2009 UNC Men’s Tennis Brochure University Quick Facts Table of Contents Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 General Information, Quick Facts, Table of Contents . .1 Enrollment: 28,000 2009 Roster & Schedule . .2 Chancellor: Holden Thorp 2009 Photo Roster . .3 Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour 2009 Season Outlook . .4 Senior Associate Athletic Director for Olympic Sports: Beth Miller 2009 Player Biographies . .5 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I Carolina Recruiting . .11 Atlantic Coast Conference: Head Coach Sam Paul . .12 Nickname: Tar Heels Assistant Coach Tripp Phillips . .15 Mascot: Rameses The Ram Tar Heel Tennis Testimonials . .16 School Colors: Carolina Blue and White Athletic Dept. Web Site: www.TarHeelBlue.com Department of Athletics . .18 Tar Heel Tennis Players in the Pros . .19 Carolina Men’s Tennis Information 2008 Statistics & Results . .20 Head Coach: Sam Paul (Presbyterian ‘83) 2008 Season Review . .22 Career Record at UNC: 258-121, 16 years Office Phone: (919) 962-6060 Carolina Tennis Tradition Under Coach Sam Paul . .23 Assistant Coach: Tripp Phillips (North Carolina ‘00) Year-by-Year Records . .24 Volunteer Assistant: Dan Greenberg Records Against Opponents, Year-by-Year ACC Records . .25 Managers: Barton Grover, Matt Delafield Southern Conference & ACC Champions . .26 2007 Record: 21-6 overall, 9-1 in the ACC Miscellaneous Honors & Award Winers . .27 2007 National Finish: NCAA Tournament Third Round, 13th in final Carolina Tennis History . .28 ITA Poll All-Americas . .32 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center The University of North Carolina . .34 Courts: Hard Courts, 6 indoor and 12 outdoor Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center . .36 Outdoor Seating Capacity: 2,000 All-Time Letter Winners . .37 Tennis Center Phone: (919) 962-6363 Student-Athlete Services . .38 Tennis Center Fax: (919) 962-2604 Educational Foundation Information . .40, Inside Back Cover Tennis Center Administrative Assistant: Andrew Parker Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays Assistant Athletic Trainers: Sonia Gysland (Graduate Student), Eric Bengtson (Graduate Student), Craig Oates (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. Primary Men’s Tennis Contact: Charlie Hulme, Athletic Communica- TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, features and tions Student Assistant even more on all 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports. Hulme’s Email Address: [email protected] Hulme’s Cell Phone: (559) 970-6733 Secondary Men’s Tennis Contact: Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic Communications Director 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 The University of North Carolina and Nike extended their agreement for eight more years beginning in July 2002. The agreement provides Tar Heel fans mob Franklin Street after North Carolina each varsity team with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other prod- won the 2005 NCAA men’s basketball championship. 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. 2009 Men’s Tennis Brochure Player headshots, team pictures and current player action photos by Jef- frey Camarati, Andrew Parker and Alan Billings. Cover designed by Dana Gelin. The 2009 media guide was edited by Charlie Hulme, Ath- letic Communications Student Assis- tant, with assistance from Dave Lohse, Associate Director of Athletic Communications. Page 1 • 2009 UNC Men’s Tennis Media Guide Name Class Hometown High School Cameron Ahari Fr. Tucson, Ariz. Salpointe Catholic Kyle Baker RS So. Acworth, Ga. Harrison Brennan Boyajian Fr. Weston, Fla. Cypress Bay H.S. Andrew Crone Jr. Hickory, N.C. Hickory Clay Donato Jr. Toronto, Ontario Pendleton School Taylor Fogleman Sr. New Orleans, La. Jesuit Philip Gullan RS Fr. Cape Town, South Africa Pendleton School Zach Hunter Fr. Weston, Fla. Sagemont Upper School Taylor Meyer Fr. Raleigh, N.C. Cary Academy Luke Mojica Fr. Miami, Fla. Palmetto H.S. 2009 Roster & Schedule Alex Rafiee Fr. Huntsville, Ala. Randolph School MacLane Wilkison Jr. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Latin Coaches & Support Staff Sam Paul - Head Men's Tennis Coach Senior Taylor Fogleman Tripp Phillips - Assistant Coach Dan Greenberg - Volunteer Assistant Charlie Hulme - Athletic Communications Men’s Tennis Contact Jay Lewandowski - Racquet Technician Sally Mays - Head Athletic Trainer Kym Orr - Academic Advisor Andrew Parker - Men's Tennis Administrative Assistant Pronuncation Guide Cameron Ahari uh-HAR-ee Brennan Boyajian boy-AH-juhn Clay Donato duh-NOT-toe Philip Gullan GULL-en Luke Mojica moe-HEE-kuh Junior Clay Donato Alex Rafiee ruh-FEE 2009 University of North Carolina Men’s Tennis Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 01/25/09 vs. Charlotte Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET vs. James Madison Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:30 p.m. ET 01/27/09 vs. Campbell Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET vs. North Carolina Central Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:30 p.m. ET 01/31/09 vs. VCU Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:00 p.m. ET 02/01/09 vs. California Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:30 p.m. ET 02/06/09 at Ohio State Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 02/20/09 vs. Georgetown Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ET vs. Howard Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 p.m. ET 02/26/09 vs. Navy Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ET 03/01/09 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. ET 03/04/09 vs. North Carolina State Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:00 p.m. ET 03/09/09 vs. Bethune Cookman Orlando, Fla. 3:00 p.m. ET 03/15/09 vs. Michigan Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 03/20/09 vs. Miami Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 03/22/09 vs. Florida State Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 03/27/09 vs. Maryland Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ET 03/28/09 vs. Boston College Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 03/31/09 vs. Duke Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/03/09 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/05/09 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 1:00 p.m. ET 04/08/09 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/10/09 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 3:00 p.m. ET 04/12/09 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET ACC Tournament 04/16/09- ACC Tournament Cary, N.C. TBA 04/19/09 NCAA Regionals 05/09/09- NCAA Regionals Campus Sites TBA 05/10/09 NCAA Championships 05/18/09- NCAA Championships College Station, Texas TBA 05/27/09 Page 2 • 2009 UNC Men’s Tennis Media Guide 2009 Photo Roster CAMERON AHARI KYLE BAKER BRENNAN BOYAJIAN ANDREW CRONE • Freshman • Redshirt Sophomore • Freshman • Junior • Tucson, Ariz. • Acworth, Ga. • Weston, Fla. • Hickory, N.C. CLAY DONATO TAYLOR FOGLEMAN PHIL GULLAN ZACH HUNTER • Junior • Senior • Redshirt Freshman • Freshman • Toronto, Ontario • New Orleans, La. • Cape Town, South Africa • Weston, Fla. TAYLOR MEYER LUKE MOJICA ALEX RAFIEE MACLANE WILKISON • Freshman • Freshman • Freshman • Junior • Raleigh, N.C. • Miami, Fla. • Huntsville, Ala. • Charlotte, N.C. SAM PAUL TRIPP PHILLIPS Head Coach Assistant Coach Page 3 • 2009 UNC Men’s Tennis Media Guide 2009 Season Outlook The University of North Carolina Menʼs Tennis team has been one of the most consistently successful college tennis pro- grams for many years. Since the program began in 1908, the Tar Heels have won 1,443 dual matches, an all-time record in colle- 2009 Season Outlook giate tennis. Under the guidance of Sam Paul, UNC has continued to achieve new milestones on a yearly basis. In 2009, the Tar Heels will face a fresh set of challenges. UNCʼs 2008 squad finished among the elite, ranked 13th in the nation after making it to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament. They posted a 21-6 overall record with a stellar 9-1 mark in ACC play, and closed the regular season on a 15-1 tear. However, North Carolina only returns two starters from that team in 2009. The first of those two is senior team captain Taylor Fogleman. Fogleman has been solid as a rock for the Tar Heels in the past two seasons, leading the team in both singles and doubles wins in 2006-07 and 2007-08. This season, he returns with All-Amer- ica honors for his doubles play in 2008, a year which he finished ranked fourth in the na- tion. He looks to build off of outstanding sophomore and junior years to become one of the elite players in college tennis. Fogleman is no stranger to tough competition in dou- bles, as his 2008 campaign indicates. However, his biggest challenge in 2009 will be bal- ancing preparation for a much tougher singles schedule with the increased leader- ship role he will assume as the lone senior and the team captain. If his past two years are any indicator of his resilience and de- termination, though, he will be up for the task in 2009. The second is junior and former transfer Clay Donato. Donatoʼs first turn as a Tar Heel came last season after transfer- ring from Texas A&M, and it was nothing short of sensational.