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Total Tar Heels: UNC Athletes Excel Outside of Competition
Luke Maye was honored at the Chancellor's Awards as the winner of the
Jim Tatum Memorial Award, which goes to the student-athlete who has performed with distinction in his or her sport and contributed to the Carolina community through co-curricular activities. Former UNC football player
Allen Champagne is pursuing a joint MD/PhD. (
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UNC Strength & Conditioning Honors Top Performers
The UNC Strength & Conditioning staff announced team awards for the 2018-19 school year, recognizing student-athletes from Olympic sports who excelled as part of in-season and out-of-season programs. Blaine Boyden from men's tennis and Marissa Creatore from field hockey – were recognized as their teams' Iron Rams for the third year in a row. (
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Tar Heels exceed national average in Academic Progress Rate in 23 sports
The 15 teams which registered perfect 1000s for 2017-18 in UNC’s single-year Academic Progress Rate include women’s cross country, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics, men’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis, women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and wrestling. (
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Nine UNC Teams Earn APR Recognition Awards
Nine UNC athletic programs have earned NCAA Recognition Awards for outstanding Academic Progress Rates, the NCAA announced on Wednesday. That marks the third straight year UNC has won the most recognition awards among public schools in the ACC and ties Rutgers for the most awards won by any public school in the Power 5 Conferences. (
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UNC Celebrates Year Of Successes At Rammy Awards
North Carolina Athletics celebrated the success of the past year Monday night at the seventh-annual Rammy Awards. Each spring, the evening highlights student-athlete achievement in athletics, academics and outreach, with plenty of laughs and cheers. This year's hosts included field hockey junior Marissa Creatore and men's basketball sophomore
K.J. Smith. (
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Matt Jednak named second UNC fencing head coach in program history
Matt Jednak, a former Tar Heel fencer and assistant coach, has been named head coach of the North Carolina men's and women's fencing teams, UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham announced Thursday. Jednak is just the second coach in Tar Heel program history, following Ron Miller, who came to UNC in 1967 and has been at UNC's helm for 52 years. (
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UNC Women Share Sports With Young Tar Heels
On Sunday, hundreds of girls and boys gathered at Fetzer Gym, where Tar Heel student-athletes from 13 women's teams taught kids about their sports as part of the Carolina Athletics celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. For a chaotic 90 minutes, members of North Carolina women's athletics teams demonstrated various aspects of their sports. (
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Sixteen Tar Heel Teams Exceed National Graduation Success Rates
16 UNC athletic teams exceeded the national average for NCAA Graduation Success Rates for student-athletes enrolling from 2008 to 2011: Women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's fencing, women's golf, gymnastics, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball. (
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Jack Skahan Helps UNC Men's Soccer To Division Title, Olympic Sports Notes
Behind a strong performance by Jack Skahan, the North Carolina men's soccer team clinched the ACC Coastal Division title for the fourth straight season with a 1-0 win over Duke on Tuesday. Enyaeva Michelin claimed second-team All-ACC honors for the cross country team, fencing opened its season, field hockey remained unbeaten and both Tar Heel golf teams were in action. (
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Ron Miller To Remain At Helm Of UNC Fencing While Coaching Search Continues
Veteran coach Ron Miller will delay his retirement and remain at the helm of the UNC men's and women's fencing teams, UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham announced recently. This season will be Miller's 52nd at Carolina, and he is the only head coach the Tar Heel fencing program has ever known. Miller had announced plans to retire effective Aug. 31, 2018. (
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