft- Heels have won a total of 218 team titles in ACC ball, swimming and history, dating back to 1953-54. No other school diving, tennis, track in the ACC has won 200 titles and only three and field and volley- other schools have as many as 100 league ball. crowns. The Tar Heels have won 86 women’s The coed sports of ACC championships, 54 more than second-place fencing, skiing and Duke. In fact, the rest of the conference has won a total of 123 women’s titles. Carolina women rifle can be used for have accounted for 41 percent of the ACC cham- either gender, whichev- pionships. er produces the most Carolina Sport ...... ACC Championships points for the school. A Baseball ...... 8 school uses only one Men’s Basketball ...... 15 Women’s Basketball ...... 5 track finish per year, Men’s Cross Country ...... 9 indoor or outdoor, Women’s Cross Country ...... 2 whichever is higher. Men’s Fencing ...... 8 Field Hockey ...... 14 Sears Directors’Cup Football ...... 5 points are based on a Men’s Golf ...... 10 t e a m ’s NCAA Women’s Golf ...... 1 Tournament finish and Men’s Lacrosse ...... 11 Men’s Soccer ...... 3 the size of the tourna- Women’s Soccer ...... 13 ment bracket and it Men’s Swimming and Diving ...... 17 varies from sport to Women’s Swimming and Diving ...... 14 Men’sTennis ...... 24 sport. A school must Women’sTennis ...... 4 qualify for the NCAA Men’s Indoor Track and Field ...... 3 Tournament to be eligi- Women’s Indoor Track and Field ...... 13 ble for points in any Men’s Outdoor Track and Field ...... 5 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field ...... 11 given sport. Poll fin- Volleyball ...... 8 ishes are not used to Wrestling ...... 14 determine points in any

Vince Carter is one of the most popular professional athletes in the world. He led the Tar Heels to Final Fours in 1997 and 1998.

sport except NCAA pionships in history, far more than any of the Division I football other league schools. The athletic program has where points are produced a minimum of four Atlantic Coast based on the final Conference team championships in each of the U S A To d a y / E S P N past 14 years and has led or tied all ACC coaches poll of the schools in title production each of those years. season. During those 14 years Carolina won at least six The UNC a t h l e t i c ACC championships in a year 13 times. program has also had Finally, the Tar Heel athletic program has tremendous success claimed 30 team national championships in its in Atlantic Coast history led by the 17 won by the women’s soc- Conference competi- cer team. Carolina has also won four national tion. UNC has won championships each in men’s basketball, 218 ACC team cham- m e n ’s lacrosse and field hockey and one national title in women’s basketball.

Carolina is #1 in ACC Championships Carolina claimed seven Atlantic Coast Conference team titles in 2000-01. The Tar Heels have won 218 team titles in ACC history, dating back to 1953-54. No other school in the ACC has won 200 titles and only three other schools have as many as 100 league crowns. The Tar Heels have won 86 women’s ACC championships, 54 more than second-place Duke. In fact, the rest of the conference has combined to win 123 women’s titles. Carolina women have accounted for an astounding 41 percent of alltime ACC championships. Maryand is the only school that has won more men's ACC titles than Carolina. The Tar Heels and the Terps are the only two ACC programs with at least 100 men's championships. However, in the last 10 years, Carolina has won 30 ACC men's titles and Maryland has won just two. Carolina’s Kenan Stadium has been described more than once as the Carolina has led or shared the lead in the ACC in team titles in each of most beautiful college football stadium in the country. the last 14 years.

