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ELIZABETH BALL5-7, 135SophomoreElementary EducationMajorDefender/ForwardDallas, Texas(Highland Park HighSchool)

General—A vaunted recruit from the soccerrich Dallas area who did well as a Tar Heelfreshman...after her outstanding freshmanyear she red-shirted during the 2000 cam-paign...will be a key contributor this year inthe midfield and forward units...has alsotrained significantly on defense in the spring2001...could see a considerable amount ofplaying time there and is also a potentialstarter in that area.Club/ODPSoccer—Member of under-16National Team in 1997 and under-18 NationalTeam in 1998...in 1999, was member ofUnder-18 National Team Pool and under-17USYSAunder-17 National Team.1999 Season—Had an oustanding freshmanyear...played in 25 games for the Tar Heesl,scoring four goals and passing for four assistsfor 12 total points...her biggest goal of theyear was when she booted a corner kickdirectly into the goal to beat Clemson 1-0 inovertime in the ACC Tournament semifi-nals...also had the game-winning goal againstUCLA...had both a goal and an assist againstthe Bruins and against Colorado...her othergoal came against Florida State in the ACCTournament quarterfinals...named to SoccerAmerica Team of the Week on October 5,1999 and again on November 9, 1999.Prep—Graduated in May 1999 from HighPark High School in Dallas, Texas...was ahigh school cheerleader...played four years ofhigh school soccer as a midfielder and for-

ward at Highland Park...a two-time ParadeAll-America in 1998 and 1999...a 1998National Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica All-America...set an “A” Texas highschool record for high school career com-bined points with 337 points...had 132 goalsin her high school career and 73 careerassists...scored 46 goals in only 16 games as asenior at Highland Park...1999 DallasMorning News “Player of the Year”...namedan All-Area selection by the Dallas MorningNews four straight years from 1996-99...1996Dallas Morning News “Newcomer of theYear” as a freshman...played on a UIL statechampionship team in 1996, UIL area cham-pionship team in 1997 and UIL regional final-ist teams in 1998 and 1999...1998 & 1999UILAll-State selection...was captained ofHighland Park team in both 1998 and 1999.Club/ODPSoccer—Played seven years ofclub soccer for the Sting Soccer Club as amidfielder and forward...as a member of theSting ‘79 team she was a key part of the 1997under-18 national championship squad...shecontributed two goals and one assist in thenational championship final...played for Sting‘81 club which won state titles in 1995, 1996,1998 and 1999 and a regional title in 1996.Personal—Given name is Elizabeth LindseyBall...answers to the nickname “E.B.”...is thedaughter of Daniel and Susan Ball...has onebrother and one sister...born in Dallas,Texas...plans to major in communications atUNC...undecided on her career plans...hob-bies include travel, tennis and skiing...athletesshe most admires are Michael Jordan, TigerWoods and Carla Overbeck...biggest sportsthrill was winning the under-18 nationalchampionship as a member of Sting 79because she said the squad members workedso hard together as a team...majoring in histo-ry with a minor in psychology...her careerplans are to practice family law

Elizabeth Ball’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1999 ........25/0 ....29......4 ......4 ....12 . . . .2

SUSIE BALL5-7, 140SophomoreBusiness AdministrationMajorMidfielder/DefenderTampa, Fla.(Tampa Bay Technical)

General - A pure walk-onwho lettered for the Tar Heels last year as afreshman...she did well in spring practice andwill compete for time in the midfield and ondefense this year...has improved tremendouslysince she walked on the team last year...a truesuccess story...it is very difficult for an out ofstate player to enroll at Carolina and thenwalk on the squad and earn a spot on the 26-person roster.2000 Season--Was an outstanding practiceplayer for the Tar Heels last season...sawaction in three games for Carolina lastfall...played against Tennessee, SouthCarolina and Oregon...contributed in practicesituations all year long...named to the 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference AcademicHonor Roll...did a consistently good job inthe classroom all of last year.Prep - Graduated in May 2000 with honorsfrom Tampa Bay Technical School…wasvice-president of the Key Club and secretaryof Student Government…Received theArmy/Navy Scholar-Athlete Award…NamedAll-state and elected team captain all fouryears…Named MVPof the Raleigh Shootout,featuring some of the nation's top prep soccerteams…Led team to championships at theLabor Day Tournament and the SouthRegional Super Club her junior and seniorseasons…team also reached the semifinalsand finals of the Orange Bowl tournament herlast two years…Played in Germany andAustria in the summer prior to becoming aTar Heel…also played golf and ran crosscountry and track. Personal - Given name is Susan AnnBall…has two sisters…is the daughter ofCathy and Calvin Ball…was born March 27,1982 in Fort Rucker, Alabama…hobbiesinclude collecting dinosaur stuff and read -ing…Favorite Athlete is MichelleAkers…Father is a former stand-out onMarshall University's football team…plans topursue a Business Administration major atCarolina.

Susie Ball’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ..........3/0 ......0 ......0 ......0 ......0 . . . .0

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LEIGH BLOMGREN5-3, 120FreshmanEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeMidfielder/DefenderGreensboro, N.C.(Walter Hines Page HighSchool)

General - A recruited in-state player who willlook to contribute in both the midfield and ondefense this season...ODP Soccer--Has been a member of the stateteam for six years and the region team forfour years...has been a national team poolplayer for two years.Club Soccer/Track--Played for the 83Greensboro Twisters for nine years as a for-ward...played on club team which won thepast three state championships in NorthCarolina...ran track for the Greensboro PaceSetters for six years...specialized in the longjump, the 110 meter hurdles and the polevault...earned state championships in all threeof those events.Prep - Graduated on June 12 from WalterHines Page High School in Greensboro,N.C....played varsity soccer for four years atPage as a forward...was a much honored highschool soccer player...co-captain of her highschool team...also earned All-State, All-Conference, All-Region and All-Area acco-lades...was active in Quill and Scroll andNational Honor Society...named an AcademicScholar and President Scholar...a four yearHonor Roll student...was the editor of thehigh school yearbook as a junior and a sen-ior...member of Interact Club and ImpactClub...also participated in Operation Smile.Personal - Given name is Leigh ThereseBlomgren...has one brother and one sister...isthe daughter of Rebecca and PeterBlomgren...Leigh was born on December 21,1982 in Greensboro, N.C....career plans are tobe a lawyer...hobbies include skiing, drawing,hanging out with friends and writing...athletesshe most admires are Kristine Lilly and LanceArmstrong...says her biggest sports thrill waswinning the state championship in 1998 withher club team by a 3-0 score...each of the pre-vious three years her club team had lost in thestate finals in a shootout.

DANIELLEBORGMAN5-5, 145SeniorExercise Science MajorDefenderCincinnati, Ohio(McAuley High School)

General—A top candidatefor National Player of the Year honors in

2001...Carolina’s starter at the right backposition...has started three successive yearsther...currently a member of the United StatesNational Team...has been a member of theU.S. National Team since 1997, earning twocaps so far...a three-year returning starter forthe Tar Heels in their inexperienced defensiveunit...is also versatile enough to play strikerwhere she averaged about 20 minutes of play-ing time per game last season...played in thesummer of 2000 as a member of the U.S.under-21 national team at the Nordic Cup,helping lead the U.S. to the gold medal...hasstarted all 76 games for the Tar Heels over thepast three years and was a first-team fresh-man All-America selection and then a first-team All-America choice as both a sopho-more and a junior...was one of the top recruitsin the nation coming out of high school in1998...received her first international capplaying with the full U.S. Women’s Nationalteam against Sweden in October of 1997 inChattanooga, Tenn....has blindingspeed...ranks as one of the nation’s fastestplayers...her versatility makes her invaluableto the Tar Heels.2000 Season--Was one of the top players inthe nation during the 2000 campaign...startedall 24 games for the Tar Heels in 2000...shescored two goals and had four assists on thecampaign for eight points...took 23 shots ongoal...she had her goals last season againstWilliam &Mary and Maryland...also had anassist against the Tribe...had three of her fourassists on the season in the NCAATournament...had one in the second roundwin over Wake Forest, one in the quarterfinalwin over Connecticut and one in the NCAAchampionship game win over UCLA...sheassisted on Meredith Florance’s game-tyinggoal with less than 15 minutes to play in thesecond half...was named the Soccer TimesNational Defender of the Year...a first-teamAll-America selection by Soccer Buzz,Soccer Times and Soccer America...was athird-team All-America selection on the teamnamed by the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America...was named second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference...namedby the National Soccer Coaches Associationof America to the All-Southeast RegionTeam...also named All-Southeast Region bySoccer Buzz...a preseason All-America selec-tion by Soccer Buzz...was named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Final Four.1999 Season—Named first-team All-Americaby Soccer Buzz and third-team All-Americaby the NSCAA/adidas and College SoccerOnline...a first-team All-Atlantic CoastConference selection as a sophomore...a first-team All-Southeast Region selection bySoccer Buzz...named first-team All-SoutheastRegion by the NSCAA...started all 26 gamesfor the Tar Heels...recorded assists againstTennessee, Colorado and in the ACC finals

against Wake Forest.1998 Season—Earned a letter while startingall 28 games for the Tar Heels in 1998...hadthree goals and four assists on the season for10 points...scored her goals against ColoradoCollege, Tennessee and in the NCAATournament quarterfinal...recorded assistsagainst Colorado College, Hartford, Virginiaand in the ACC Tournament championshipgame against Clemson...named to SoccerAmerica All-Freshman Team...named first-team Freshman All-America by SoccerBuzz...was named third-team All-SoutheastRegion by Soccer Buzz...also a Soccer BuzzAll-Freshman Southeast Region selection.Prep—Graduated on May 29, 1998 fromMcAuley High School in Cincinnati,Ohio...played three years of varsity soccerand one year of reserve soccer as a forward,midfielder and marking back...captained theMcAuley High School soccer team in1997...a 1997 Parade All-America...wasselected by Parade Magazine in 1997 as thebest forward in the country...was named to the1997 NSCAA/Umbro Girls’All-AmericaTeam...was named by USA Today as one ofthe nation’s Top Five high school recruits inthe December 30, 1997 issue...was named the1997 Greater Cincinnati/Northern KentuckyHigh School Sports Woman of the Year...1997GGCL League All-Star Game Most ValuablePlayer...was an honor student atMcAuley...was selected by the McAuley Highschool staff as student as the first recipient ofthe “Senior of the Month Award” inSeptember 1997 for her leadership, athleticaccomplishments and communityservice...was president of the Girls AthleticAssociation at MHS in 1998.Club/ODPSoccer—Played club soccer forthe Hammer Football Club in Cincinnati,Ohio...played for the club for three years as aforward and midfielder...captained the clubteam in 1996 and 1997...named to the All-Star Team at the U.S. Soccer Festival inAugust of 1997 in Blaine, Minn. when play-ing with the under-17 national team...in 1996,she was named to the under-16 NationalTeam in her first ever year in the OlympicDevelopment Program...in 1997, she was amember of the Under-17 National Team...in1998 she was named to the team pools forboth the under-18 national team and the

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under-20 national team...traveled to Holland,Germany, England, France and Belgium withher regional under-16 team.Personal—Given name is Danielle LynnBorgman...nicknamed “Danni”...has twobrothers...born April 25, 1980 in Cincinnati,Ohio...is the daughter of Jerry and SueBorgman...her mother use to ride bulls bare-back in rodeos in Louisiana...hobbies includereading and watching cartoons...athletes shemost admires are April Heinrichs, Mia Hamm,Michael Jordan and Kristine Lilly...her biggestsports thrill was playing as a member of theunder-17 National Team against the full U.S.National Team...even those the NationalTeamers beat the under-17s 8-2 she said play-ing against that level of competition was anunbelievable...exercise science major...says hercareer plans are to play soccer at a higherlevel.

Danielle Borgman’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1998 ......26/26 ....13......3 ......4 ....10 . . . .01999 ......26/26 ....18......0 ......3 ......3 . . . . 02000 ......24/24 ....23......2 ......4 ......8 . . . .0Total......76/76 ....54......5 ....11 ....21 . . . .0

JENNI BRANAM5-7, 155JuniorExercise Science MajorGoalkeeperPlacentia, Calif.(El Dorado High School)

General—One of the bestgoalkeepers in the UnitedStates and that includes more than just colle-giate players...currently a member of theUnited States National Team...has been on the

National Team since 2000...has earned fivecaps while playing for the NationalTeam...missed a large part of last season whenshe was in Australia after having been chosenas an alternate member of the 2000 U.S.Olympic Team...was chosen to train with theU.S. National Team in the residency camp inSan Diego from January of 2000 through thefollowing summer...earned membership on theU.S. National Team for the first time in 2000,earning five caps...starred in the summer of2000 as the goalkeeper on the U.S. under 21national team at the Nordic CupChampionships...earned the starting goalkeep-er’s job at Carolina as a freshman and had abanner inaugural campaign...followed that upwith another outstanding season as a sopho-more...has been the starting goalkeeper on twoNCAAchampionship teams atCarolina...Parade All-America High SchoolSoccer Team selection in 1998...PremierGoalkeeper in 1999.2000 Season--Was an alternate member of the2000 United States Olympic Team...a SoccerTimes honorable mention All-America selec-tion in 2000...played in 16 games for the TarHeels as a sophomore missing much of theseason when she was playing with the U.S.Olympic Team in Australia...made 31 saves onthe season while allowing 12 goals...her goalsagainst average was 0.86 per game...she wascredited with 4.5 shutouts on the season...shestarted 14 games last season and played ateam-leading 1,257 minutes in goal...sheranked second in the ACC in goals againstaverage at 0.86 per game, seventh in save per-centage (.721) and eighth in saves per game(1.94)...made a season-high seven saves inCarolina’s 6-1 win over Virginia on September1, 2000...that was also her career high total fora single game...she had five saves in the TarHeels’6-1 victory over Tennessee onSeptember 3, 2000 and four saves in a 4-1 vic-tory at Texas A&M on August 27, 2000...sheplayed all 90 minutes of every game the TarHeels play in winning the ACC and NCAATournaments a year ago...she recorded soloshutouts against Florida State and Duke in thesemifinals and finals of the ACCTournament...she also had solo shutoutsagainst Wake Forest and Connecticut in theNCAA Tournament.1999 Season—Tapped for honorable mentionAll-America honors by College Soccer Onlineand Soccer Buzz...Soccer Buzz first-teamFreshman All-America selection...was tappedas Soccer Buzz Southeast Region Freshman ofthe Year...named first-team All-SoutheastRegion by Soccer Buzz and to Soccer BuzzSoutheast Region All-Freshman Team...namedsecond-team All-ACC as a freshman...led theACC in goals allowed average at 0.30 pergame...played in 22 of the Tar Heels’26 gameslast year when not dogged by the injurybug...started in all 22 of those games...had an

0.30 goals against average and recorded 14.2shutouts...she earned assists against Marylandand against Penn State in the NCAA semifi-nals when her booming punts from the box setup Tar Heel goals on the other end of thefield...recorded 40 saves on the season, includ-ing a season-high five at Notre Dame (9/3/99)and against Santa Clara (9/24/99)...namedfirst-team All-Southeast Region by theNSCAA.Prep—Graduated on June 16, 1999 from ElDorado High School in Placentia,Calif....played four years of high school socceras a forward and goalkeeper...was MVPofleague in soccer as a junior...was MostValuable Player of soccer team as a sopho-more and junior...second-team All-CIF selec-tion as a junior in soccer...was a first-team All-Empire League selection in soccer as a sopho-more and junior...named third-team All-CIF asa freshman in soccer...also competed on thefootball team for two years as a kicker...namedFootball Special Team Player of theWeek...was a member of the track team fortwo years, competing in shot put and dis-cus...was Most Valuable Player of the trackteam as a freshman.Club/ODPSoccer—Played club soccer for 12years.Personal—Given name is Jennifer LeaBranam...goes by Jenni...is the daughter ofBryant and Karen Branam...has one brotherand one sister...was born October 8, 1980 inAnaheim, Calif....member of the Girl Scoutsfor 11 years...plans to major in sports medi-cine...wants to pursue a career as an athletictrainer...athlete she most admires is BillyMills...hobbies include rollerblading, hockeyand mountain blading...says that she is a klutz

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when she walks...majors in exercise science.

