In keeping with the University of North Carolina’s tradition of offering quality facili- Cone- ties for its student-athletes, the University dedicated an indoor/outdoor facility Kenfield adjacent to the A.E. on Tennis N.C. Highway 54 in Chapel Hill in September 1992. Center The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, which took four years to come to fruition, was the The North crowning jewel in a decade-long campaign to Carolina men’s improve the athletic facilities at the University. tennis team has The tennis center, located off Skakle Drive, posted a 71-20 was dedicated Saturday, Sept. 12, 1992, with dual-match record a crowd of more than 1,000 Carolina tennis at the enthusiasts in attendance. Paul Hardin, then- tennis center chancellor of the University, and John since the facility Swofford, the athletic director at the time, opened in 1992. officially dedicated the structure and named the facility that now serves as the home of More than 1,000 tennis enthusiasts attended the dedication cere- the Tar Heels’men’s and women’s tennis monies at the tennis center on Sept. 12, 1992. programs. The facility is named for Ceasar Cone II, a Hines and Vic Seixas at UNC and his 1948 team finished 1928 alumnus of the University who played tennis at third in the nation. Kenfield was Carolina’s first-ever Carolina and was a great benefactor of the school full-time tennis coach, and he took over the reins of the throughout his life. Cone went on to found Cone Mills UNC team in time to coach Ceasar Cone II in his senior in Greensboro, N.C., one of the most successful textile season in 1928. manufacturing entities in the South. The center also Fund-raising on the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center was bears the name of John Kenfield, the legendary completed in early 1991 and construction on the facility tennis coach who compiled a sterling record of 434-30-2 began in the spring of that year. in dual-match play from1928-55. Kenfield’s teams won Bill Moore of Raleigh, N.C., chaired the fund-raising 15 Southern Conference championships and two committee that helped bring the facility to fruition. Other Atlantic Coast Conference team championships during members of the Tennis Fundraising Committee were his tenure. He coached the likes of Bitsy Grant, Wilmer Cliff Alphin of Dunn, N.C., Billy Armfield of Madison, N.C., Kelly Bowles of Greensboro, N.C., Herb Browne of Charlotte, N.C., Tom Chewning of Richmond, Va., Jim Corn of Lattimore, N.C., Lyons Gray of Winston-Salem, N.C., Kitty Harrison of Chapel Hill, N.C., Katherine Hogan of Raleigh, N.C., Paul Hoolahan of , La., Allen Morris of Clinton, S.C., M.W. Peebles, Jr. of Petersburg, Va., Moyer Smith of Chapel Hill, N.C., Sue Walsh of Durham, N.C., Keith Stoneman of Charlotte, N.C., John Swofford of Among those attending the dedication of the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center were past Greensboro, N.C., and Ernie Athletics Director John Swofford, Mrs. Ceasar Cone II, John Kenfield Jr., former Williamson of Chapel Hill, women’s tennis coach Kitty Harrison and former men’s coach Allen Morris. N.C. Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center

The tennis facility was named for Caesar Cone II, a tennis letterman in the 1920s, and former head coach John Kenfield, who led UNC from 1928 to 1955.

The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center at the University of North Carolina serves as home to the Tar Heels’ men’s and women’s tennis teams. The tennis center features six indoor and 12 outdoor courts and was built at a total cost of $2 million.

The $2 million complex includes: seasons. Winners of the Region II Championships • Six indoor and 12 outdoor, lighted, hard surface advance to the ITA national indoor tournament each tennis courts year. • Indoor spectator viewing on the upper level of the In 1994, a memorabilia area was created on the indoor center upper level of the center core of the Cone-Kenfield • Men’s and women’s varsity dressing facilities Tennis Center. The brainchild of Director of Tennis • Public and visitor dressing facilities Sam Paul, the memorabilia area was the work of Dave • Fully-equipped weight-training rooms for both Lohse, the media relations director for olympic sports varsity teams at the University, and graphic designer Clay • An alley for coaches behind each set of indoor Carmichael of Carrboro, N.C. courts • Offices and public restrooms on the upper level of the center core • Indoor area of approximately 47,500 square feet • Air conditioning for the indoor area • Halide lighting on all courts • Indirect lighting on the indoor courts The center has been put to good use in its first seven years of existence. The first exhibition match- es were played at the dedication ceremonies, prior to the UNC-Furman football game Since then, Carolina’s men’s tennis squad has hosted at least one tournament at the tennis center each of the past nine falls. From 1992 to 1998, Carolina hosted the Tar Heel Invitational, an out- door tournament featuring regional teams from the Southeastern United States. ESPN’s Ron Franklin, pictured here with former In November 1992, the Tar Heels were the host assistant coach Trey Phillips, visited the Cone- institution for the ITA Region II Indoor Singles and Kenfield Tennis Center to attend the Reunion of the Doubles Championships, which features the top men’s Champions alumni brunch held in conjunction with singles and doubles players from the South Atlantic the 1998 Georgia Tech football game. Franklin and Region. North Carolina has hosted the Region II Phillips are both natives of Austin, Texas. championships each fall since then for a total of nine Former Tar Heel All-America Vince Carter was the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year. He also was a member of the gold medal 2000 US Olympic Team. Dean Smith retired in 1997 as college basketball’s winningest coach with 879 victories. Smith won 17 ACC Championships and National Championships in 1982 and 1993 Former Tar Heel tennis standout, Don over his career. Johnson was the 2000 Wimbeldon mixed doubles champion. He teamed with part- ner to take the title this past summer. Johnson also won the ATP World Doubles Championship held in India this past December. Johnson played with part- ner to win the Championship.