2001 NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER • PAGE 81 In 1986, the University of North Carolina Kristin DePlatchett, Jena Kluegel, Julia Athletic Department opened the doors to a ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S M a r s l e n d e r, Raven McDonald, Mandy building which has become the prototype for SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD Morrison, Tina Murphy, Anne Remy, Julie its kind in the world of intercollegiate athlet- Year Recipient Smith, Maggie Tomecka, Jordan Walker, Amy ics. That building is the Student-Athlete 1986 Nancy Slocum Whittier and Hilary Young respresented the Development Center, which is connected to 1987 Marcia McDermott Tar Heel women’s soccer team on the 2000-01 the old Kenan Fieldhouse on the UNC campus. 1988 Lisa Ann Duffy ACC Academic Honor Roll. The building’s opening was the culmination 1989 Merridee Proost Mercer is proud of the fact Carolina’s ath- of a dream for former University of North 1990 Tracey Bates letic academic program is considered a role Carolina Director of Athletics John D. 1991 Courtney Lehmann model for all of college athletics. But he Swofford and his staff. In the Student-Athlete 1992 Louellen Poore insists his staff keep the goals rather simple. Development Center, Carolina possesses a 1993 Jennifer M. Zaccagnini “We’re here for the struggling student, the state-of-the-art building dedicated to the com- 1994 Jennifer M. Zaccagnini mediocre student and the good student,” plete needs of today’s student-athletes. 1995 Shelley Ann Finger Mercer says. “To say we’re here to keep peo- Carolina has always had top-flight athletic 1996 Tracy Noonan ple eligible is not accurate. We’re not satisfied facilities, an excellent, knowledgable and with mediocrity. We want to help make them 1997 Amy Michelle Roberts dependable coaching staff and a hard-working the best they can be.” 1998 Nel Fettig and devoted support staff to aid its student-ath- While Mercer and his staff oversee the aca- letes in their athletic endeavors. For the past 1999 Cindy Parlow demic progress of Carolina’s athletes on the 15 years, it has also had a building dedicated 2000 Lindsay Stoecker top floor, Director of Strength and solely to the development of the student-ath- 2001 Julia Marslender Conditioning for Olympic Sports Greg Gatz and his primary assistant Jodi Hopkins work Robert Mercer, Kathy Parker, Heather on the bottom floor to help make Carolina’s Murphy, Susan Maloy, Carl Carey, Marisa Olympic sports athletes faster and stronger. Marucci, Doug Roberts, Burgess McSwain In the fall of 2000, Jeff Connors became Fall Semester 2000 UNC Dean’s List and Jan Boxill. Director of Strength and Conditioning for all Selections The physical surroundings at the Student- Sports Programs at the University. Gatz and Kristin DePlatchett, Julia Marslender, Athlete Development Center include a reading Hopkins, along with a corps of graduate assis- Mandy Morrison, Anne Remy, Jordan lounge, study lounge, computer lab, foreign tants, oversee all weight training for the 26 Walker language lab, a multitude of study and tutoring Olympic sports, including the sport of Spring Semester 2001 UNC Dean’s List rooms, a classroom, a conference room and an women’s soc- Selections auditorium which seats over 100 people. cer. The freshman athlete is especially well Kristin DePlatchett, Jena Kluegel, Julia When the served by the Center. First-year athletes have Marslender, Jordan Walker, Hilary Young S t u d e n t - mandatory study hall for two hours a night, A t h l e t e 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference five nights a week. There is also a required Academic Honor Roll Selections D e v e l o p m e n t learning skills program for freshmen once a Center opened Susie Ball, Kristin DePlatchett, Jena week. Upperclass athletes who maintain Kluegel, Julia Marslender, Raven in 1986, a new above a 2.30 grade point average have no spe- 8,000 square- McDonald, Mandy Morrison, Tina Murphy, cific requirements, but most all continue to use foot weight Anne Remy, Julie Smith, Maggie Tomecka, the facilities found at the Center. room was Jordan Walker, Amy Whittier, Hilary Interim director Robert Mercer is quite spe- added as part Young cific in his goals for the program. “This is not of the Kenan a hand-holding program for students to stay F i e l d h o u s e lete’s mind and body. The top floor of the eligible. It’s not just a tutoring program. e x p a n s i o n . Student-Athlete Development Center houses Tutoring is an extension of the classroom but The strength the athletic department’s academic support we don’t want students to become dependent area contains a center, boasting a full-time staff of 10 profes- on it.” complete line sionals in the area of athletic academic coun- The statistics bear out the fact that the of Nautilus seling. The Academic Center has also expand- Center, in its 15 years of existence, has made a e q u i p m e n t , ed offices to include space in the old Kenan difference in the fortunes of Tar Heel student- c a r d i o v a s c u l a r Fieldhouse. This space became available athletes in the academic arena. machines and when the football operations moved to the “Our numbers on the ACC Honor Roll have over 20,000 Frank H. Kenan Center on the west side of almost tripled in the past 15 years.” says pounds of free Kenan Stadium. Mercer. “We consistently place more than 100 weight equip- The staff includes a director and nine full- student-athletes on the Dean’s List each ment. Senior Julia Marslender time assistant directors. Heather Murphy is semester. But I think the real measurement is, Wo m e n ’ s won the UNC A t h l e t i c the assistant academic center director who we’ve had a graduation rate percentage for our soccer players Di re c t o r ’s Scholar- A t h l e t e works specifically with the women’s soccer student-athletes consistently in the 70 to 80 at UNC are Award for the women’s soc - team at Carolina. The bottom floor of the percent range. That’s within percentage points well served by cer team in 2000-01. building is home to the department’s strength, of the student body as a whole.” the Student- conditioning and fitness center. In the 2000-01 school year, Carolina placed A t h l e t e The University is one of the leaders in the 251 student-athletes on the Atlantic Coast Development Center. In the strength area of development of academic counseling pro- Conference Academic Honor Roll for main- the building, they receive instruction to help grams to help its student-athletes. Currently taining at least a 3.0 grade point average for their potential on the pitch. In the academic the position of director is vacant but should be the entire school year while taking at least 12 center, they prepare their minds while laying a filled by the start of the 2001-02 school year. credit hours each semester. Carolina ranked great foundation for success in their post-col- The rest of the staff includes assistant directors second in terms of the total number of student- lege experiences. athletes on the ACC Honor Roll. Susie Ball,

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