Jenni Branam’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS..Min....Sv ..GAGAA . .Sho1999 ......22/22 1812....40 ......6..0.30 .14.22000 ......16/14 1257....31 ....12..0.86 . .4.5Total......38/36 3069....71 ....18..0.53 .18.7

SUSAN BUSH5-4, 125JuniorUndecided MajorForward/MidfielderHouston, Texas(St. John’s School)

General—One of the top players on theUnited States National Team...has been amember of the United States National Teamsince 1998...has earned 10 caps in that timeand she has scored three goals during those 10games...a two-year letter winner for the TarHeels who is looking to have a breakthroughyear after being injured for most of her firsttwo years at UNC...must return to the squad in2000 after recuperating from serious surgerylast October to repair a torn anterior cruciateligament...she had played brilliantly unto thatpoint in the season but then tore the ACL inpractice eight days before the start of the ACCTournament...she wasalso injured much of herfreshman year with vari -ous knee and ankle prob-lems...after her injury-marred freshman andsophomore years she isready to show the worldof college soccer this yearhow good a player sheis...one of the nation’s premierforwards...selected as the top college recruit inthe USAby Soccer America magazine comingout of high school in 1999...featured as theTop Teen Athlete of the Month by Teen PeopleMagazine in June/July 1999...recruited by allthe major college women’s soccer teams in theUSAbefore accepting a full scholarship toattend UNC...named the Sports Illustrated OldSpice Athlete of the Month in November1998...1998 & 1999 National Soccer Coachesof America All-Youth Team selection.National Team Highlights—A member of theU.S National Team each of the past threeyears...was the only high school player invitedto train with the U.S. National Team as part ofthe residency camp in Orlando, Fla. prior tothe 1999 Women’s World Cup...started onegame for the National Team in 1999 againstFinland, playing all 90 minutes...was also cho-sen to train with the National Team in the resi -dency camp which began in San Diego inJanuary 2000...has earned 10 caps with theNational Team, scoring three goals...playedsome outstanding soccer in the summer of

2000 as a member of the U.S. under-21National Team which competed in the NordicCup...also played in 1998 for under-21 team atthe Nordic Cup in Holland...played in all fourgames, scoring the winning goal againstFinland...also played for the 1999 U.S. under-21 National Team which competed in theNordic Cup in Iceland, winning the goldmedal...she assisted on the game-winning goalwhich lifted the Americans to victory in sud-den-death overtime of the tournamentfinal...played in two international games withWomen’s National Team against Ukraine in1998.2000 Season--Was headed towards a spectacu-lar year before tearing an anterior cruciate lig-ament in practice on October 25, 2000...was asemifinalist last year for the Missouri AthleticClub Player of the Year Award and also for theHermann Trophy...played in only 12 gameslast season before the ACL tear ended her sea-son...she had also missed games in SouthCarolina and Oregon in September with anunrelated injury...she started all 12 games sheplayed in and made the most of her playingtime...she scored nine goals last season whiletaking only 24 shots...she added four assistsfor a total of 22 points...she tallied game-win-ning goals last season against Texas on August25, Tennessee on September 3, William &Mary on September 22 and Duke onSeptember 29...was named the Atlantic CoastConference Player of the Week on October 2,2000 after turning in an amazing performancein the 6-1 win on September 29...she took fourshots in the game and scored three goals...shealso added assists on two other Tar Heelgoals...Bush opened the season with a pair ofmagnificent performances in her home state ofTexas...she scored two goals and added oneassist in a 9-2 win over Texas on August25...she also scored a goal in the 4-1 win atTexas A&M on August 27...had a goal and anassist in a 6-1 win over Virginia on September1...her other goals came against Tennessee andWilliam & Mary, both game winners...despitethe ACLtear she was still named second-teamAll-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2000...hadbeen named a preseason All-America bySoccer Buzz after showing so much promiseher freshman year.1999 Season—Finalist for 1999 HermannTrophy...was a semifinalist for the 1999

Missouri Athletic Club Player of the YearAward...was named the offensive MVPand tothe All-Tournament Team at the 1999 NCAAChampionship...a third-team Freshman All-America selection by Soccer Buzz...namedACC Player of the Week September 21,1999...was named the Most Valuable Player ofthe Nike Carolina Classic...named to SoccerBuzz Southeast Region All-FreshmanTeam...was limited to action in 21 games as afreshman due to nagging injuryproblems...started in eight games...had fourgoals and nine assists for 17 points...hadassists on three of Carolina’s four goals in theNCAA Final Four, including both againstNotre Dame in the final...had one goal and twoassists in back-to-back games against FloridaState and Clemson (9/17 and 9/19/1999).Prep—The most highly recruited player in thenation last year...1998 and 1999 Parade HighSchool All-America selection...1999 ParadeHigh School Player of the Year...graduatedfrom St. John’s School in Houston, Texas onMay 27, 1999...played four years of varsityfield hockey, captaining the team in 1998...wasthree-time All-Zone, two-time All-Conferencein field hockey...also played two years of var-sity basketball and one year of varsitylacrosse.Club Soccer—Played on three regional cham-pionship teams with the Challenge 80/81 ClubTeam...played six years of competitive soccerwith that club, coached by Tom Dean, trainedby Dave (Smitty) Smith and Pat O’Toole...fin-ished second at Nationals with club team in1997...started playing recreational soccer atage five...played for the Timberline YouthSoccer Association...then played two years ofcompetitive soccer with the Cy-Fair YouthSoccer Association...played on club teamswhich won two WAGS Tournament titles andfinished second twice, won SURF Cup cham-pionship once, reigned as South Texas Statechampions seven times, earned three regionaltitles and one regional runnerup slot and wasnational tournament runnerup once...was MVPof regional tournament under-15 club play.ODPSoccer—Named to ODPState Team1994-97...Region III ODP Team under-15 andunder-19.Personal—Given name is Susan ElizabethBush...has one brother (Stuart, 26, a 1995 Yalegraduate) and one sister (Sarah Alice, 23, a1998 Texas graduate)...all three siblings wentto St. John’s School...was born on November10, 1980 in Houston, Texas...is the daughter ofGary and Nancy Bush...hobbies include golf,hiking, painting and photography...undecidedon a major...biggest sports thrill was watchingthe United States win the 1999 World Cupfinal...athlete she most admires is MichaelJordan...was honored by the Houston CityCouncil and Mayor on May 25, 1999...unde-cided on major.

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Susan Bush’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1999 ........21/8 ....36......4 ......9 ....17 . . . .02000 ......12/12 ....23......9 ......4 ....22 . . . .4Total......33/20 ....60....13 ....13 ....39 . . . .4

JOHANNACOSTA5-6, 135SeniorPolitical Science MajorMidfielderChapel Hill, N.C.(East Chapel Hill HighSchool)

General—Returning letterwinner for the Tar Heels in the midfieldunit...has earned three letters at Carolina...willlikely play a reserve midfielder role for the TarHeels this year while making major contribu-tions in practice...Coach Dorrance says Costahad a magnificent spring 2000 practice seasonand will be a legitimate candidate to start atthe defensive midfielder position...if not shewill certainly see increased playing time thisseason...came to Carolina after graduatingfrom East Chapel Hill High School...a Dean’sList student at UNC...member of Alpha PhiOmega Service Fraternity serving as alumnivice president...amongst activities she volun-teered for just last spring were theBloodmobile, Cancer Walk, Ronald McDonaldHouse and Carnivore Preservation Trust.2000 Season--Made significant contributionsin practice last season...a midfielder who canalso play defense...played in nine games forthe Tar Heels last season...saw action inCarolina’s ACC Tournament wins over NCState in the quarterfinals and Florida State inthe semifinals.1999 Season--Saw action in one game lastyear against Colorado...named to 2000 AtlanticCoast Conference Academic HonorRoll...selected for the spring semester 2000Dean’s List at UNC.

1998 Season—Saw action in four games forthe Tar Heels as a freshman...played againstFlorida State, San Francisco, Tennessee andN.C. State...recorded her only point of the sea-son while assisting on the final goal of thegame versus San Francisco...named to the1998-99 ACC Academic Honor Roll afterposting a 3.447 grade point average in politicalscience her freshman year.Prep—Graduated from East Chapel Hill HighSchool on June 6, 1998...played varsity soccerin high school for four years...was the confer-ence player of the year as a senior when sheled ECHHS to the 3Astatechampionship...was also the Region 3 playerof the year as a senior...was first-team All-State in soccer as a senior...named to theRaleigh News & Observer Old Reliable Teamas a senior...named to the East Team for theEast-West All-Star Game in Greensboro fol-lowing her senior year...was team’s defensiveMVPas a sophomore...named all-conferencein soccer her sophomore through senioryears...named all-region as sophomore andsenior...captained team as junior andsenior...was named to the North Team for theN.C. State Games as a rising senior...playedthree years of varsity basketball and one yearof junior varsity basketball as a pointguard...was named all-conference as a juniorand honorable mention all-conference as asenior...was team captain and MVP as bothjunior and senior...ran varsity cross country asa junior...led team to conference championshipwhile she personally came in first in the con-ference meet...was named to all-conferenceteam...was an honor roll student all four yearsin high school...named to National HonorSociety as a senior.Club/ODPSoccer—Played club soccer fornine years...played up a year with her clubsoccer team...was the MVP of the High PointTournament in 12th grade...captained clubteam in 10th grade...was active in the ODPprogram for two years.Personal—Given name is Johanna ClemensCosta...nicknamed “Jo”...has two brothers andtwo sisters...her sister Elizabeth plays soccer atJames Madison...was born October 25, 1980 inPort Jefferson, N.Y...is the daughter of DanielCosta and Maryanne Boundy...hobbies includevolunteering, shopping, running and laugh-ing...athlete she most admires is MichaelJordan...biggest sports thrill was winning 3Astate championship her senior year because theteam was able to end the year on a winning,happy note and she did it with some of herbest friends...political science and history dou-ble major...would like to be a high schoolteacher for a while and then go back to gradschool or law school to become involved withkids and social services...has a definite lovefor cats...visited West Africa this past summerto travel, do volunteer work and take classes.

Johanna Costa’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1998 ..........4/0 ......0 ......0 ......1 ......1 . . . .01999 ..........1/0 ......0 ......0 ......0 ......0 . . . .02000 ..........9/0 ......0 ......0 ......0 ......0 . . . .0Total........14/0 ......0 ......0 ......1 ......1 . . . .0

KRISTINDePLATCHETT5-8, 145SeniorEconomics MajorGoalkeeperHarborcreek, Pa.(Harborcreek HighSchool)

General—One of the top backup goalkeepersin the college game...skipped her senior year atHarborcreek High School to come to UNC ayear early...had also seen considerable startingexperience during her three years as a TarHeel,,,has started 14 of the 37 games she hasappeared in as a Tar Heel...she started fourgames in 1999 and 10 games last season...hasaccumlated great experience the past two yearsplaying with National Team members SiriMullinix as a freshman and Jenni Branam as asophomore and a junior...she has a career goalsagainst average of 0.53 per game atCarolina...has accumulated 14.3 shutouts inher career...has 46 saves and 11 goals allowedin 1,869 minutes of play...she chose to foregohere senior year in high school in order toattend the University of North Carolina...hasbeen named to the Atlantic Coast ConferenceHonor Roll each of her three years atCarolina...has also been named to the Dean’sList at UNC each of her six semesters inschool...serves as a Carolina ACT (AthletesComing Together) mentor...was named aWachovia Woman of the Week in CarolinaAthletics in the spring of 2001...has a cumula-tive grade point average of 3.87 at UNC.2000 Season--Did a great job for the Tar Heelsas a junior...played a major role during the sea-son because starter Jenni Branam missed mustof the season playing with the U.S. OlympicTeam in Australia...altogether played in 15games for the Tar Heels and started on 10occasions...played 926 minutes in goal and hadan outstanding goals against average of0.49...recorded 6.5 shutouts...had solo shutoutsagainst Oregon on September 10, against PennState on September 15, against SMU onSeptember 17, against William & Mary onSeptember 22, against TCU on September 24and against NC State on October 11...had anoutstanding saves to goals allowed ratio lastseason of 27 to five...had a career high sixsaves in UNC’s shutout win over PennStateon September 15 by a 1-0 score...made fivesaves in a loss at Clemson on September12...in the 3-0 win at NC State on October 11,she had four saves while recording a solo

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shutout...named to the Dean’s List at UNC inthe fall semester of 2000 and spring semesterof 2001...named to the 2000-01 Atlantic CoastConference Academic Honor Roll.1999 Season—Played in 13 games for the TarHeels as a sophomore...started for the TarHeels against Colorado, Penn State (regularseason game), Florida State (regular seasongame) and Duke...played 585 minutes and had14 saves, while allowing six goals...had agoals against average of 0.92...had season highfive saves against Penn State...recorded 3.8shutouts on the season...named to UNC’sDean’s List in fall semester of 1999 and in thespring semester of 2000...tapped for 2000Atlantic Coast Conference Academic HonorRoll.1998 Season—Played in nine games as afreshman last year...made five saves in 358minutes of play, while not allowing agoal...was credited with four shutouts on theseason...was named to the 1998-99 ACCAcademic Honor Roll after her freshman yearby earning a 3.738 grade point average.Prep—Is slated for a June 1999 graduationfrom Harborcreek High School...played varsitysoccer there for three years...also played twoyears of varsity basketball...was the 1997NSCAA/Umbro All-America goalkeeper herjunior year and the PSCAAll-State goalkeep-er...also the first-team All-Erie Countygoalie...in 1996 she was the NSCAA/UmbroAll-East goalie, the PSCAAll-State goalie andthe All-Erie County goalkeeper...in 1995, shewas named second-team All-Erie County atforward after scoring 17 goals and passing for11 assists...played forward as a freshman andthen goalkeeper as a sophomore andjunior...her high school team was the ErieCounty league champs in 1995 and 1996 andco-champs in 1997...she was the team rookieof the year in 1995 and MVP in 1996...also

play guard for two years on the varsity basket-ball team and ran track for three years, special-izing in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meterrelay, javelin, long jump and triplejump...holds the school record in the longjump at nearly 16 feet, 10 inches, the triplejump at 35 feet, 11 inches, the 200 meter dashat 26.39 seconds and as a member of the 400meter relay team....in 1997, she was first teamAll-Erie County in the 200-meter dash andlong jump and second team All-Erie County inthe javelin...in 1998, she was first team All-Erie County in the triple jump and secondteam All-Erie County in the javelin and on the400 meter relay...she was a state qualifer in1998 in the triple jump...ranked #1 in a classof 235, skipping her senior year of highschool...had a GPA of 4.0...was freshman classpresident, junior class representative in theStudent Council, member of the NationalHonor Society and SADD club...was named toWho’s Who Among American High SchoolStudents.Club/ODPSoccer—Was a member of the1994, 1996 and 1997 Region I ODPTeam...was a member of the Pennsylvania

West State ODP Team in 1993.Personal—-Given name is Kristin AnnDePlatchett...has one brother and onesister...her brother Jason graduated from UNCin May 2001 with a degree from the School ofPublic Health...was born December 27, 1980in Erie, Pa....is the daughter of Raymond“Bud” and Mary DePlatchett...hobbies includeplaying basketball, reading (especially ThomasHarris books), eating at the Armadillo Grill,cooking, watching SportsCenter and playingwith her two Labrador retrievers named Averyand Tucker when she returns home toPennsylvania...athlete she most admires isSteve Prefontaine...biggest sports thrill waswinning the 2000 NCAAchampionshipbecause the UNCteam never quit battling andbecause so many people thought Carolinacould not win it after suffering three lossesduring the season...on that trip she saved apenalty kick taken by the captain of theGerman Women’s National Team...economics

major...business administration minor...wantsto be a financial advisor...would also like topursue the dream of playing professional soc-cer...enjoys coaching kids at North Carolina’sGirls Soccer Camp during thesummers...served an internship with FirstUnion Securities in the summer of 2001.

Kristin DePlatchett’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS..Min....Sv ..GAGAA . .Sho1998 ..........9/0 ..358......5 ......0..0.00 . .4.01999 ........13/4 ..585....14 ......6..0.92 . .3.82000 ......15/10 ..926....27 ......5..0.49 . .6.5Total......37/14 1869....46 ....11..0.53 .14.3

ANNE FELTS5-6, 125FreshmanUndecided MajorMidfielder/DefenderRolla, Mo.(Rolla High School)

General—Currently amember of the UnitedStates’Under 18 National Team...after her sen-ior year in high school she finished as the all-time single season and career goal scorer inMissouri high school history...finished with acareer assist total that ranks fourth all timeamong high school players in the UnitedStates...is the Missouri high school recordholder for single season assists (38), careerassists (103), single season goals (56) andcareer goals (167).Club/ODPSoccer—Was recently named tothe Region II ODPteam/pool for 2001...shepreviously was on that same team from 1997-99 as the starting center midfielderClub Soccer--Played for the Busch SoccerTeam from 1999-2001...the team won the statecup this past summer and advanced on to theregionals...last year Busch was also the statechampion and ended up as the 2000 Regionalrunnerup...played for the Marine Soccer Clubfrom 1995-99...spent time there as a centermidfielder, forward and defender...Prep—The Missouri High School Player ofthe Year for 2001...was named first-team All-State in Missouri for the fourth year in a rowin 2001...was named to the National SoccerCoaches Association of America All-MidwestTeam in 2000...graduated from Rolla HighSchool on June 3, 2001...played forward andmidfield at Rolla High School from 1997-2001...was the Missouri High SchoolOffensive Player of the Year in 2000...was thecaptain of her high school team in 2000 and2001...led her high school team to four straightstate quarterfinal appearances...she was namedfour years in a row to the All-District and All-State Teams...was the four-year Rolla HighSchool MVP for soccer...also an adept swim-mer...was a qualifier for U.S. SwimmingSectionals, achieving 4A times in the breast-

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stroke events...in her spare time she served asa swimming coach with the Rolla Fins SwimClub...she graduated as the valedictorian of herhigh school class with a perfect 4.0 GPA...nota bad accomplishment in a college town with anationally recognized engineering program.Personal—Given name is Anne ChandlerFelts...has two sisters...was born on August 11,1983 in Rolla, Mo....is the daughter of Jamesand Cynthia Felts...her dad is an amateur ath-lete, licensed bicycle racer and cross countryskier...she was the overall MVPof theCarolina Girls Soccer Camp in 2000 and theoffensive MVP at the Carolina Girls SoccerCamp in 1998...chemistry major atUNC...career plans are undecided...likes rockclimbing, mountain biking, reading and work-ing out....athletes she most admires areKristine Lilly and Lance Armstrong...biggestsports thrill was being one of 85,000 fans atthe 1996 Olympic gold medal game...she alsosays she was thrilled when she set the stategoal scoring record that the officials asked tohave their pictures taken with her and childrenfrom the local town where the game wasplayed were asking for autographs...Anne isbald...she has alopecia areata (now totalis), anauto immune disorder which caused her tolose all her hair last year during high schoolsoccer season...her family lives inRolla in themiddle of the Ozarks, 100 miles from St.Louis but for each of the past seven years thefamily makes a 200 mile roundtrip three tofour times a week for Anne’s club soccerduties...as a senior at Rolla High School shewas co-enrolled at the University of Missouriat Rolla.