Carolina’s National Championship Teams

Men’s Basketball (4) 1924, 1957, 1982, 1993

Women’s Basketball (1) 1994

Field Hockey (4) 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997

Men’s Lacrosse (4) 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991

Women’s Soccer (17) Marion Jones, a Tar Heel Al l - 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, A member of the 1999 U.S. Women’s America selection in both basket- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, ball and track, was named World Cup Roster and 2000 Olympic 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 team, Mia Hamm is Internatinal U.S.Athlete of the Year in 1999 and Soccer’s all-time leading scorer and 2000 and won 5 medals in the led the Heels to 4 national titles in 2000 Summer Olympic Games. 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1993.

Michael Jordan was a two-time National Player of the Year during his tenure at Carolina and helped the Tar Heels win Dean Smith’s first national champi- onship in 1982. He was a five-time MVP of the NBA and led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles. NATIONAL RANKINGS In U.S. News & World Report maga- zine’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue: Carolina was third among public universi- ties and 25th among all universities, pub- lic and private. According to Money magazine’s “Your Best College Buys Now” guide: Carolina was the sixth-best buy based on out-of- state tuition for the second straight year and the second-best value in the Southeast. In Kaplan/Newsweek magazine’s “How to Get in to College” guide: Carolina was STUDENTS one of just 12 U.S. campuses called Some 23,592 students came “first-rate schools at bargin prices.” from all 100 North Carolina Editors cited some of the University’s counties, the other 49 states “pluses” as strong academics, high-quali- and more than 100 countries ty facilities, a college-friendly town, a to study at UNC in 1997-98. beautiful campus and powerhouse sports. Nearly 69 percent of incom- Carolina was the top-scoring public uni- ing freshman graduated in the versity in the country for academic quality top 10th of their high-school and financial value in the March 1997 class. issue of Kiplingers Personal Finance RESEARCH Ten Carolina students have magazine. Carolina ranks among the nation’s been selected Rhodes top 20 research universities in the Scholars since 1980. amount of total federal support for research. Sponsored programs at UNC contribute about $1 billion and some 15,000 jobs to the state’s econ- omy.

FACULTY Carolina’s full-time faculty of 2,417 includes professors who hold or have held major posi- tions in virtually every national scholarly or professioal associ- ation. Overall, more than 90 percent of Carolina’s faculty have earned their field’s highest Chapel Hill was featured in a degree. Carolina’s average As the nation’s first state university, the 1999 USA Today story as one of student-teacher ratio is 14 to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was the top 10 places in America to one. chartered in 1789. Carolina’s 13 colleges and soak up campus culture. Greg schools offer programs in more than 100 fields Zoroya writes: “Franklin Street is leading to 95 bachelor’s, 169 master’s and 109 the social fulcrum, with shops, doctoral degrees, as well as professional restaurants, movie theaters, ice- degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, law, cream parlors, pubs and historical and library science. sites.” The 729-acre central campus, once called “The Noble Grove,” is among the nation’s most beautiful. It includes the two oldest state uni- versity buildings, and Person Hall. Old East, a residence hall, and , an 1852 Greek-revival building, are national historic landmarks. Carolina Men’s Tennis 2001

enior Chad Riley ugar Land, Texas

Senior David Cheatwood Fayetteville, N.C.

Front Row: Ben Aiken, Aron Breziner, David Cheatwood, Chad Riley, Nicholas Monroe Back Row: Trystan Meniane, Greg Archer, Max Hilkey, Tyne Brownlow, Marcio Petrone

University of North Carolina Men's Tennis 2001 Schedule Day Date Opponent/Tournament Site Time Fri.-Sun. Jan. 26-28 ACC Indoor Championships Winston-Salem, N.C. All Day Thurs. Feb. 1 Davidson Chapel Hill 2:30 p.m. Mon. Feb. 5 Campbell Chapel Hill 2:30 p.m. Tues. Feb. 13 Furman Chapel Hill 2 p.m. Sat. Feb. 17 SouthCarolina Chapel Hill 12:00 p.m. Fri. Feb. 23 South Florida Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 24 Tulsa Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Mon. March 5 Charlotte Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Sat. March 10 Texas Austin, Texas 1 p.m. Mon. March 12 Rice Houston, Texas 1 p.m. Wed. March 14 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 1 p.m. Fri. March 23 Maryland Chapel Hill 2:30 p.m. Sun. March 25 Virginia Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Wed. March 28 NC State Raleigh, N.C. 3 p.m. Sat. March 31 Florida State Chapel Hill 1 p.m. Wed. April 4 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C 3 p.m. Sat. April 7 Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. 10 a.m. Mon. April 9 Duke Chapel Hill 3 p.m. Fri. April 13 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 2 p.m. Sun. April 15 Clemson Clemson, S.C. 1 p.m. Thu.-Sun. April 19-22 ACC Championship Orlando, Fla. TBA Sat.-Sun. May 12-13 NCAA Regional TBA TBA Sat.-Mon. May 19-28 NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. TBA