UNC senior athletes reflect as they enter their final year of eligibility

Posted Aug 28, 2020
Eva Smolenaars, a two-time national champion with the UNC field hockey team, and Alex Milligan and Emmeline Fisher, both leaders on the cross country teams, shared how their time at UNC changed them and what they hope to leave behind. Hard work was a common theme between the athletes, and each spoke about their work ethic and how it paid off. (Daily Tar Heel)

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