LESLIE GASTON5-5, 126JuniorUndecided MajorMidfielder/DefenderMontgomery, Ala.(St. James High School)

General—Came backfrom an anterior cruciateligament injury which kept her out of the line-up in 1998 and had a productive red-shirtfreshman year in 1999...became an even betterplayer in the year 2000...two-year letter winnerwho enters the season as the top candidate tostart at the left back position.Club/ODPSoccer—Named to 1993, 1994,1995, 1997 and 1998 Regional ODPTeam...was pulled up to under 19 regionalODP team in 1998...in 1997 she was named tothe Under-17 National team pool...in 1998 shewas asked to play on and made the under-18national team but could not due to ACL prob-lems in both knees...played on boys competi-tive teams up until 1994...from 1994 to spring1997 she played with the Briarwood LadyLightning...since fall 1997 she has played with

the Tophat Soccer Club in Atlanta...that clubwon the state championship in 1997, theWAGS Premier Cup championship in 1997,the Junior Orange Bowl championship in 1998and the Region 3 championship in 1998.2000 Season--Really came into her own as asophomore for the Tar Heels...shared time withMaggie Tomecka at the starting defensive mid-fielder position...played in all 24 games for theTar Heels and earned 12 starting assign-ments...had four goals on 18 shots...also addedone assist for a total of nine points...sherecorded the assist in the season opener atTexas...scored her goals against Virginia (9/1),South Carolina (9/8) and Oregon(9/10)...added the fourth goal in Carolina’sNCAA Tournament second round win overWake Forest.1999 Season--Fought through another injury-marred season to make a major contributionfor the Tar Heels in a reserve role...earned heronly start of the season in Carolina’s win overSouthern Cal but suffered a torn MCLin thatgame that caused her to miss several games atmid-season...appeared in 17 games...scored

goals against Florida State and Wake Forestduring regular-season matches and assisted ona goal againstClemson in the NCAA quarter-finals.Prep—A June 1, 1998 alumna of Saint JamesHigh School...played for boys varsity soccerteam in 1995 as team captain and All-Cityselection...tore her left ACL in fall of1995...came back in spring of 1996 to runtrack...she was a state finalist in the 4x100 andfinished fifth in 100 meter dash and the 200meter dash...won the 1996 Rehab Associatesaward for the comeback of the year after herACLinjury...in the spring of 1997 she playedboys varsity soccer and ran track...was a statemedalist in the long jump, finishing third and afinalist in the 100 meter dash, finishingsixth...a 1997 Parade and NSCAAAll-America in soccer...was named to the 1998Girls All-State Soccer Team...was varsity cap-tain of girls soccer team in spring 1998...wasnamed to Who’s Who Among American HighSchool Students...active in the Habitat forHumanity program...active in Fellowship of

Christian Athletes and Community VolunteerCorps...member of Key Club and NationalHonor Society...awarded Stanley FrazierScholarship for academics andathletics...helped with Children’s MiracleNetwork Telethon.Personal—Given name is Leslie AnneGaston...has one brother and two sisters...wasborn August 9, 1980 in Montgomery, Ala....isthe daughter of Eddie and Sally Gaston...ath-letes she most admires are Paolo Maldini andTisha Venturini...hobbies include hiking,canoeing and camping...biggest sports thrill isgoing to a national tournament, making it tothe championship match and the feeling at thefinal whistle when you know you havewon...undecided on her major and careerplans.

Leslie Gaston’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1999 ........17/1 ....14......2 ......1 ......5 . . . .02000 ......24/12 ....18......4 ......1 ......9 . . . .0Total......41/13 ....32......6 ......2 ....14 . . . .0

SOPHIE GERVAIS5-6, 130FreshmanUndecided MajorForward/DefenderChapel Hill, N.C.(Chapel Hill HighSchool)General—A recruited non-scholarship player who will add depth for theTar Heels at virtually any position...she justbecame a United States citizen in 1998.Club/ODPSoccer—Has played with a varietyof club teams...led the Chantilly Hurricanes tothe State Cup championship in 1995...playedon the Carolina United Soccer Club whichwon the state cup championship in 1997...mostrecently played for the Greensboro Twisters asthey won State Cup championships in 1999,2000 and 2001 and were regional finalists allthree of those years...on the ODPlevel she wasa member of the State Team from 1996-2000and a member of the regional pool program in1996.Prep—Graduated from Chapel Hill HighSchool on June 9, 2001...played varsity

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women’s soccer at Chapel Hill High from1997-2001...played both on defense and at for-ward...as a senior she was named All-Conference, All-State, All-Region and was theteam’s captain and MVP...as a junior she wasthe Piedmont Athletic Conference Player ofthe Year and was also named All-Conference,All-Region and All-State...she was alsoCHHS’s offensive MVP as a junior...as a soph-omore she was the team’s offensive MVPandan All-Conference and All-Region choice...shealso won those exact same honors as a fresh-man...was a class council member her fresh-man through senior years...served as secretaryof her sophomore class and was active in KeyClub and on the yearbook staff.Personal—Given name is Sophie JocelyneGervais...has one brother and one sister...wasborn in Toronto, Ontario on September 15,1983...is the daughter of Pierre and JocelyneGervais...undecided on both her major and hercareer plans...athlete she most admires isLance Armstrong...her brother Eric Gervaisplayed lacrosse at Loyola College...he is amember of the Canadian National LacrosseTeam and a member of the professional indoorlacrosse team, the Baltimore Thunder.

JENAKLUEGEL5-3, 125SeniorUndecided MajorMidfielderMahtomedi, Minn.(Mahtomedi HighSchool)General—A top candidatefor National Player of theYear honors in 2001...currently a member ofthe United States National Team...had earnedthree caps with the National Team through theend of the 2000 season...simply stated Kluegelis one of the top players in the nation...hasalready moved into 18th place in career assistsat Carolina and with another year like last sea-son she will finish in the Top Five in that sta -tistic for UNC...a three-year returning starterfor the Tar Heels in the midfield unit...plays anincredible left halfback for Carolina....a top-flight incoming recruit who was even betterthan expected as a freshman...was a third-teamFreshman All-America selection and thenbroke out with a standout sophomore cam-paign and an even better junior season...hasstarted all 75 games in which she has playedfor the Tar Heels over the past three sea-sons...has 17 goals in her career and animpressive total of 37 career assists...hasscored five game-winning goals in her career.National Team Experience--Spent most of2000 training with the U.S. National Team atthe residency camp in San Diego...earned threecaps in her first year on the National Team in2000...termed by one observer as “a future starof the U.S. National Team”...competed for the

U.S. under-21 National Team in the summer of2000 at the Nordic Cup Championship.....wasa member of the 1999 United States PanAmerican Games women’s soccer team whichwon the gold medal in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Club/ODPSoccer—Played club soccer for 12years as a midfielder and forward...soccer clubteam won the state cup championship from1994-98 and was a regional finalist in 1996...italso won the Columbia Invitational in 1996and 1998...individually she was a member ofthe regional team 1994-98, the under-16national pool in 1994, the under-17 nationalteam in 1996 at the Soccer Festival in SanAntonio, Texcas and the under-20 nationalpool in 1997 and 1998.2000 Season--Could not have been more spec-tacular during her junior year...started all 24games during the Tar Heels’run to the 2000national championship...scored three goals,including one game winner...but more amazingwas her assist total of 23 in 24 games...fin-ished the season with 29 points...ranked sixthin the ACC in points scored with 29 and sheled the ACC in assists with 23...she was alsosixth in the ACC in scoring average at 1.21points per game and she led the ACC in assistsper game at 0.96...scored her goals last seasonagainst Texas A&M, Maryland and againstFlorida State in the 2000 ACC Tournamentsemifinals...the goal against Texas A&M wasthe game-winning tally...twice had four assistsin a game last year...had a quartet of assistsagainst Tennessee on September 3 and againstWake Forest in the NCAA Tournament secondround on November 12, 2000...her four assistsin both of those games equaled the most in agame by an Atlantic Coast Conference playerin 2001...had three assists in Carolina 6-0 winover Oregon on September 10...had two assiststo go along with the goal in the win overMaryland on October 29...recorded singleassists against Texas, Texas A&M, Virginia inthe regular season, South Carolina, Clemson,TCU, Duke in the regular season, Duke in theACC Tournament championship game,Virginia in the NCAA Tournament secondround and Notre Dame in the NCAATournament semifinals...it was Kluegel’s cor-

ner kick which Kim Patrick headed into thegoal with 25 minutes to go which allowed theTar Heels to tie the Fighting Irish in thenational semifinals...a Soccer Buzz first-teamAll-America selection...was also named first-team All-America by Soccer Times...named athird-team All-America by the National SoccerCoaches Association of America...finished sec-ond in NCAA Division I in assists per gamelast season...named second-team All-AtlanticCoast Conference in 2000...named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2000 ACCTournament...named by the National SoccerCoaches Association of America to the All-Southeast Region Team...was also first-teamAll-Southeast Region by Soccer Buzz...namedto the All-Tournament Team at the 2000NCAA Final Four...tapped for the UNCDean’s List in the spring semester of2001...named to the 2000-01 Atlantic CoastConference Academic Honor Roll.1999 Season—Had a breakthrough year forthe Tar Heels in 1999...started all 26 games forCarolina as a sophomore...scored 10 goals andhad four assists for 24 points...scored thegame-winning goals against Wake Forest inthe ACC Tournament final and Clemson in theNCAA Tournament quarterfinals...also addedan assist in that win over the Tigers...had twogoals against Florida State in the regular sea-son game and against Central Florida in theNCAA Tournament second round...an honor-able mention All-America selection by SoccerBuzz...a first-team All-Southeast Region selec-

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tion by Soccer Buzz...named to the All-ACCTournament Team for her outstanding playlead the Tar Heels to another conferencetitle...also named to the All-Tournament Teamat the NCAA Championship...her outstandingplay earned her a spot on the U.S. NationalTeam’s residency camp in San Diego begin -ning last January...named second-team All-ACC last year.1998 Season—Played 25 games for the TarHeels in 1998, earning a starting assignmentall 25 times...third-team Soccer BuzzFreshman All-America...also a Soccer BuzzAll-Freshman Southeast Regionselection....had four goals and 10 assists forthe Tar Heels for 18 points...she scored game-winning goals in UNC victories over NotreDame and Vanderbilt...her goal in the last 10minutes gave the Tar Heels a 1-0 win over theCommodores...she scored in the last 10 sec-onds of the first half to earn the game-winninggoal in the win over the Fighting Irish...scoreda goal in her first collegiate game againstColorado...also had a key insurance goal in thesecond overtime of the victory over Duke inthe ACC Tournament quarterfinals...had twoassists in a game twice last year—againstColorado College and in the NCAATournament second round against UNC-Charlotte...named to All-Tournament Team at1998 Lady Vol Women’s SoccerClassic...named to Soccer America CollegiateTeam of the Week October 7, 1998.Prep—Graduated on June 10, 1998 fromMahtomedi High School...was a middle dis-tance runner in track for six years in school, across country runner for three years and a soc-cer player for three years...was an All-Statecross country runner from 1992-94 and All-State track performer from 1992-98...captainedthe track team in 1998...was the 800 meterstate champion in 1994...high school soccerteam made state tournament in 1995 and 1997and won the state championship in 1997...indi-vidually as a high school soccer player shewas All-State from 1995-97 and All-Metrofrom 1995-97...she was the All-Metro Playerof the Year in 1996 and 1997 and Ms. Soccerof Minnesota in 1997...an All-America selec-tion in 1996 and 1997...Parade Magazine’sCo-Player of the Year in 1998..captained teamin 1997-98...honor roll student grades 9-12...student government member...member ofSADD...National Honor Society member1997-98...Make A Difference member.Personal—Given name is Jena LouiseKluegel...has one brother...was born November2, 1979 in St. Paul, Minn....is the daughter orRand and Sue Kluegel...her father Rand rantrack at Mankato State University inMinnesota...her brother Travis ran track atCornell from 1994-98, captaining the 1998team...her mother Sue has run in the TwinCities Marathon...hobbies include playing ten-nis and shopping...athletes she most admires

are Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain and MichaelJordan...biggest sports thrill was winning the800 meters at the state track championship in1994 because he brother Travis also won the300 hurdles the same year...undecided onmajor.

Jena Kluegel’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1998 ......25/25 ....35......4 ....10 ....18 . . . .21999 ......26/26 ....56....10 ......4 ....24 . . . .22000 ......24/24 ....50......3 ....23 ....29 . . . .1Totals....75/75 ..141....17 ....37 ....71 . . . .5

MARY MCDOWELL5-7, 130FreshmanEnrolled in the GenralCollegeForwardLakewood, Colo.(Wheat Ridge HighSchool)

General—Currently a member of the Under18 United States National Team...is theyounger sister of Tar Heel RebekahMcDowell, class of 1999, who is currentlyplaying with the Philadelphia Charge of theWomen’s United Soccer Association...adynamic forward who was a Parade HighSchool All America in 2000 and 2001...wasnamed to the adidas/National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America All-America team in2000...valedictorian of her high school class in2001 with a 4.0 GPA in a class of 323 stu-dents.ODP--Member of the state ODPteam from1997-2000...member of the Regional ODPTeam 1998-2001...member of the UnitedStates National Team for the under 18s begin-ning in 2000.Club Soccer—.Played for the Colorado Rushclub team...helped lead the Rush to five statechampionships, four regional championships,one runnerup regional finish and two NationalChampionships...in the past she played clubsoccer for both the Mile High Mustangs andthe Denver Diamonds.Prep—Graduated from Wheat Ridge HighSchool on May 23, 2001...played four years ofvarsity soccer, ran varsity cross country forfour years, competed in varsity track for fouryears and played varsity basketball for twoyears...her soccer accolades included first teamAll-Conference honors 1999-2001 as well asbeing the team captain twice and the teamMVP once...she was a wonder as a track ath-lete competing in the 200 meters, 400 meters,4x800 relay, long jump, triple jump and 4x100relay...as a high school cross country runnershe led her team to league titles in 1998 and1999...she was named all-conference in thesports in 1999 and 2000 and was all-state in1999...she qualified for the state high school

cross country championships four successiveyears...she was the team’s most valuable run-ner and the squad’s captain in 1999...as a trackathlete she was All-Conference in the triplejump in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and in the longjump in 2000...she was a state high schoolqualifier in the triple jump all four years ofhigh school...she also qualified in the longjump, 400 meters and 4x400 relay her junioryear...was named Wheat Ridge’s most valuablerunner in 2000...finished 10th in the state inthe long jump in 2000...member of USA Trackand Field all-high school squad in2001...earned high school academic letters1998-2001 and was on the Honor Roll fourstraight years from 1998-2001.Personal—Given name is Mary MargaretMcDowell...has one brother and three sis-ters...was born July 25, 1982 in Denver,Colo....is the daughter of Scott and KathyMcDowell...active in Young Lifeactivities...undecided on her major or hercareer plans...hobbies include ice skating,camping and hiking...athlete she most admiresis Cobi Jones...says she has a loud laugh thatmost people know her by....biggest sports thrillwas winning nationals two successive yearsand scoring each year with a header on herbirthday in those games...her brother Jakeplayed soccer at Holy Cross, sister Rebekahplayed soccer at Carolina and now with thePhiladelphi Charge and her sister Elizabethplays soccer at Wake Forest.

ANNE MORRELL5-3, 130FreshmanEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeForwardPlymouth, Mich.(Plymouth Canton HighSchool)

General—A current member of the UnitedStates National Team...was a member of theUnited States’Under 21 National Team untilthis past summer when she was elevated to thefull National Team by head coach AprilHeinrichs...the first Michigan player to everplay for the Tar Heels...a Parade High SchoolAll America in 2000...will provide anotherdynamic attacking presence for the Tar Heelsin their forward line.Club/ODP Experience— A member of thenational powerhouse Michigan Hawks...wonfive state championship with the 82 MichiganHawks...was MVP of state championships in2000 and 2001...led Hawks to three WAGStitles as well as three regional titles and twonational pool runnerup finishes...individuallyshe was a seven-year State Team members andsix-year regional player, serving as captainthree years...member of under-16, under-18and under-21 National teams...member of

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2000 National Championship state ODPTeam...won the Golden Boot for the NationalTournament...a 2000 NSCAAAll-AmericanNational Youth Team selection.Prep—Played one year of varsity volleyballand three years of varsity basketball atPlymouth Canton High School in addition toher outstanding soccer resume...member ofschool senate for two years...was on athletestudent council for four years...was captain of2001 soccer and basketball teams...in soccershe was four times all-conference, all-district,all-regional, all-state...she was the first girl toreceive All-Dream team status fouryears...Michigan Miss Soccer in 2000 and2001...State Gatorade Player of the Year...threetimes she was named to the Parade All-America team...second highest scorer in statehistory with 140 career goals in Division I...setthe high school record for most goals in a sea-son with 40...named Michigan High SchoolFemale Athlete of the Year in 2001...first play-er in any sport to have her uniform numberretired (#7) in her school district...led team tostate championship in 2001 by scoring eightgoals in three games...as a basketball playershe was two years All-Division and was hon-orable mention All-State as a senior...two-timeall-defensive player and the team’s first Bloodand Guts award winner.Personal—Given name is Robyn AnneMorrell...has three brothers and onesister...was born in Southfield, Mich. onSeptember 24, 1982...the daughter of Russelland Norah Morrell...would like to pursue acareer in law while also playing with the U.S.Women’s National Team and also playing inthe WUSA....enjoys playing basketball in herspare time...athlete she most admires is MiaHamm...biggest sports thrill was being invitedinto the full National Team camp...also sayshaving her high school retire her #7 was ahuge thrill...her brother David was a wrestlerat the University of Michigan and her sisterAbi plays soccer at Western MichiganUniversity.

ALYSSA RAMSEY5-8, 140SophomoreEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeForwardCornelius, N.C.(North MecklenburgHigh School)General—A currentmember of the United States NationalTeam...had earned one cap with the NationalTeam through the close of the 2000season...was one of the top recruits in thenation coming out of high school in2000...heads up a potent Carolina forward linewhich includes junior Susan Bush, seniorAnne Remy and freshmen Anne Morrell and

Mary McDowell...is expected to be another inthe long line of great attacking players inCarolina history...has tremendous strength anda definite nose for the goal...returning letterwinner who was a regular starter for the TarHeels in her freshman year.National Team Experience--Earned a spot inthe 30-player residency camp for the 2000Olympics under Coach AprilHeinrichs...named to the 18-player roster forthe USA’s February 6,2000 match with Nowayin Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., following a 35-playertraining camp and appeared in both matchesagainst Norway as a substitute, earning herfirst two caps...gained valuable experienceplaying in the summer of 2000 for the U.S.under-21 National Team in the Nordic Cupunder UCLACoach Jillian Ellis...was a mem-ber of the under-16 and under-17 NationalTeam pool in 1998 and the under-18 U.S.Women’s National Team in 1999 (coached byDave Simeone)...played for the U.S. under-16s

at the USYSA International Tournament atDisney World in February of 1999.Club/ODP Experience--Played six years forthe Charlotte Soccer Club ‘81 Ladies Blues(1995-present)...coached by SeanBubb...played as a forward and midfielderthere...led team to 1998 and 2000 N.C. StateCup championships...member of state team sixyears from 1994-99...coached on state teamsby Robbie Church, NeilRoberts, KevinDempsey, Heather Puckett and WoodyGibson...member of region pool and regionteam 1997-99 under coaches Tracy Leone, JimBlankenship, Bill Barker and BillPalladino...named to 1998 adidas ESP CampAll-Star Team.2000 Season--Was one of the top freshmen inthe nation last year...saw action in 23 gamesfor the Tar Heels last season, earning 22 start-ing assignments...on the season she recorded14 goals and had 15 assists for 43 points...sheranked second in the ACC in points with 43,second in goals with 14 and second in assistswith 15...she was also second in the ACC inscoring average (1.87 points per game), ingoals per game (0.58) and in assists per game

(0.65)...she scored three game-winning goalsagainst Oregon and NC State (regular season)as well as the game winner in the ACCTournament championship game againstDuke...had five points in a game twice in herdebut at Texas (2g, 1a) and in her home debutagainst Virginia (1g, 3a)...had four points in a

game three times against Tennessee (2g), Dukein the regular season (1g, 2a) and againstWake Forest in the NCAA second round(2g)...had a goal and an assist in wins overOregon and versus Duke in the championshipgame of the ACC Tournament on the BlueDevils’home field...had a two assist gameagainst South Carolina...scored single goalsagainst Texas A&M, NC State (regular sea-son), Maryland and NC State (ACCTournament)...recorded one assist in gamesversus William & Mary, TCU, Florida State(ACC Tournament), Connecticut in the NCAAquarterfinals and UCLA in the NCAA champi-onship game...she made a nifty pass toMeredith Florance who scored the game tyinggoal in the 76th minute of the NCAAchampi-onship game against the Bruins...named athird-team All-America by Soccer Buzz...wasan honorable mention All-America selection asnamed by Soccer Times...narned first-teamAll-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as afreshman...finished second in the ACC as afreshman in both assists and points...tapped forthe ACC’s All-Freshman Team in 2000...wasnamed the Atlantic Coast Conference Player ofthe Week onSeptember 4, 2000...named All-Southeast Region first team by SoccerBuzz...was also named to Soccer Buzz’s All-Southeast Region All-Freshman squad...namedto the Freshman All-America Team named bySoccer Times...was also named to SoccerAmerica’s All-Freshman Team.Prep—A 2000 graduate of North MecklenburgHigh School in Huntersville, N.C....coached insocer there by Marc Calderone and ScottFernandez...2000 Parade Magazine All-

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America...missed her senior year of highschool soccer due to residency with theWomen’s National Team...was All-Conference,first-team All-State, All-Region and NSCAAAll-America as a junior...led team to Mega 7conference title while being named conferenceplayer of the year...was also the region playerof the year...1999 Gatorade’s N.C. HighSchool Girl Soccer Player of the Year...1999N.C. Soccer Coaches Association Player of theYear...1999 adidas National High SchoolSoccer Coaches All-America...named All-Conference, All-Region and third-team All-State as a sophomore...1998 Gatorade’s N.C.High School Girls Soccer Player of theYear...led team to conferencechampionship...as a freshman she was teamco-MVP and was All-Conference, All-Regionand fourth-team All-State...again led team toconference title...scored 108 goals and had 58assists in just three high schoolseasons...named North Carolina SoccerCoaches Association Player of the Year fol-lowing her junior year...1999 U.S. YouthSoccer Association Academic All-America...international baccalaureate programmembers in sixth through 10th grades...mem-ber of National Honor Society andRenaissance Gold...four-year Honor Roll stu-dent...graduated with a GPA of 4.0...alsoplayed varsity basketball for a season and ranktrack as a freshman, earning winning confer-ence title 800 meters...member of Senior ClassCouncil, Student Council Executive Board,Key Club, Interact Club and Latin Club.Personal--Born September 21, 1982 in KansasCity, Mo....full name is Alyssa MarieRamsey...her father played football at Virginiaand her grandfather was an All-America foot-ball player at William &Mary and then playedfor the Washington Redskins...enjoysrollerblading, water skiing and running in herspare time...serves in Carolina’s MedicalCenter Sick Child Visitation Program.

Alyssa Ramsey’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ......23/22 ....62....14 ....15 ....43 . . . .3

SARARANDOLPH5-6, 135FreshmanEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeMidfielderCincinnati, Ohio(Sycamore High School)

General—A currentmember of the United States NationalTeam...was elevated to that team last springafter being on the United States Under 18National Team...earned two caps with theNational Team in Italy and Portugal...a verytalented midfielder who is the likely starter at

the right halfback position.Club/ODP Experience— Played on the sameclub team as Tar Heel senior DanielleBorgman...member of the under-16, under-18and under-21 national teams as well as theWNT pool and the under-19 national teampool...played club soccer for 11 years as a for-ward and club basketball for seven years as aguard...led the Hammer FC soccer team toOhio South state championships in 1997, 1998and 2001...was named an under-16 NSCAAAll-AmericaPrep—Graduated from Sycamore High Schoolin Cincinnati on June 3, 2001...played fouryears of varsity high school soccer and oneyear of varsity high school basketball...aParade High School All-America in soccer in2001...active in National Honor Society, theHuddle Drug Awareness Program, SpecialOlympics, Northeast CommunityChallenge...named to high honor roll four suc-cessive years at Sycamore High School...wasnamed to Greater Miami Conference All-Academic Team for three years.Personal—Given name is Sara ReneeRandolph...has one sister...was born February27, 1983 in Denver, Colo....is the daughter ofRandy and Alice Randolph...her chief hobbiesare drawing and painting...her biggest sportsthrill was her first cap with the Women’sNational Team as it is such an honor to repre-sent the U.S. on any national team...plans tostudy liberal and fine arts...her father ran trackfor the University of Texas as a hurdler...hewas a four-year letter winner for theLonghorns...her grandfather played basketballat the University of Virginia.

CATHERINREDDICK5-7, 140SophomoreJournalism MajorDefenderBirmingham, Ala.(Briarwood ChristianHigh School)

General—A current member of the UnitedStates National Team...began playing on theteam in 2000...earned one cap through close of2000 season...this year she was starting forNational Team Coach April Heinrichs at thecenter back position for most of the NationalTeam’s 2001 season...was one of the nation’stop freshman prospects in 2000 and she willbe counted on to shore up the youthful TarHeel defense in 2001...Carolina must rebuild adefense which lost both Julia Marslender andKalli Kamholz to graduation...she will be a topcandidate to fill one of those positions in theCarolina lineup...in fact she has to be consid-ered Carolina’s top candidate to start at centerback this season.National Team Experience--Earned her first

ever cap with the U.S. National Team in 2000and then became a starter for the team at cen-ter back in 2001...also was a star on the U.S.under-21 National Team which competed atthe Nordic Cup in the summer of 2000...cap-tain of the under-18 National Soccer Team in2000 and a member of the under-18 NationalTeam in 1998 and 1999...started 1998 as mem-ber of U.S. under-16 National Team beforemoving up to the under 18 team....member ofthe U.S. team which won the gold medal at the1999 Pan American Games.

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Club/ODP Soccer Experience--Played clubsoccer for 10 years for the Attack Club SoccerTeam.2000 Season--Named First Team FreshmanAll-America by Soccer Buzz...was named tothe All-Tournament Team at the 2000 NCAAFinal Four...was then tapped as the MostValuable Defensive Player of the NCAAFinalFour...member of the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America Freshman All-AmericaTeam...named to Southeast Region All-Freshman Team...played in all 24 games forthe Tar Heels last season...she started only onegame and ironically that was the NCAATournament championship game againstUCLA...she went on to win NCAAFinal Fourdefensive MVP honors in that game...shescored four goals and had five assists on theseason for 13 points...she scored one goal ineach of the first two games of the seasonagainst Texas and Texas A&M...ironically bothgoals were scored with less than one minuteremaining in the first half and each goal forged1-1 ties at halftime...she also had goals againstOregon and against Maryland...she recordedtwo assists against both Texas and TCU andhad a single assist in the win over SouthCarolina...named Carolina’s Rookie Player ofthe Year in 2000.Prep—Graduated May 21, 2000 fromBriarwood Christian School...played four yearsof soccer and three years of basketball...1999and 2000 Parade All-America selection in soc-cer...four-time All-State selection insoccer...three-time Optimist Club Player of theYear...in soccer she was the BirminghamNews’state and metro player of the year...two-time Alabama Gatorade Soccer Player of theYear...led basketball team to Final Four twiceand soccer team to four high school statetitles...named All-State in basketball as a sen-ior...Birmingham News’Shelby County Playerof the Year in basketball...BirminghamMagazine’s Top Six People of 1999 selec-tion...member of Fellowship of ChristianAthletes, Special Equestrians and BirminghamBelles serve organization...active in churchyouth group and in fund-raising for kids with-out toys program.Personal--Given name is Catherine AnneReddick...goes by the nickname “Cat”...hasone sister...daughter of Phil and AnneReddick...her father played collegefootball...was born February 10, 1982 inRichmond, Va....hobbies include basketball,playing roller hockey, hiking and keepingfit...athletes she most admires include KurtWarner and Michelle Akers but most of allMichael Jordan...biggest sports thrill was scor-ing the game-winning goal in the gold medalgame of the 1999 Pan American Games aswell as saving a goal off the line of the 2000NCAA semifinals which would have givenNotre Dame a 2-0 lead in the secondhalf...plans to major in journalism...wants a

career in sports broadcasting or coaching...shesays that she sings a lot but that she can’t singwell at all.

Catherine Reddick’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ........24/1 ....44......4 ......5 ....13 . . . .0

ANNE REMY5-4, 119SeniorMiddle GradesEducation MajorForward/MidfielderNorman, Okla.(Norman High School)

General—Currently amember of the United States Under-21National Team...was one of the nation’s mostimproved players as a sophomore in 1999 andwas even more magnificent last year eventhough her scoring numbers were down fromthe previous year...played forward as a fresh-man for Carolina and had 40 points...movedinto the midfield last season and had 12 assiststo be among the team leaders...has started 47games over the past two seasons...has 22career goals, 32 career assists and 76 careerpoints...has eight game-winning goals, includ-ing six her sophomore year...she has fourcareer assists in ACC Tournament play rankingher 11th in the category in the history of theleague...had been one of the top high schoolforwards in the nation four seasons ago andthen had an outstanding freshman season forthe Tar Heels in 1998 while earning her firstletter...moved into the starting lineup in 1999and merited second-team All-America hon-ors...made a significant contribution to the TarHeels’success, each of the last three sea-sons...member of under-18 National teamwhen she came to Carolina...ranked #1 in ahigh school class of 400 with a 4.0 GPA...goesinto the season tied for 23rd in career assistsfor the Tar Heels with 32 in her first three sea-sons.2000 Season--Had a very impressive juniorseason...started all 24 games for the Tar Heelslast year as a center midfielder, right midfield-er and forward...scored three goals and had 12assists for 18 points...she tied for fourth in theACC in assists with 12...she was fifth in theACC in assists per game with 0.50 per con-test...scored the game-winning goal in a 6-1win over Virginia on September 1...also scoredgoals against Clemson and versus Duke in theACC Tournament final...racked up four assistsas Carolina crushed SouthCarolina 9-1 onSeptember 8, 2000...her four assists in thatgame equaled the most in a game by anAtlantic Coast Conference player in 2001...hadtwo assists in the win over Maryland in theregular season finale...had single assists

against Texas, William & Mary, TCU andagainst Wake Forest and Connecticut inNCAA Tournament games...was named firstteam All-Southeast Region by SoccerBuzz...named to the All-Tournament Team asthe Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament in2000...named to the Dean’s List in the fall

semester of 2000...named to the 2000-01Atlantic Coast Conference Academic HonorRoll.1999 Season—Started 23 of 26 games for theTar Heels last season...was the team’s second-leading scorer with 40 points...had 13 goalsand a team-leading 14 assists...led the UNCteam in game-winning goals in 1999 withsix...scored regular-season game winnersagainst Colorado, Southern California, SanDiego, Virginia and Maryland...scored in thegame’s closing minutes to break a 1-1 tie andbeat San Diego...also scored the game-winninggoal in the NCAA semifinal win over PennState...had two goals against both Hartford andWilliam & Mary...had two assist games againstConnecticut and versus Florida State in theACC Tournament quarterfinals...had one goal,one assist efforts against Colorado, SouthernCal, Virginia, Maryland and Wake Forest...wasnamed a second-team All-America selectionby Soccer Buzz and an honorable mentionchoice by College Soccer Online...a first-teamAll-Southeast Region selection by SoccerBuzz...had a magnificent sophomore cam -paign...led the Atlantic Coast Conference inassists with 14...was named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAAChampionship...named second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference...named ACCPlayer of the Week on October 23,

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1999...named to Soccer America Team of theWeek September 28, 1999 and October 26,1999....also excelled in the classroom...namedto 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference AcademicHonor Roll.1998 Season—Missed the first two games ofthe season with an injury but played in the last24 games of the season, starting againstFlorida State...was one of the first players offthe bench for UNC last year...honorable men-tion freshman All-America selection by SoccerBuzz...also a Soccer Buzz All-FreshmanSoutheast Region selection....had six goals andsix assists for 18 points...scored the game-win-ning goal in UNC’s win over Duke in the 1998ACC Tournament quarterfinals...had two goalsand one assist in that game...also scored goalsagainst Notre Dame, Duke (regular-seasongame), Virginia and UNC-Charlotte...hadassists against Florida (regular season), St.Mary’s and three against Dartmouth in theNCAA Tournament quarterfinals.Prep—Graduated in May 1998 from NormanHigh School...was a four-year varsity starterfor the soccer team at the forwardspot...Parade Magazine High School All-America as senior...NSCAA Youth All-

America...U.S Youth Soccer Academic All-America...Gatorade Circle of ChampionsRegional and Oklahoma High School SoccerPlayer of the Year...captained and was MVP ofthe team as a senior...she was DailyOklahoman Offensive Player of the Year in

1996, 1997 and 1998...was named All-City byDaily Oklahoman four years from 1995-98...was also four-time all-district and four-time all-conference selection...named to theAll-State Team in 1998...only seniors are eligi-ble to be named All-State so she only madethe squad once...was the captain for the All-State Game...led the state in scoring in the 5Aranks in 1995, 1996 and 1997...was a memberof state championship teams in 1995, 1996 and1997...played one year of volleyball in theninth grade...was team captain as asetter...played four years of basketball in highschool...was a point guard and a shootingguard...captained team in ninth and 12thgrades...All-Conference in ninth grade and All-Mid-State Conference honorable mention withvarsity 10-12...was on 1996 and 1997 statechampion team...1997 team had final nationalranking of #4...won team contributor awardand 100 percent Tiger Award...March ofDimes Sports Headliners...high school scholar-athlete award...Daily Oklahoman All Big CityScholar Athletes...Norman Athletic AssociationScholar-Athlete Award...member of national,state and Latin honor societies...Smith CollegeBook Award for the top female junior stu-dent...Masonic Student of TodayAward...Tomorrow’s Leaders...Who’s Who atWest Mid High...Who’s Who AmongAmerican High School Students (twoyears)...Lion’s Club, Rotary Club and BusinessProfessional Women’s Studnet of theMonth...senior senator...senior class historian.Club Soccer—Played on state championshipclub teams in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997and 1998...her teams were region III champi-ons in 1992 and region III finalist in1993...member of team which won Texas Cupin 1995, Surf Cup in 1997 and Dallas CupSuper Group championship in 1998...was cap-tain of and region III co-MVPin 1993...withthe ODPprogram, she was a member of thestate ODP Team 1991-98 and region III teamin 1996 and 1997...in 1997 she was a memberof both the 17 and 18 team...was a nationalpool player in 1996 and 1998...in 1997 shewas a member of both the 17 National Pooland 18 National Pool.Personal—Given name is Anne MeredithRemy...was norn April 22, 1980 in Norman,Okla....has one brother and three sisters..hersisters Katherine and Amanda both played soc-cer at Duke...her grandfather played football atOklahoma...her father ran track at OklahomaState...is the daughter of Jane and QuentinRemy...middle grades education major.

Anne Remy’s Career StatisticsYear......G/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1998 ........24/1 ....38......6 ......6 ....18 . . . .11999 ......26/23 ....61....13 ....14 ....40 . . . .62000 ......24/24 ....29......3 ....12 ....18 . . . .1Totals....74/48 ..128....22 ....32 ....76 . . . .8

KATIE SIMMONS5-9, 170SeniorBusiness AdministrationMajorGoalkeeperWilmington, N.C.(E.A.. Laney HighSchool)

General—Transfer to Carolina from theUniversity of North Florida where she playedfrom August of 1998 to May of 2000...willcompete for playing time at the goalkeeperspot with the three other fine keepers Carolinahas...will backup starter Jenni Branam andlearn in practice from UNC veteran KristinDePlatchett...she will be counted on to serve amentor to Tar Heel freshman Aly Yount-Winget...earned her first letter as a Tar Heellast year despite the fact she didn’t get to playany minutes...as a freshman at UNF she wasthe team MVP, the squad’s best defensiveplayer and the team’s freshman of theyear...named to All-Classic Team at PanamaCity College Soccer Classic.Prep—Graduated from E.A. Laney in June1998...played four years of varsity soccer thereas a goalkeeper...played hitter and setter forfour years on volleyball team...played forwardand guard for four years on basketballsquad...also played two years of clubsoccer...in soccer, she was the MVPand cap-tain of the team as a senior and named to All-Region Team that year...in basketball, she wasteam MVP as a senior, won the coaches awardas a sophomore and named to All-TournamentTeams as sophomore and junior...in volleyball,she was captain as a junior and All-Conferenceand team MVP as senior...led team to secondplace in state finals as a senior...was namedSports Star of the Year as a senior by a localTV station...was her high school’s FemaleAthlete of the Year as a senior and was namedamongst Top 10 female athletes in theRegion...named to scholar-athlete team all fouryears...had membership in National HonorSociety, Spanish Club and Math Club...wasnamed Who’s Who in American Students in1997-98...tapped Most Athletic SeniorSuperlative and won Michael Jordan HonorRoll Award...also a member of HomecomingCourt.Personal--Given name is Mary CatherineSimmons...prefers to go by Katie...has onebrother, Jerry Simmons, Jr., who played twoyears of college football at Catawba College inSalisbury, N.C....was born November 22, 1979in Wilmington, N.C....the daughter of Jerryand Catherine Simmons...hobbies includereading, fishing, shopping, spending time atthe beach and with friends...athletes she mostadmires are Michael Jordan and MiaHamm...biggest sports thrill was winning the2000 NCAAchampionship because that was

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something she had never experienced and willnever forget...economics major...would like toattend graduate school for a master’s degree inaccounting.

JANE SMITH5-5, 125FreshmanPsychology MajorMidfielder/ForwardWinston-Salem, N.C.(R.J. Reynolds HighSchool)General—Came toCarolina as a top scholar-athlete...had a solidfreshman campaign for the Tar Heels in 2000while earning her first letter in a Carolina uni-form...will look to earn playing time as a soph-omore in the midfield and forward units...willconcentrate on being an outstanding practiceplayer as a sophomore...a member of anextended family which has great athletic tiesto Carolina and other Southeastern universi-ties...her aunt, Stewart Smith Perry, ‘75,played women’s tennis.at Carolina; hercousin, Warren Perry, ‘03, is a junior fencer atUNC; her father, Gray Smith, played tennis atDavidson, graduating in 1973; and her grand-father, Zach Taylor, played football at SouthCarolina, graduating in 1953.Club/ODP Soccer Experience—Played fouryears of club soccer for the GreensboroTwisters as a center midfielder...helped leadthe Twisters to the championship of theAtlanta Cup, the Orange Classic and theRaleigh Shootout in 1998...also led team tofinals of WAGS Tournament that year...shewas voted the MVP of the 1998 Atlanta Cup.2000 Season--Was a valuable reserve off thebench for the Tar Heels last season...playedstriker and gave Tar Heel regulars some keyrest during games...played in 10 games for theTar Heels last year...she saw action in all threeACC Tournament games against NC State,Florida State and Duke.Prep—Graduated from R.J. Reynolds HighSchool on May 19, 2000...played four years ofvarsity soccer there as a centermidfielder...was a three-time All-State selec-tion...was the Central Piedmont 4ARegionPlayer of the Year as a senior...chosen to playin the East-West All-Star Game after her sen-ior year...captain of the Reynolds team as asenior...selected to play...played basketball as apoint guard her freshman year...was a memberof the National Honor Society and the LatinHonor Society.Personal--Given name is Jane StewartSmith...has one sister...was born February 23,1982 in Winston-Salem, N.C....daughter ofLeigh and Gray Smith...active in YoungLife...athlete she most admires is MichelleAkers...biggest sports thrill was winning the1998 Atlanta Cup...she scored the only goal ofthe game in which her under-17 team upset an

under-19 team which was a national finalistthe same year...psychology major...undecidedon her career plans.

Jane Smith’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ........10/0 ......3 ......0 ......0 ......0 . . . .0

MAGGIE TOMECKA5-11, 145SophomoreEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeDefender/MidfielderShrewsbury, Mass.(Shrewsbury HighSchool)

General--Currently a member of the UnitedStates’Under 21 National team...was one ofthe top freshmen in the country lastseason...worked her way into a starting role atdefensive midfielder midway through the 2000campaign...will again be a top candidate toearn a starting job at defensive midfielder forthe Tar Heels as a sophomore...will competefor that starting position with senior JohannaCosta...with players like Lindsay Stoecker,Rebekah McDowell and Lorrie Fair havingbeen lost to graduation prior to last season thecoaches looked towards younger players likeTomecka to fill the void and she delivered in abig way...an under-18 National Team memberwhen she came to Carolina...possesses tremen-dous strength...was expected to be on the topfreshmen in the nation last year and she deliv-ered on that promise...is active in the HonorsProgram at Carolina...achieved better than a3.0 GPA as a freshman.

Club/ODPSoccer Experience—Competedfor the Fuller Hamlet Soccer Club since theage of 10...helped lead team to state champi-onships in 1997 and 1999...was the captain ofthe club team, playing mostly at forward andcenter midfield...also played both wide mid-field and defense depending on the game andthe situation...a member of the U.S. Under-18National Team and a selection for the Under-21 National team pool...member of RegionalTeam in 1997, 1998 and 1999.2000 Season--Named to the All-FreshmanTeam by the Atlantic Coast Conference in2000...played in all 24 games for the Tar Heelsin 2000...was moved into the starting lineup atdefensive midfielder against NC State onOctober 11, 2000 and that was the first start inwhat would be 12 successive starts to end theseason...she scored four goals on the seasonand added nine assists for a total of 17points...she ranked seventh in the ACC lastyear in total assists with nine...she was alsoseventh in the conference in assists per gamewith 0.38 per contest...her biggest game cameagainst TCU on September 24 when she cameoff the bench to score two goals and add oneassist...she had two assists in Carolina’s 5-1win over NC State in the ACC Tournamentquarterfinals...the following night she scoredthe game-winning goal in a 3-0 win overFlorida State in the ACC Tournament semifi-nals...scored on a 30-yard howitzer into theupper left corner to cap off a 3-0 win overConnecticut in the NCAA Tournament quarter-finals...recorded single assists in a gameagainst Texas A&M, South Carolina, Oregon,Clemson, Duke in the regular season and

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Florida State in the regular season......named tothe 2000-01 Atlantic Coast ConferenceAcademic Honor Roll.Prep—Graduated from Shrewsbury HighSchool on June 8, 2000...in the fall she playedvarsity soccer and captained the team her sen-ior year...as a senior she led SHS to the firstdistrict championship...team went on to reachthe state semifinals...named an NSCAA All-America as a junior and senior and a ParadeAll-America as a senior...played varsity bas-ketball in the winter, captaining the team as asenior...played both power forward and centeron teams which reached the state semifinalsher junior and senior years and the finals forthe first time in school history...was an out-standing track athlete in the spring althoughshe never competed until her junior year...sheran the 400 meters, competed in long jumpand was part of the mile relay...as a senior, sheplaced second in the state in the long jumpwith a jump of 18-6 1/4 and anchored the milerelay team to a third-place finish in thestate...vice president of National HonorSociety...class treasurer all four years of highschool...ranked third in her high school gradu-ating class with a 3.9 GPA.Personal--Given name is Magdalena JaninaTomecka...goes by Maggie...has twosisters...was born April 30, 1982 in Gliwice,Poland...the daughter of Marek and AnnaTomecka...biggest sports thrill is having thesoccer “Super Fan” and her crew around forall of the Carolina games because they keepthe team’s spirits up...hobbies include art andskiing...athletes she most admires are JulieRotondi, Molly Finerty and Beth Ames...biolo-gy major.

Maggie Tomecka’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ......24/12 ....27......4 ......9 ....17 . . . .1

JORDAN WALKER5-4, 135SophomoreApplied Science MajorMidfielderRichardson, Texas(Ursuline Academy)

General—One of thegreat freshman surprisesin the nation last year...most people did notknow how good a player she had become dur-ing her red-shirt year...the Tar Heels reallyimproved after her insertion into the startinglineup come post-season tournament time...hasgood chance to contribute on this year’s teamin the midfield corps...goes into the season asthe top candidate to start at the attacking cen-ter midfield position...red-shirted during theTar Heels’ 1999 campaign to earn more expe-rience...made great contributions in practicethat season...has fulfilled her great

potential...also a gifted scholar-athlete...1999Parade High School All-Americaselection...Gatorade Circle of ChampionsTexas High School Player of the Year in1999...Gatorade Southwest High SchoolSoccer Player of the Year in 1999 and finalistfor the national award...member of the 1997under-16 National Team...was a member of theUnder-18 National Team Pool in both 1998and 1999...NSCAAAll-America selection inboth 1998 and 1999...member of the StudentAthlete Leadership Council at UNC...serves asthe Athletic Fundraising Chair for the UNCDance Marathon...has been named to the UNCDean’s List every semester from 1999-2001.2000 Season--Had a surprising breakout yearfor the Tar Heels as a red-shirtfreshman...played in 23 games for the TarHeels...started the last nine games of the sea-son which included three wins in the ACCTournament and five wins in the NCAATournament...Carolina ended the season on anine-game winning streak which coincidedwith Walker’s nine starting appearances of theseason at the attacking center midfield posi-tion...had four goals and five assists on theseason for 13 points...her biggest goal of theseason was her only game winner...it came ona 25-yard rocket into the lower left corner ofthe goal which beat Notre Dame 2-1 in the83rd minute of the NCAAsemifinalgame...had one goal and one assist in both theseason opener against Texas and the ACCTournament quarterfinal game against NCState...she also had one goal and one assist asthe Heels beat Duke 4-0 in the ACCTournament championship game at Duke onNovember 5, 2001...it seemed she alwaysdelivered her scoring stats in all the big gamesof the season...had one assist in both the win atTexas A&M and in the regular season winover Duke...was named to Soccer Buzz’s All-Southeast Region Freshman Team...turned in amagnificent performance at the 2000 NCAATournament Final Four, being named to theAll-Tournament Team there...named to UNC’sDean List in the fall semester of 2000 and thespring semester of 2001...named to the 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic HonorRoll.1999 Season—Red-shirted on the playingfield to gain more experience as a practiceplayer...named to UNC’s Dean’s List in fallsemester of 1999 and the spring semester of2000...also tapped for membership on the 2000Atlantic Coast Conference Academic HonorRoll.Prep—Graduated on May 23, 1999 fromUrsuline Academy in Dallas, Texas...was four-year letter winner on the varsity soccer teamthere...valedictorian of high schoolclass...Ursuline Scholar-Athlete of theYear...1998 recipient of the Yale BookAward...captain of four-time high school statechampion Ursuline varsity...All-State Team

member...All-District Team selection...All-State Tournament Team choice...Team MVPatUrsuline...all-time career leader in goals, all-time career leader in assists at UrsulineAcademy...all-time single season scoringrecord...two-time member of Dallas MorningNews All-Area Team...Dale Hanson Scholar-Athlete of the Week...Davey O’Brien AwardFinalist...NHS member...Who’s Who AmongAmerican High School Students 1997-98.Club/ODPSoccer Experience—Member ofSting Soccer Club for eight years as a centermidfielder...USYSAunder-17 National Teammember and captain in 1999...member ofRegion III Team and captain of that team forthree years...cpatain of club soccer team—Dallas Sting ‘81.Personal—Given name is Kathryn JordanWalker...daughter of Randy and KathrynWalker...her father was a basketball player atTexas Tech University...was born on May 12,1981 in Nashville, Tenn....majoring in biomed-ical engineering...plans to become a doctor ora biomedical engineer...hobbies include listen-ing to music, reading, playing squash, travel-ing and watching all types of sports...athletesshe most admires are Greg Maddux. LanceArmstrong and Tracey Bates Leone...biggestsports thrill was scoring the game winninggoal against Notre Dame in the semifinals ofthe 2000 Women’s College Cup...her familynow lives in Sanford, N.C.

Jordan Walker’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ........23/9 ....31......4 ......5 ....13 . . . .1

CARMEN WATLEY5-7, 130SophomorePublic Health MajorDefender/MidfielderGreensboro, N.C.(Western Guilford HighSchool)

General—Was a pleasantsurprise as freshman, making significant con-tributions off the bench as a midfielder...willbe a top candidate to start in the defense forCarolina this year...could start at right back forthe Tar heels if Danielle Borgman moves intoa starting spot on the forward line...one of thetop high school players in North Carolina twoyears ago...was one of three freshmen to jointhe UNC squad from the Tar Heel State thatyear...Carolina annually tries to get the bestplayers from North Carolina in addition torecruiting on a national basis...Carolina coach-es believe she has tremendous potential andwill continue to improve throughout herCarolina career...looks to make great contribu-tions in practice this year while also seeingsignificant reserve playing time ondefense...don’t be surprised to see her starting

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at some point as the seasonprogrersses...almost sure to become a Carolinacrowd favorite with her hustle and determina-tion.Club/ODPSoccer Experience—Played onthe Greensboro Twisters Club Team whichwon the 1998 Orange Classic, 1998 AtlantaCup and was the 1998 WAGSrunnerup...helped lead Twisters to State Cupsemifinals in both 1998 and 1999...invited tothe adidas Elite Soccer Program in 1998 and1999...1999 regional pool player...member of1996, 1997 and 1999 state teams...named toadidas ESP‘99 All-Star Team.2000 Season--Was a valuable reserve for theTar Heels while playing in 14 games a fresh-man...early in the season she came off thebench to spell regulars on the front line butlater in the year she was filling key voids inthe midfield...she scored goals against bothSouth Carolina and Oregon in the NikeCarolina Classic...the coaches really dependedon her play late in the year...she played signifi-cant chunks of time in all three ACCTournament wins over NC State, Florida Stateand Duke...she came off the bench to makekey contributions in the final four rounds ofthe NCAA Tournament run against Virginia,Connecticut, Notre Dame and UCLA.Prep—Graduated from Western Guilford HighSchool on June 10, 2000...played soccer inhigh school, playing five different positions onthe field during her career...four-year varsityletter winner...competed in 2000 East-Westhigh school All-Star game...winner of school’ssoccer scholar-athlete award in 1997, 1998 and2000...led Western Guilford to the state,regional and conference championships in1999 and to conference title in 1998 and con-ference runnerup finish in 1997...2000 confer-ence player of the year...named to 1997 all-conference team and to all-city and all-regionhonorable mention team that year...competedin track in long jump, pole vault and as a relayperformer...led high school track team to con-ference title in 1997...varsity letter winner, set-ting school records in pole vault and as mem-ber of 400-meter and 800-meter relays...select-ed 1999 All-Conference in long jump and inboth relays...1999 regional pole vault and 800-meter relay champion...1999 All-State selec-tion in the pole vault and on both relaysquads...1999 high school team MVP...2000All-Regional in pole vault...member of 800relay team which finished second in the 2000state meet...nominated for Governor’sSchool...accepted for the North CarolinaSchool of Science and Math’s SummerVentures Program...National Honor Roll stu-dent...member of Beta Club.Personal--Given name is Carmen AlexisWatley...was born May 8, 1982 in Greensboro,N.C....the only child of James and CeceliaWatley...nicknamed “Mamba,” “Carm,”“Carms,” and “Miss Priss”...likes playing the

piano, dancing, singing, clubbing with friendsand working 3-D puzzles...biggest sports thrilshave been scoring the winning goal to advancethe Piedmont Spark to the W-League playoffsand winning the state 3Atrack meet becauseshe contributed to such great wins...plans tomajor in public relations...career plans areundecide...athlete she most admires is MaggieTomecka...

Carmen Watley’s Career StatisticsYear....GP/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG2000 ........14/0 ....10......2 ......0 ......4 . . . .0

AMYWHITTIER5-6, 145SeniorExercise Science MajorForward/DefenderFairfield, Conn.(Fairfield High School)

General—A three-yearletter winner for the TarHeels who continues showimprovement...Carolina’s only fifth-year seniorin 2001...has been bothered by both illness andinjury throughout her snake-bitten Tar Heelcareer...she hopes to get some breaks this sea -son and truly contribute more to the team’ssuccess in her final season...also a top scholar-athlete at Carolina...missed all of last seasondue to injury...played in nine games as areserve for the Tar Heels in 1999 after taking ared-shirt year in 1998...was somewhat of a sur-prise for the Tar Heels in 1997 as a fresh-man...not only earned a letter but her hustle

earned her the respect of her teammates andcoaches as the season wore on...she saw moreand more playing time as the season pro-gressed and ended up playing in 27 ofCarolina’s 28 games...missed the 1998 and

2000 seasons with an injury but is back andready to contribute for the Tar Heels this sea-son...an outstanding high school recruit whoadded depth in the Tar Heel forward line as afreshman and a sophomore...possesses a realpersonal success story...fought back from totalincapacitation as a youth due to Lyme Diseaseto become a tremendous high school soccerplayer...it was feared the effects of her illnesswould be permanent.2000 Season--Named to the 2000-01 AtlanticCoast Conference Academic Honor Roll.1999 Season—Played in nine games for theTar Heels as a sophomore...had her best gameof the year in her home state of Connecticut asshe scored her only goal of the season andadded in assist in UNC’s win at Hartford...alsohad an assist in Carolina’s regular-season winover Florida State...named to 2000 AtlanticCoast Conference Academic Honor Roll...wasselected for the Dean’s List at Carolina in thespring semester 2000.1998 Season--Took a medical red-shirt sea-son...she retains two full years of eligibilityentering the 2000 campaign.1997 Season—Played in 27 games for the TarHeels last season...scored three goals and hadthree assists for nine points...her goals cameagainst N.C. State, St. Mary’s and FloridaState...had assists against St. Mary’s, Virginiaand Florida.Prep—Graduated from Fairfield High Schoolon June 17, 1997...was named to 1996National Soccer Coaches Association girls All-America Team there...played two years as aforward on the basketball team and ran trackfor four seasons, specializing in the 100- and200-meters and the 4x100- and 4x400-meterrelays...was a decorated high school soccerplayer...was named All-ECIAC in 1994, 1995

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and 1996...was twice named to All-State andAll-New England teams...was named an All-America in 1996 and Connecticut’s state play-er of the year that year...was co-captain of highschool soccer team as a senior...also won AlanGrapski Award in 1996...set all the high schoolscoring records in soccer...won FHS’s academ-ic-athletic excellence award...set schoolrecords in track in the 100 meters, 200 meters,4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meterrelay...won the Oxford Humancare Award forcommunity service and leadership...won theDaughters of the American Revolution (DAR)Award selected by the faculty and classmatesfor leadership, citizenship, scholarship andcommunity service...was president of VarsityAthletic Association...also was secretary ofSafe Rides and president of the Town YouthCouncil.Personal—Given name is Amy Whittier...hasone brother and one sister...was born March26, 1978 in Wolfboro, N.H....daughter of Rickand Valerie Whittier...her father competed onthe National Team level in ski racing and alsocompeted collegiately in soccer and base-ball...hobbies include athletics, anything out-side and photography...biggest sports thrill wastraveling to Europe and China with the region-al team and playing in front of 15,000-20,000people in China...exercise and sports sciencemajor...career plans include either physicaltherapy or a sports related medical field...regu-larly shows up on Dean’s List at UNC and onACC Academic Honor Roll.

Amy Whittier’s Career StatisticsYear......G/GS ....Sh ....G......A ..PtsGWG1997 ........27/0 ....17......3 ......3 ......9 . . . .01999 ..........9/0 ......3 ......1 ......2 ......4 . . . . 0Totals......36/0 ....20......4 ......5 ....13 . . . .0

LAURA WINSLOW5-3, 125FreshmanEnrolled in the GeneralCollegeMidfielder/ForwardGreensboro, N.C.(Walter Hines Page HighSchool)

General—A recruited non-scholarship playerwho is expected to make strong contributionsin the midfield and at forward...UNC’s in-staterecruits always seem to show great improve-ment as they progress through the program.Club/ODP Experience— Member of NorthCarolina ODP team as a freshman...played forthe ‘83 Greensboro Twisters team which wonthe under-16, under-17 and under-18 statechampionships...was a member of the 2000Donnelly Cup finalist team.Prep—Graduated from Walter Hines PageHigh School on June 11, 2001...played varsitywomen’s soccer for four years as a center mid-

fielder and forward...Page was a state finalistteam her freshman year...ran cross country as afreshman and a sophomore...was high schoolall-conference in soccer four years as well asbeing all-region choice four years...named tothe high school All-State team her sophomorethrough senior years...named to play in theEast West All-Star Game following her senioryear in high school...was captain of the PageHigh School team as a senior...adidas ESPattendee as sophomore and junior...active as amember of National Honor Society, and Quilland Scroll...was editor in chief of the yearbookas a senior...a four-year honor rollstudent...earned the Girl Scout Silver Award.Personal—Given name is Laura StewartWinslow...has three sisters...was bornDecember 13, 1982 in Greensboro, N.C....thedaughter of Rich and Mabel Winslow...has notdecided yet on a college major or careerplans...likes to shop in her spare time...athleteshe most admires is Michael Jordan.

ALY YOUNT-WINGET6-0, 150FreshmanEnrolled in the GenralCollegeGoalkeeperOrinda, Calif.(Carondelet HighSchool)

General—Currently a member of the UnitedStates’Under 18 National Team...a very talent-ed goalkeeper...attended Carondelet HighSchool, the same school which produced for-mer Tar Heel and United States National Teammidfielder Tiffany Roberts...one of Carolina’stallest players ever at six feet tall...was anNSCAA/adidas All-America in 2000 and theNSCAA/adidas State Player of the Year for2000.Club Soccer—.Earned multiple honors as asoccer player which led to her acceptance atUNC in 2001...named to USNational Soccerpool under-14 in 1997, under-15 in 1998 andunder-16 in 2000...earned membership onRegion IV soccer pool 1997-2000...NORCALstate team player 1997-2000...helped lead teamto Nomad Tournament under-19 championshipin 2001...played for the DVSC United 19which won the Premier State CupChampionship in 2000.Prep—Graduated from Carondelet HighSchool in Concord, Calif. on June 2,2001...was the starting goalkeeper on aCarondelet High School team which finishedin the top ranks of the final National SoccerCoaches Association of America high schoolrankings...as a high school goalie she allowedonly 2 goals in 1998, 1 goal in 1999, 2 goalsin 2000 and 8 goals in 2001...played four yearsof varsity soccer in high school as a center for-ward and goalkeeper...led her high school team

to NCS championships in 2001 and 1999...isone of only four players in school history toplay on two winning NCS title teams...ledCHS to BVAL league championships 1998-2001...played on teams which were ranked #1high school team in the nation by USA Todayin 1999 and 2000 and by the NSCAAin1999...also played two years of volleyball asan outside hitter and setter for junior varsity,high school and City Beach VolleyballClub...was soccer team’s captain in 2000-01...aBVALAll-League First Team choice in2001...named to NSCAA/adidas All-AmericanHigh School team in 1999...All Far West HighSchool selection in 1999...was an honor rollstudent and won the Principal’s ScholarshipAward as a sophomore.Personal—Given name is Alysha AlayneYount-Winget...has two sisters...was born inSan Jose, Calif....is the daughter of Cheri A.Winget...undecidedon her major and her careerplans...hobbies include soccer and music...ath -letes she most admires are Tony Meola, KobyJones and Gabrielle Reese...biggest sportsthrill was playing in the NCS championshipgame in 2001 when she saved three out of fivepenalty kicks to allow her team to win thechampionship.

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Anyone who sits down to annually update theAnson Dorrance coaching biography, the firstquestion that always seems to come to mind is,“At what point do a person’s mere words nolonger do justice to the man’s accomplishments?”

That seems to be the perpetual dilemma. Afterall, that person is writing about someone who isliterally a living legend. Dorrance is an individ-ual who built from scratch an athletic programwhich fully deserves the label, “Dynasty. ”Filmmakers have already done a feature lengthdocumentary about the program that bears thename “Dynasty.”

So in the fall of 2001, Dorrance prepares tobegin his 23rd season as the head women’s soccercoach at the University of North Carolina, hemust be wondering what there is left to be accom-plished.

In large measure Dorrance learned the answerto a question like that last season. The 2000Carolina team suffered the program’s most lossesin a season in 20 years but somehow perseveredto again win ACC and NCAA titles. What mayhave been even more amazing was the fact thatthree times in the NCAA Tournament Carolinatrailed its opponent 1-0 midway through the sec-ond half. All three times the Tar Heels came frombehind to win 2-1 in regulation en route to thenational title.

Dean Smith, the head men’s basketball coachat the University of North Carolina from 1961-97and the man who unseated Adolph Rupp fouryears ago as the winningest NCAA Division Imen’s college basketball coach in history, hasalways been amongst Anson’s admirers.

That was proven again four years ago whenCoach Smith, arguably the school’s most famousemployee in history, was asked by the FootballNews about Carolina’s 1997 preseason #1 rank-ing in football and what is was like for some sportother than men’s basketball to be sharing thethrone at the University.

Coach Smith’s reply? “This is a women’s soc-cer school. We’re just trying to keep up withthem.” Coach Smith’s clever retort was a way togive Anson his due, knowing that Anson himselfis amongst the biggest of all Dean Smith fans.

From the winningest head coach of all-time ofone sport to the winningest head coach of all-timeof another sport, that seemed to Dorrance like theultimate compliment. And Anson himself felthumbled by it. There is no human being on Earthwho harbors more respect for Dean Smith thanAnson Dorrance. As Anson has said, “So muchof what we have tried to do in our program ismodeled after what Dean Smith has done andaccomplished...to have our program comparedfavorably to his by the man himself is enormous-ly humbling.”

Dorrance’s loyalty to Carolina is also similar tothe loyalty Smith had for his adopted school. Justseven years ago, some people consideredDorrance’s 1994 decision not to continue as thehead coach of the United States’ N a t i o n a lWomen’s Soccer Team to be an act of extremehumility. Others thought that he relinquished thehonor in order to avoid the pressure that comeswith being the leader of what was then thedefending World Cup Champions.

But dig just a little deeper and you will findthat, for Dorrance, yielding the National Team’scoaching reins had little, if anything, to do withits burden or his modesty.

Dorrance chose not to return as head coach ofthe National Team because of his devotion to thewomen’s soccer program at the University ofNorth Carolina. Even all of the glory that camealong with coaching the United States to the goldmedal in the first-ever FIFA Women’s WorldChampionship in 1991 was not enough to pullDorrance away from working full-time with theTar Heels. He wanted to maintain the level ofexcellence that soccer fans had come to expect ofCarolina’s record-shattering program. And to dothat, Dorrance knew that he would have to dedi-cate all of his coaching energy to the University.

“College programs like ours require a lot ofwork,” says Dorrance. “At that point in time wehad been getting by by doing the minimumamount of work. We certainly couldn’t continueto be successful by doing just the minimum.Now we have time to do more and we need thattime to stay competitive in an increasingly toughcollege game.”

It is difficult to comprehend Dorrance and hiscoaching staff taking Carolina’s women’s pro-gram to greater heights than they have alreadyachieved. The Tar Heels have won 17 of the 20championships which have been decided in thehistory of collegiate women’s soccer. Carolinahas also captured 13 of the 14 Atlantic CoastConference championships since the sport wasgiven title status by the league in 1987.Carolina’s is a record of total dominance

Of course one of the big news stories of 1995was that just one year after Dorrance’s retirementas the National Team coach, Carolina proceededto fail to win the national championship inwomen’s soccer for the first time in 10 years. TheTar Heels, top-seeded in the NCAA Tournamentand sporting a 25-0 mark, were upset by NotreDame 1-0 in the 1995 NCAA semifinals onCarolina’s own Fetzer Field. It was only the sec-

ond time in history that UNC had lost to a colle-giate opponent on its home turf and ironically theTar Heels did themselves in—scoring an owngoal for the Fighting Irish for the only score ofthe game. While Carolina’s loss might have beenshocking to some, Dorrance has long understoodthat the playing field in the sport is becomingmore and more level all the time. Rather thanexpressing shock at Carolina’s first NCAATournament loss since 1985, the more appropri-ate question might have been why did it take solong for everyone else to catch up to the TarHeels.

After relinquishing the title to Notre Dame in1995, the 1996 season proved that Dorrance’senthusiasm for his craft hadn’t waned whatsoev-er. He took a team that returned nine startersfrom 1995 and molded it into another champi-onship unit by season’s end. It didn’t come easi-ly by any stretch of the imagination. The team’schemistry suffered greatly in the first half of theseason and in the ninth game of the campaignNotre Dame defeated the Tar Heels 2-1 in over-time. The Fighting Irish thus became the firstcollegiate team in history to beat Carolina in backto back games.

Dorrance then made some dramatic changes inthe way the Tar Heels were doing things midwaythrough the season. The alterations proved to bethe key to the Tar Heels’ ultimate success asCarolina began clicking on all cylinders. Just afew weeks later, the Tar Heels swept past William& Mary, James Madison and Florida in the open-ing three rounds of the NCAAtourney before out-lasting an outstanding Santa Clara team on itshome field in the semifinals. Then, in possiblythe most entertaining NCAA women’s soccerchampionship game of alltime, UNC defeateddefending champion Notre Dame 1-0 in overtimeto claim the 1996 crown.

After regaining the national championshipwith the 1996 team, Dorrance turned in one of hisbest coaching jobs of all-time as the Tar Heelsreturned to the winner’s circle once again in1997. Honored by Soccer Buzz and by SoccerTi m e s as the National Coach of the Ye a r,Dorrance spearheaded a Carolina campaignwhich resulted in a 27-0-1 record. The 27 victo-ries were a school and NCAArecord for victoriesin a season and UNC tied its own school andNCAA record by shutting out 22 opponents dur-ing the course of the campaign.

With eight starters back from the previousyear, Dorrance crafted a dynamic UNC teamwhich outscored opponents 117-8. It was one ofCarolina’s best teams ever and probably one ofthe two best defensive teams in UNC history,joining the 1987 squad which surrendered onlytwo goals all season. The Tar Heels capped theyear by beating Connecticut 2-0 in the nationaltitle game before a crowd of over 9,000 fans inGreensboro, N.C.

In 1998, Carolina had another brilliant season,going 25-1 but falling 1-0 to second-seededFlorida in the national championship game.Despite the disappointing end to an otherwisebrilliant season, the Tar Heels outscored theiropponents 98-7 on the year and won their 10thsuccessive ACC championship.

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While recovering from the disappointment ofnot gaining the 1998 NCAAtitle, Carolina soccerfans took great heart in the performance of the1999 United States National Team which com-peted in the Women’s World Cup in the UnitedStates. The 20-person roster featured eight TarHeel players—Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, CarlaOverbeck, Cindy Parlow, Tisha Venturini, TracyDucar, Lorrie Fair and Tiffany Roberts—andassistant coach Lauren Gregg was also a UNCalumna. The World Cup Team’s performancewhich resulted in winning back the championshipit had won in 1991 but relinquished in 1995 hadmuch to do with the contributions Dorrance hasmade to the sport of women’s soccer downthrough the years.

Basking in the glow of the Wo r l dChampionship which featured so many Tar Heelties, Carolina’s collegiate dominance seemed tobe in dire straits just weeks later when eightgames into the 1999 season the Tar Heels wereranked fourth in the national polls with a 6-2record. After dropping early-season decisions toPennState and to Santa Clara, UNC had lost inthe same season twice for the first time since1985. But Dorrance and his coaching staffretooled the Tar Heels offensively and defensive-ly and led a young Carolina team to 18 successivewins and yet another national championship.Although defender Lorrie Fair earned someNational Player of the Year accolades, the 1999team was in many regards a squad without starpresence.

Ironically, the previous time that UNC hadfailed to win the national crown in 1995 the nextsummer a great American international achieve-ment took place in the world of women’s soccer.In 1996, Dorrance took great pride in watchingthe United States claim the first ever Olympicgold medal in women’s soccer, knowing all thewhile that he was the chief architect of the suc-cess of that team as well.

The 1996 Olympic Team entered play withadded incentive. In 1995, the United States hadfailed to successfully defend its FIFA Women’sWorld Championship as Norway claimed thetitle. The United States was determined to avengethat defeat on home soil in the first Olympicwomen’s soccer tournament. The U.S. Olympicteam featured two assistant coaches who wereformer Carolina players, seven of 16 players whowere current or former Carolina stars and threealternates who were current or former UNC play-ers.

Needless to say, the 1996 U.S. Olympicwomen’s soccer team had a decided CarolinaBlue tint to it. The U.S. avenged its 1995Women’s World Cup loss to Norway by winning2-1 in sudden death overtime in the Olympicsemifinals and then the team struck gold when itoutlasted China 2-1 in a physical gold medalmatch. The gold medal victory was the greatestsingle moment for the growth of the sport inAmerican history and players and coaches withTar Heel ties abounded in the revelry that fol-lowed.

Dorrance was actually an integral part of theprocess which started the ball rolling toward ulti-mate Olympic gold. His love of a challenge first

led him to take the headcoaching job for the U.S.Women’s National Team in1986, replacing Mike Ryan atthe helm. Dorrance wastedno time in taking the NationalTeam to the apex of theworld’s most popular sport.On November 30, 1991, halfa world away from hisbeloved Tar Heel team whichat the time had just finishedcompeting in the ACC andN C A A To u r n a m e n t s ,Dorrance led the UnitedStates to a 2-1 win overNorway to claim the WorldChampionship. Dorrancewas the master architect ofthat American triumph, a winhued Carolina Blue in manyways; not only was Dorrancecoaching the USA team, butnine of the 18 players onTeam USA played collegiate-ly at North Carolina.Astoundingly, Dorrance hadalready seized yet anotherchampionship victory earlier that week. OnNovember 24, 1991, assistant coach BillPalladino guided Carolina to a 3-1 win overWisconsin to take the NCAA Championship forthe sixth year in a row.

A year after leading the United States to thefirst Women’s World Cup title, Dorrance assem-bled what many soccer observers have labeled thebest college soccer team in history in 1992. TheTar Heels finished the season undefeated at 25-0,claimed the Atlantic Coast Conference champi-onship for the fourth straight year and won theNCAA title for the seventh consecutive time.Carolina’s 9-1 NCAA championship game tri-umph over Duke was as thorough and as com-plete as the final score made it sound like.

In 1993, UNC again won the NCAA champi-onship with an unblemished record of 23-0. TheTar Heels shut out George Mason 6-0 before whatwas then a collegiate women’s soccer recordcrowd of 5,721 fans at Fetzer Field. Capping herbrilliant career at Carolina, Mia Hamm earned forthe second straight year consensus national play-er-of-the-year honors from every organizationwhich presented such an award.

Amongst all the coaching jobs that Dorrancehas done during his career, perhaps the mostimpressive one was that which culminated in the1994 NCAA championship. That title drivespoke volumes about Dorrance’s coaching geniusas he was able to pull together the Tar Heels afterarch-rival Duke ended a 101-game Tar Heelunbeaten streak by beating Carolina 3-2 onOctober 19, 1994. Dorrance refused to let thespirit of his team deflate, and when the two teamsmet again in the ACC Tournament final onNovember 6, 1994, the Tar Heels avenged theloss by beating Duke 4-2. Four games later, winsover N.C. State, Duke, Connecticut and NotreDame brought a 13th national title to Dorrance’sever-growing resume. Midfielder Tisha Venturini

was selected as the 1994 National Player of theYear by every major organization giving theaward. It was the seventh straight season inwhich the Tar Heels had a player selected as thenational player of the year.

Dorrance’s accomplishments have not goneunnoticed—particularly by those who play forhim.

Former Tar Heel great April Heinrichs, nowthe head coach of the U.S. Women’s Nationalsoccer team and formerly the head coach atPrinceton University, the University of Marylandand the University of Virginia, says that whereDorrance gains his coaching edge is in the way hehandles his players.

“Anson is incredibly charismatic and intelli-gent,” Heinrichs says. “He is very attuned towomen’s issues, in ways that many women’scoaches aren’t. He breaks down cliques andbuilds team unity.”

Equally effusive in his praise of Dorrance isAtlantic Coast Conference commissioner JohnS w o fford, who served as athletic director atCarolina for 17 years while Dorrance was thehead coach from 1980-97.

“Anson’s accomplishments on the field areunparalleled. He may well be the single mostsuccessful coach in intercollegiate athletics,” saysSwofford. “I think of Anson as a Renaissanceman. He’s so talented in so many different ways.And he has analyzed and made a science ofcoaching female athletes. No one knows the insand outs of that better than Anson Dorrance. Heis a great ambassador, not only for women’s soc-cer, but for the University of North Carolina aswell.”

I r o n i c a l l y, Dorrance’s career plans did notoriginally include coaching a women’s team. Hebegan his coaching career at Carolina as the des-ignated head coach for the men’s team in 1976during Marvin Allen’s last year as head coach.He took over as head men’s coach the following

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year and served as head coach for the men’s teamfor 12 years, posting a 172-65-21 record. Histeam won the ACC Tournament championship in1987 and he took the Tar Heels to the 1987NCAAFinal Four and to the second round of the1988 NCAA Tournament. Dorrance’s .708 win-ning percentage is tops among Carolina’s men’ssoccer coaches and his 172 wins are just twobehind his college coach and mentor, the late andlegendary Dr. Marvin Allen.

When Carolina decided to make women’s soc-cer a varsity sport in 1979, Dorrance became atwo-sport head coach. Dorrance’s brilliance atcoaching women manifested itself almost imme-diately as it took just three years before the TarHeels won a national championship, capturingthe 1981 Association for Intercollegiate Athleticsfor Women (AIAW) national title.

Carolina went on to make it four straight

national titles with NCAA championship gamewins in 1982 over Central Florida, in 1983 overGeorge Mason and in 1984 over Connecticut.The Tar Heels made it to the NCAAtitle game in1985, but lost to George Mason 2-0 on thePatriots’home field in the first of only three timesthat Carolina has lost an NCAA Tournamentgame.

That title game loss to George Mason, remark-ably, was the last time the Tar Heels lost anygame in the decade of the 1980s. Beginning withthe season opener in 1986 and continuing throughthe NCAA final in 1989, Dorrance’s Tar Heelswon 89 games, tied six matches and lost zerotimes. Meanwhile, Carolina continued to mowdown opponents and win national titles. In 1986,Carolina defeated Colorado College 2-0 in thefinals. A year later, the Heels downedMassachusetts 1-0 on the Minutewomen’s homefield in the title game. The 1988 campaign sawthe Tar Heels defeat NC State 4-1 in the titlegame in Chapel Hill. A year later, Carolinadefeated Colorado College 2-0 at Raleigh. Andin 1990, the Heels defeated Connecticut 6-0 inChapel Hill.

During this era, the Atlantic Coast Conferencealso began championship competition with UNC

winning the inaugural title in 1987. N.C. Stateclaimed the 1988 title on penalty kicks butCarolina regained the title in 1989 and has wonevery conference championship since then.

The long unbeaten streak that began in 1986continued into the 1990 season and ended onlyafter a record 103 consecutive games were playedwithout a Carolina defeat. Connecticut ended theunbeaten streak by defeating the Tar Heels in aregular-season match in overtime at Storrs, Conn.on September 22, 1990. The Tar Heels rebound-ed from that single defeat and won their fifthstraight NCAAcrown in 1990, ironically beatingthe Huskies in the final 6-0 in Chapel Hill.

Over the years, 11 different Tar Heels havebeen named National Players of the Year duringthe program’s history—April Heinrichs in 1984and 1986, Shannon Higgins in 1988 and 1989,Kristine Lilly in 1990 and 1991, Mia Hamm in

1992 and 1993, Tisha Venturini in 1994,Debbie Keller in 1995 and 1996, StaciWilson in 1995, Cindy Parlow in 1996, 1997and 1998, Robin Confer in 1997, Lorrie Fairin 1999 and Meredith Florance in 2000.

North Carolina begins the 2001 seasonwith a 207-7-2 all-time home record at FetzerField In its history, totaling 520 games,Carolina has shut out opponents 359 timesand has been held scoreless in just 13 games.

Overall, Carolina has a 487-22-11 recordunder Dorrance and only twice in 22 yearshave the Tar Heels lost more than two gamesin a single season. The Tar Heels’16 NCAAcrowns are more than any other women’sDivision I sports program in the nation andthe 17 national championships are more thanany single sports program in ACC history,men’s or women’s.

Dorrance, who won All-ACC and All-S o u t h Region honors while playing atCarolina, has also been chosen both men’sand women’s National Coaches of the Year.

He earned women’s national honors in 1982,1986, 1997 and 2000 and he was named men’snational Coach of the Year in 1987.

In 1989, Dorrance was named theIntercollegiate Soccer Association of AmericaSouth Region Coach of the year. He was theSoccer News Southeast Region Coach of the Yearin 1996 and the Soccer Buzz Southeast RegionCoach of the Year in 1997. In 1987, 1990, 1991,1993 and 1996, he was named the Atlantic CoastConference Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.

In 1996, Dorrance received the highest honorpossible from the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America (NSCAA). He won theNSCAA’s Walt Chyzowych Award for lifetimecoaching achievement.

In 1988, Dorrance was inducted into the Orderof the Golden Fleece, Carolina’s highest honorarysociety which includes Carolina students, facultyand staff. It is an honor in which Dorrance takesincredible pride.

In 1994, Dorrance added another phenomenalhonor when the athletic department at theUniversity of North Carolina designated him as a“Priceless Gem.” This honor is reserved only forthose individuals who have contributed inextraordinary ways to the successful athletic cli-

mate at the University. It is usually bestowedupon an individual at the time of his or her retire-ment. The fact Dorrance received the award dur-ing the prime years of his coaching career speaksvolumes about the man’s abilities.

In 1995, Dorrance’s program was profiled in afull-length documentary film entitled, “Dynasty.”The movie focused in particular on the Tar Heels’amazing nine-year national championship runfrom 1986 through 1994 and it included in-depthinterviews with both current and former Tar Heelplayers.

Dorrance has also coauthored a book with TimNash, the editor and publisher of Soccer News,which was published in 1996 and is entitled“Training Soccer Champions.” It sold out in itsfirst printing and has done equally well in its sec-ond press run.

Following the United States’ victory in thew o m e n ’s world championships in 1991, hereceived an Honorary All-America Award, one ofthe most prestigious of its kind, from the NationalSoccer Coaches Association of America.

In 1991, Soccer America named Dorrance oneof the 20 most influential men in American soc-cer over the previous 20 years.

Soccer America followed that up in 1995 bynaming Dorrance as one of the 25 most influen-tial people in the history of American soccer.Dorrance was one of only three coaches on thatlist and the only women’s coach tapped.

A 1974 University of North Carolina at ChapelHill graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree inboth English and philosophy, Dorrance began hiscollegiate career at St. Mary’s University in SanAntonio, Texas where he spent one year studyingand playing soccer before transferring to Carolinato play for legendary soccer coach Marvin Allen.

As a gifted soccer player in Chapel Hill,Dorrance was selected to the All-Atlantic CoastConference Team three times as an undergraduateand he won All-South Region honors in 1973. Hewas also one of the top intramural sports per-formers on the Carolina campus during his daysas an undergraduate.

Prior to his permanent return to Chapel Hill in1976, he organized youth soccer leagues in bothConnecticut and North Carolina. He was thefounder of both the North Carolina Youth SoccerAssociation and the North Carolina SeniorSoccer Association.

Dorrance has an “A” level coaching licensefrom the United States Soccer Federation and wasthe head coach of the United States Women’sNational team from 1986 until August 1994 whenhe resigned. The U.S. team was 65-22-5 duringhis tenure. Mike Ryan was the national coach atthe inaugural international play of the U.S.Women’s National Team in 1985. Dorrance tookover a year later and led the program for eightyears.

As National Team coach, he directed theUnited States as it shocked the world by sweep-ing through six games in China to the first worldchampionship title in 1991.

Dorrance’s final act as head coach of theWomen’s National Team was to lead the UnitedStates to victory at the CONCACAF Zone WorldC h a m p i o n s h i p ’s qualifying tournament in

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Montreal in the summer of 1994.He was also a charter member of the NCAA

Women’s Soccer Committee and he has served asthe women’s chairman of the IntercollegiateSoccer Association of America. He is the formerchairman of the NCAA Men’s and Women’sSoccer Rules Committee. He is one of the fewcoaches in the country to qualify as a nationals t a ff coach for the United States SoccerFederation and for the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America. He is also involved intraining coaches and awarding coaching licenses.

Dorrance’s summer time soccer camps foryoung women on the UNC campus are the mostpopular in the nation. The camps sell out well inadvance. Dorrance has even hosted a version ofthe famous camp in England.

Dorrance was born on April 9, 1951, inBombay, India, and is married to the formerM’Liss Gary who is an accomplished profession-al dancer. The Dorrances have three children,daughters Michelle and Natalie, and a son,Donovan.

Dorrance’s soccer origins stem from his youthdays living in Ethiopia. He also lived in Kenya,Singapore, Belgium and Switzerland as a youth.His family traveled widely as his father was aninternational businessman.

Another remarkable facet of the Tar Heel lega-cy is the number of former Tar Heel players,assistant coaches, staff members and managerswho tutored under Dorrance at Carolina and whoare currently head coaches or assistant coaches incollegiate women’s soccer, with U.S. nationaldevelopment programs or in the women’s profes-sional ranks.

Long-time women’s assistant coach BillPalladino (‘73) was the head coach of the RaleighWings professional team for three years. He ledthe Wings to the league championship in theirfirst two seasons. Palladino was assisted on theRaleigh Wings staff by Susan Ellis (‘83).

Current and former head coaches in the colle-giate and national women’s soccer ranks includeDawn Crow, ‘94, at the University of Alabama;Carrie Serwetnyk, ‘87, at Boston University;Carla Werden Overbeck, ‘89, at Duke University;Tina Luft, ‘84, at Incarnate Word; ShannonHiggins Cirovski, ‘89, at the University ofMaryland; Lori Walker, ‘91, and Croft Young,‘94, at The Ohio State University; BillSteffen,‘95, Keri Sanchez Raygor, ‘94, and BethSheppard, ‘99, at the University of Oregon; ChrisHuston, 89, at Rice University; Pam Kalinoski,‘91, at the University of San Francisco; MeaghanDougherty, ‘93, at Canisius University; AngelaK e l l y, ‘94, and Sarah Dacey, ‘96, at theUniversity of Tennessee; Tracy Noonan Ducar,‘95, at the University of North Carolina atGreensboro; Amy Burns, ‘93, and JenniferEames, ‘95, at Wo fford University; MarciaMcDermott, ‘86, and Susan Ellis, ‘84, of theCarolina Courage; and April Heinrichs, ‘86, andTracey Bates Leone, ‘89, of the United StatesNational Team.

NCAADivision I Winningest Active Coaches(Minimum five years in Division I)

By PercentageCoach, Current School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tie . . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .22 . . . . . .487 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .11. . . . . . .9472. John Walker, Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . . . .126 . . . . . .24 . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . .8333. Chris Petrucelli, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 . . . . . .195 . . . . . .38 . . . . . .12 . . . . . .8204. Becky Burleigh, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 . . . . . .201 . . . . . .44 . . . . . . .9 . . . . . . .8095. Jennifer Rockwood, Brigham Young . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . .112 . . . . . .26 . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . .807

By VictoriesCoach, Current School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tie . . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .22 . . . . . .487 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .11. . . . . . .9472. Len Tsantiris, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .344 . . . . . .88 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .7823. Jim Rudy, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .252 . . . . . .90 . . . . . .21 . . . . . .7234. Peter Reynaud, Fresno St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . . . .229 . . . . .115 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .6565T. P. Albright,Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .220 . . . . .121 . . . . . .26 . . . . . .6355T. David Lombardo, James Madison . . . . . . . .18 . . . . . .220 . . . . .118 . . . . . .17 . . . . . .644

NCAADivision I Winningest All-Time(Minimum ten years in Division I)

By PercentageCoach, Current School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs. . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tied. . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .21 . . . . . .466 . . . . . .19 . . . . . .11. . . . . . .9512. Chris Petrucelli, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 . . . . . .195 . . . . . .38 . . . . . .12 . . . . . .8203. Clive Charles, Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 . . . . . .186 . . . . . .44 . . . . . .11 . . . . . .7954. Len Tsantiris, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .344 . . . . . .88 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .7825. Jerry Smith, Santa Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 . . . . . .219 . . . . . .58 . . . . . .15 . . . . . .776

By VictoriesCoach, Current School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs. . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tied. . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .21 . . . . . .466 . . . . . .19 . . . . . .11. . . . . . .9512. Len Tsantiris, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .344 . . . . . .88 . . . . . .22 . . . . . .7823. Jim Rudy, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .252 . . . . . .90 . . . . . .21 . . . . . .7234. David Lombardo, James Madison . . . . . . . . .18 . . . . . .220 . . . . .118 . . . . . .17 . . . . . .6445T. Jerry Smith, Santa Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 . . . . . .219 . . . . . .58 . . . . . .15 . . . . . .7765T. Phil Pincine, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 . . . . . .219 . . . . .140 . . . . . .25 . . . . . .603

Atlantic Coast Conference Career Winning Percentage(Since 1987, minimum 3 years)

Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs. . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tied. . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .14 . . . . . .329 . . . . . .10 . . . . . . .8 . . . . . . .9602. Larry Gross, NCState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . . . .108 . . . . . .40 . . . . . . .9 . . . . . . .7173. Tracey Leone,Clemson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . .89 . . . . . .39 . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . .6894. Lauren Gregg, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . . .116 . . . . . .50 . . . . . .13 . . . . . .6845. Tony da Luz, Wake Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . .51 . . . . . .29 . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . .628

Atlantic Coast Conference Career Victories(Since 1987)

Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yrs. . . . . .Won . . . . .Lost . . . . .Tied. . . . . Pct.1. Anson Dorrance, North Carolina . . . . . . . .21 . . . . . .466 . . . . . .19 . . . . . .11. . . . . . .9512. Bill Hempen,Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 . . . . . .162 . . . . .100 . . . . . .16 . . . . . .6123. Lauren Gregg, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . . .116 . . . . . .50 . . . . . .13 . . . . . .6844. Larry Gross, NC State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . . . .108 . . . . . .40 . . . . . . .9 . . . . . . .7175. April Heinrichs, Maryland & Virginia . . . . . . .9 . . . . . .108 . . . . . .67 . . . . . .14 . . . . . .608

Dorrance’s Active National Team Connections

Coaches: April Heinrichs, ‘86; Tracey Bates Leone, ‘89

National Team Players: Kristine Lilly, ‘92; Mia Hamm Corry, ‘93; Siri Mullinix, ‘98; CindyParlow, ‘98; Lorrie Fair, ‘99; Danielle Borgman, ‘01; Jena Kluegel, ‘01; Jenni Branam, ‘02; SusanBush, ‘02; Alyssa Ramsey, ‘03; Catherine Reddick, ‘03; Sara Randolph, ‘04.

Under 21 National Team: Anne Remy, ‘01; Maggie Tomecka, ‘03; Anne Morrell, ‘04.

Under 18 National Team: Mary McDowell, ‘04; Aly Winget, ‘04; Anne Felts, ‘04.

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Assistant Coach Bill Palladino

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that BillPalladino is the second best women’s soccercoach in the collegiate ranks. A man who longago could have left North Carolina andclaimed any of the other best head coachingopportunities in the women’s college game,Palladino has shown a tremendous loyalty tothe program at UNC, his alma mater.

Thus, assistant head coach Bill Palladinobegins his 22nd year as head coach AnsonDorrance’s right-hand man and the chief archi-tect of the stifling Carolina defense in 2001.Under Palladino’s brilliant direction, the TarHeel defenses have consistently been animportant cog in the Tar Heels’runs to nation-al championship after national championship.In 1987 the Tar Heels set a defensive NCAArecord probably never to be matched when theteam allowed only two goals all season.

Palladino has been an integral part of the TarHeel women’s soccer program since the pro-gram’s second year when he came aboard as anassistant coach. Palladino has been right alongside Dorrance throughout the last 21 yearswhich include 17 national championships and13 Atlantic Coast Conference titles.

Palladino, who has consistently turneddown numerous head coaching opportunitiesto remain with the Tar Heels, was named the1991 South Region Coach of the Year by theNational Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica/Met Life Insurance Company. Hetook over the team for much of the 1991 sea-son as interim head coach while A n s o nDorrance was directing the efforts of the U.S.Women’s National Team in its successful questto win the 1991 Women’s World Cup title in

China.Palladino coached the Tar Heels in 10

games that season and was victorious in eachcontest, including all three games of theNCAA Tournament. North Carolina won the10th of its 16 national titles with a 3-1 winover Wisconsin on November 24, 1991. He isthe first assistant coach to have ever wonregional coach-of-the-year honors. Palladinomost recently served as the Tar Heels’interimhead coach in UNC’s 6-0 NCAA first-roundwin over Wake Forest in 1997 while Dorrancewas serving a one-game NCAAsuspension.

“For me, Bill is the reason I enjoy my job somuch,” says head coach Anson Dorrance. “Heis the reason the players enjoy the program somuch. Bill is a big part of reason there is suchgreat team chemistry.

“Bill is a team builder. He has helped usdevelop a philosophy towards player develop-ment that encourages an informal but effectiverapport between players and coaches. Bill is aterrific counterbalance against my fiery andintense nature. That balance makes our pro-gram unique.”

Palladino began his coaching career atCarolina in 1980. A native of Chapel Hill,N.C., Palladino joined the staff that year afterthree seasons as an assistant coach with theUNC men’s team from 1977-79 when it wasalso coached by Dorrance. Dorrance wasnamed head coach of the men’s program in1977 and led it for 12 seasons through the1988 campaign. In 1979, Dorrance began the

women’s program at UNC. Since then, he andPalladino has been a part of all 17 nationalchampionships and 13 conference titles wonby the women’s program.

Palladino’s main emphasis is the defense,which traditionally is the finest in the country.In 1987, the Tar Heels set NCAA records byallowing just two goals in 24 games andrecording 22 shutouts. Carolina matched that22-shutout total in 1997 en route to anothernational title, allowing just eight goals thatseason.

The 50-year-old Palladino holds an “A”coaching license from the United States Soccer

Federation. He was head coach of the Southteam at the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival inDenver, Colo. The several recent summers healso served as head coach of the RaleighWings in the W League, leading the team to anundefeated season in 1998 and to yet anotherW League title in 1999.

His duties at North Carolina include on-fieldcoaching, recruiting, directing camps, scoutingand administration.

A 1973 University of North Carolina gradu-ate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychol-ogy, Palladino played varsity men’s soccer atCarolina for three seasons from 1970-72 underthe aegis of legendary coach Marvin Allen.

Palladino added to his repertoire this pastgsummer when he served as a sideline reporterfor several WUSA telecasts, most of them fea-turing the hometown Carolina Courage.

Goalkeeper Coach/RecruitingCoordinator Chris Ducar

Chris Ducar begins his sixth year as thehead goalkeeper coach for the University ofNorth Carolina women’s soccer program in2000. He serves as the program’s full-timecoach with duties asgoalkeeper coachand recruiting coor-dinator.

Ducar was thegoalkeeper coachfor the under- 2 1National Te a mwhich won the1999 Nordic Cuptitle in Iceland.Former UNC playerSiri Mullinix wasthe championship keeper for the U.S. in thattournament and was the starter for the U.S.National Team in the 2000 Olympics.

Ducar was the goalkeeper coach for the1998 United States’under-20 women’s nation-al team which competed in the Nordic Cup inHolland August 3-9, 1998. The United Stateswon the silver medal in that competition.Ducar also served as goalkeeper coach for the1997 United States under-20 national teamwhich went on to win the gold medal in the1997 Nordic Cup in Denmark.

In addition to being an assistant coach atUNC, Ducar has also served as an assistantcoach for the women’s team at UNC-Greensboro from 1995-98 on a part-time basisbefore he became full-time at Carolina. In1995, he was the goalkeepers coach atGreensboro College. In 1990-91, he was anassistant coach at UC-Santa Cruz. Recently hetrained the under 17 boys national team afterserving on the women’s side for the past threeyears.

In the summer of 2000, Ducar served as thehead coach for the North Carolina women’s

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state team that won the regional championshipand advanced to compete in the Donnelly CupNational Championship over T h a n k s g i v i n gweekend 2000.

Ducar graduated from the Missouri in 1990with a B.A. degree in political science as aDean’s List student. He went on to earn ateaching credential from San Jose State in1995.

Ducar played soccer at Missouri from 1986-90. Post-collegiately, he played for Inter A.C.in Fremont, Calif. when it won the 1990Premier Division title. He was the goalkeeperfor the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of theAPSLwhen they won the 1991 national cham-pionship. He also played for the San JoseOaks, the 1992 U.S. Open Cup champions.

National director for Soccer PlusGoalkeeper Schools in Connecticut, he spendsmuch of his time traveling the United Statesorganizing camps and clinics for Soccer Plus.He has also served as director of Go For GoldSoccer Schools, World Soccer and Santa CruzSoccer Camps in California and for DavidBrcic’s Goalkeeper Schools in Missouri.

Ducar holds coaching licenses from theNational Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica (premier license) and the UnitedStates Soccer Federation (national “A”license). In 1997, he was named a national cli-nician by the U.S. Youth Soccer Association.Ducar is on the USSF and NSCAA NationalGoalkeeping Staffs.

He has been the Director of Goalkeeping forthe Carolina United Soccer Club in NorthCarolina for the past six years.

Ducar was married in 1997 to the formerTracy Noonan. Tracy was a first-team All-America goalkeeper at Carolina and a 1996alumna of the University. She was a memberof the 1999 United States Women’sWorld CupTeam. The couple lives in Durham, N.C.

Women’s Soccer General ManagerTom Sander

A vital part of theprogram for the pastdecade, Tom Sanderwas brought on as apaid staff memberand made the gener-al manager in spring1998. Previously,he served as theteam’s manager forsix years.

Sander coordi-nates team opera-tions at home and on the road and serves as aliaison for the program with the Universityadministration, Educational Foundation, pro-gram scholarship donors, soccer alumni andthe Friends of Carolina Soccer.

A native of Lancaster, Pa., Sander went to

Hempfield High School and then graduatedfrom UNC with a B.S. degree in biology in1993.

Sander also works as a consultant forSoftsport Inc. based in Los Angeles, Calif. Inthat role, he works with college and MLSteams, the U.S. men’s and women’s Nationaland Olympic teams and several internationalteams. He trains them to use the “match analy-sis software” during games and how to analyzethe results afterward. He also does personalanalysis for teams including the UNCwomen’s team. Tom says the highlights of histutoring in this software have including work-ing with the Women’s Olympic Team in 1996and training people in England to use the soft-ware with legendary Manchester United.

Olympic Sports Strength &Conditioning Coach Greg Gatz

Greg Gatz isentering fourth yearas Director ofStrength andConditioning forOlympic Sports atUNC. Gatz isdirectly responsiblefor the strength andconditioning of 25varsity athleticteams.Certified

He has earnedcertification as a Strength and ConditioningSpecialist by the National Strength andConditioning Association and was nominatedCollege Strength and Conditioning Coach ofthe Year by the NSCAin January 2001.

Gatz was a football and track athlete atIthaca (N.Y.) College, while majoring in phys-ical education.

He and wife,Dana,have one child, Jessica(9).

Associate Athletic CommunicationsDirector Dave Lohse

Dave Lohse, 46, is currently in his 25th yearof service in the athletic communicationso ffice at theUniversity of NorthCarolina. He wasthe assistant directorof the office from1977-90 and hasserved as associatedirector since 1990.

Lohse, a native ofGriffith, Ind., gradu-ated as valedictorianfrom Griffith HighSchool in 1973. He went on to PurdueUniversity where he was named Phi BetaKappa while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree

in political science in 1977. As a undergradu-ate he worked three years as a student assistantin the Purdue athletic communications office.

The following fall Lohse began his profes-sional tenure at UNC. Over the years he haswon over 100 awards for his writing and pub-lications from the College Sports InformationDirectors of America. Lohse’s true love isCarolina’s 25-sport Olympic sport program.Over the years he has primarily worked withthe sports of men’s and women’s soccer, swim-ming and diving, tennis and lacrosse. Heserves as the Tar Heels’ public addressannouncer in all those sports as well as han-dling the day to day communications duties forwomen’s soccer, men’s and women’s swim-ming and diving, men’s and women’s fencing,men’s tennis and men’s lacrosse.

Lohse’s life in sports is featured in the bookJ o c k s by Connecticut author Dan Wo o g .Lohse has served as the press officer for divingand yachting at the 1988 Olympic Games inSeoul, associate communications director forthe 1994 Gay Games IVin New York City andas press venue chief for aquatics at the 1996Olympics in Atlanta amongst the manyappointments he has received from the U.S.Olympic Committee.

Lohse’s passions are progressive politics,viewing classic cinema, studying history,enjoying the Broadway stage, lifting weights,playing trivia games, vacationing inProvincetown and cheering to the bitter end forhis beloved Chicago Cubs.

SecretaryDelaine Marbry

Manager DonnieHoward

Head AthleticTrainer BillPrentice

MarketingDirector MichaelBeale

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Department of Athletics Mission StatementThe Department of Athletics has offered high quality athletic programs for

many years. Through a dedicated commitment to educational interests, compet-itive athletic programs, and integrity in all areas, the student-athletes, coachesand staff strive to bring credit and recognition to the University.

The mission of the Department is to sponsor a broad-based athletic pro-gram that provides educational and athletic opportunities for young men andwomen to grow and develop, and to serve the interests of the University bycomplementing and enhancing its diversity and quality of life. Coaches, as edu-cators, are foundational to this process. In keeping with the University’s effortsto offer programs of regional and national acclaim, the Department’s athleticprograms strive for competitive excellence within the Atlantic CoastConference or other similar institutions. Through its athletic programs, theUniversity seeks to unite students, faculty, staff and alumni in a common andshared experience. The Department seeks to contribute to the diversity of theUniversity by offering opportunities for enhanced racial/ethnic, cultural andgeographic representation.

To fulfill this mission, the Department, with the approval of the Board ofTrust, has developed principles of operation to provide guidance and directionto its personnel. This Mission Statement and accompanying principles requirestrong dedication and commitment from all who participate in, coach in andsupport the Department of Athletics.

Department of Athletics Statement on GamblingThe mission of the Department of Athletics is to sponsor a broad-based ath-

letic program that provides educational and athletic opportunities for youngmen and women to grow and develop. In keeping with the Department’s mis-sion and the University’s commitment to educational interests, competitive ath-letic programs, and integrity in all areas, the Department of Athletics stronglycondemns the influence of gambling on intercollegiate athletics.

Student gambling is a significant issue on college campuses. Student-athleteinvolvement in gambling has produced many tragic situations, both for student-athletes and the universities they represent. Student-athletes often compete incontests that generate interest from those involved in gambling and, possibly,organized crime. If given the opportunity, those interests will not hesitate toexploit the position student-athletes hold on college campuses. As such, theUniversity of North Carolina is firmly opposed to all forms of gambling andbribery related to intercollegiate athletics.

To fulfill its educational obligation, the Department provides a gamblingeducation program to all its student-athletes and departmental staff members.This statement and the educational program are reflections of the Department’s

commitment to keeping intercollegiate athletics free from the influences ofgambling and its related activities.

The Department requires its staff members and student-athletes to adhere toNCAA, state and federal laws regarding gambling. In the interest of fair com-petition and the growth and development of student-athletes, the Departmentstrongly urges its friends and supporters to refrain from gambling/betting oncontests involving collegiate competition and to abide by state and federal laws.

UNC Athletic Administration DirectoryChancellor............................................................................Dr. James MoeserFaculty Representative ..................................................................Jack EvansDirector of Athletics ..................................................................Dick BaddourSenior Associate Director of Athletics ..........................................Larry GalloSenior Associate Director of Athletics (Business /Finance) ....Martina BallenSenior Associate Director of Athletics (Facilities)..........................Jeff ElliottSenior Associate Director of Athletics (Olympic Sports)........Dr. Beth MillerSenior Associate Director of Athletics (Multimedia)......................Bob SavodSenior Associate Director of Athletics ( O p e r a t i o n s / F a c i l i t i e s ) ....Willie ScroggsAssociate Director of Athletics (M a r k e t i n g / P r o m o t i o n s) ........Norwood TeagueAssociate Director of Athletics (Communications)................Steve KirschnerAssistant Director of Athletics..............................................Rick SteinbacherEducational Foundation President ......................................John MontgomeryDirector of Sports Medicine..........................................................Dr. Tim TaftHead Team Physician ............................................................Dr. Bryan SmithCoordinator of Athletic Training ............................................Dr. Dan HookerDirector of Championships and Olympic Sport Operations ........Ellen CullerDirector of Ticket Operations ..................................................Clint GwaltneyCoordinator of Athletic Development..........................................Jeff ConnorsDirector of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports............Greg GatzAssociate Athletic Communications Director ..............................Dave LohseAssistant Athletic Communications Directors........Matt Bowers, Dana Gelin,................................................................................David Tinson, Kevin Best

Athletic Department SwitchboardsSmith Center............................................................................(919) 962-6000Carmichael Auditorium............................................................(919) 962-5411Mailing Address:............................................................Overnight Address:P.O. Box 2126 ..................................................................Dean Smith CenterChapel Hill, NC 27515 ..............................................Skipper Bowles Drive....................................................................................Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Dick Baddour, a 1966 graduate of the Universityof North Carolina, was named Director of Athletics on June 25, 1997. In hisfour years as director, the UNC Department of Athletics has undergone anumber of changes, yet remains one of the premiere programs in the AtlanticCoast Conference and in the nation.

The Goldsboro, N.C., native heads a program that with 28 varsity sports isthe largest in the ACC. Carolina won seven conference championships duringthe 2000-01 school year, equalling the top figure in the league for the 14thconsecutive year. Eighteen Tar Heel teams competed in NCAA postseasonplay.

Baddour is in his 35th year of continuous service to the university. Hegraduated from UNCin 1966 and was appointed Assistant Dean of Men in1967. He served as Assistant Dean of Admissions and Assistant Dean of theUNC School of Law and also earned a Master of Arts degree in education priorto joining the athletic department in 1986.

In 2001, he received the Distinguished Service Medal from the UNCGeneral Alumni Association. Active in Chapel Hill community affairs, he is apast president of the Public School Foundation and has served on the Parksand Recreation Commission. He and his wife, Lynda, have two sons, Allenand David, and a daughter, Jennifer.

Beth Miller is in her 18th year supervising the 25-sport Olympic programand serves as UNC’s Senior Women’s Administrator. She is a 1968 alumnusof Appalachian State University with a B.S. degree in health and physical edu-cation. She has a master’s from ASU and earned a Doctor of Arts degree inphysical education at Middle Tennessee State in 1974.

From 1969-72, she served as the head volleyball and basketball coach atASU. She became head volleyball coach at UNC in 1975 and led the Tar Heelsto four successive ACC titles from 1980-83 and five postseason tournamentappearances. She also coached softball at Carolina from 1978-79.

In 1979, she was named Athletic Business Manager. She retired fromcoaching volleyball after 1983, but continued to handle all financial affairs forthe department through 1987.

Miller is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors ofAthletics Sears Director’s Cup Committee and the National Association ofCollegiate Women Athletic Administrators Nominating Committee. Sheserves on a number of Atlantic Coast Conference committees, including thosefor women’s basketball, wrestling and officiating. She chairs the committeesfor women’s golf and volleyball. She also serves on UNC’s Housing AdvisoryBoard. She began supervising UNC's highly successful Olympic Sports pro-gram in 1985. Miller is a native of Landis, N.C.

DICK BADDOURDirector of Athletics

DR. BE T H MI L L E RSenior Associate Athletic

Director