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Quick Facts/Table of ContentsThe University of North CarolinaLocation: Chapel Hill, N.C.Chartered: 1789Enrollment: 28,000Chancellor: Holden ThorpDirector of Athletics: Dick BaddourSenior Women’s Administrator: Dr. Beth MillerAffiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Atlantic CoastNickname: Tar HeelsMascot: Rameses the ramSchool colors: Carolina Blue and whiteAthletic department Web site: TarHeelBlue.com

Carolina Women’s TennisHead Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89)Record at Carolina: 110-44 (5 seasons)Overall Record: 324-111 (16 seasons)Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Coach: Sara Anundsen, first season (UNC ‘07)Anundsen’s Phone: (919) 962-6464Anundsen’s Email: [email protected] Office Fax: (919) 962-2604Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis CenterTennis Center Contact: Andrew ParkerParker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363Team Physician: Kelly WaicusStrength and Conditioning: Steve GisselmanAthletic Trainer: Sally MaysAcademic Advisor: Brent Blanton2008 Record: 18-92008 ACC Record: 7-32008 ACC Finish: 5th (regular season), quarterfinals (tournament)Final 2008 ITA Ranking: 17thLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/1Starters Returning/Lost: 6/0ACC Titles: 5 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002)NCAA Appearances: 10 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 16-10

UNC Athletic CommunicationsOffice Phone: (919) 962-2123Associate Athletic Director for Communications: Steve KirschnerAssistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Bobby HundleyE-mail: [email protected]’s Office Phone: (919) 843-5678Hundley’s Cell Phone: (919) 428-0893SID Fax: (919) 962-0612Mailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515

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IntroductionQuick Facts ........................................ 12008-09 Roster ............................... 2

Meet The Tar HeelsHead Coach Brian Kalbas ............ 4Asst. Coach Sara Anundsen ........ 5Player Profiles .......................... 6-14

2007-08 In Review2007-08 Results ................... 16-172007-08 Review ................... 18-20

This Is CarolinaUniversity/Chapel Hill ....... 22-25Sports Med/Academics ..... 26-29Tennis Center ........................ 30-31

HistoryUNC/ACC History ................. 34-35NCAA History ......................... 36-37Awards/Honors .................... 38-39


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Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School Jelena Durisic So. 6-2 Torrance, Calif. Pacific Coast Meg Fanjoy Sr. 5-9 Statesville, N.C. Heritage Academy Shinann Featherston Fr. 5-6 Rockaway Park, N.Y. St. Francis Prep Jocelyn Ffriend Fr. 5-6 New Rochelle, N.Y. New Rochelle Stefi Gjine Fr. 5-6 North Vancouver, B.C. VLN Sophie Grabinski Sr. 5-10 Carmel, Ind. Carmel Hanes Harris Sr. 5-7 Wilmington, N.C. New Hanover Haley Hemm Fr. 5-3 Menlo Park, Calif. Sacred Heart Prep Linzee Mabrey Jr. 5-5 Needham, Mass. Needham Sanaz Marand Jr. 5-6 Katy, Texas Texas Tech High Laura Reichert Sr. 5-5 Oakton, Va. Madison Austin Smith Sr. 5-9 Hilton Head Island, S.C. Heritage Academy Katrina Tsang Jr. 5-3 Raleigh, N.C. Indiana Univ. High

Coaching Staff/Support Staff Head Coach: Brian Kalbas Assistant Coach: Sara Anundsen Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays GA Athletic Trainers: Sonia Gysland, Eric Bengtson Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Steve Gisselman

To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ...From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi-mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stop-light into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

From Points South: Take US-15/501 North to Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass through two stoplights. After second light, take next exit, which will be NC-54 East. Continue on NC-54 East approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right at stoplight into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

2008-09 North Carolina Tar Heels

Left to right: Assistant Coach Sara Anundsen, Katrina Tsang, Shinann Featherston, Laura Reichert, Jocelyn Ffriend, Meg Fanjoy, Austin Smith, Jelena Durisic, Sophie Grabinski, Hanes Harris, Sanaz Marand, Stefi Gjine, Linzee Mabrey, Haley Hemm, Head Coach Brian Kalbas


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Currently in his sixth season at the University of North Caro-lina and his 16th season overall as a collegiate head coach, Brian Ka-lbas has led the Tar Heels through one of the most successful runs in school history. Highlighted by just the second trip to the NCAA Quarter-finals in school history in 2005 and its first NCAA tennis title in 2007, UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tournament all five years under Kalbas. Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Cham-pionship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels, male or female, to win an NCAA tennis title. UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. Carolina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced all three NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar Heels were also named a host site for NCAA first and second round action, and they defeated Marist and rival Duke to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to Notre Dame. Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking of No. 3, the highest in program history. The Tar Heels ad-vanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season, fall-ing to Duke in the Round of 16. With a final record of 26-7, UNC posted its highest win total since the 1981-82 squad finished 26-14. Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his efforts. The 2004-05 season was capped by a dramatic run to the NCAA Quar-terfinals. After finishing 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Tar Heels earned the right to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Team Championships. Carolina opened the tournament with a 4-0 vic-tory over Richmond. UNC then defeated rival Duke 4-0 for a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. Playing in just its third Sweet Sixteen, Carolina opened with a 4-0 upset of fourth-ranked Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels finished one win away from the Final Four, falling to Clemson 4-1 in the quarterfinals. Kalbas served as head coach of William & Mary’s women’s tennis team for 11 years before accepting the head coaching position at Caro-lina in the summer of 2003. At William & Mary, Kalbas posted a 214-85 overall record and was named the 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year. Kalbas’ teams have seen great success against ranked opponents. Since 1995 his teams have defeated 24 teams ranked in the Top 10 of the ITA poll, highlighted by a win over No. 2 Florida in 2006 and a win

over No. 2 and eventual NCAA champion UCLA in 2008. Under Kalbas’ di-rection, 15 of his teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in the country. Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized as the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M. He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most recent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quar-terfinals appearances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Carolina, he has coached a total of 10 All-Americas, the most recent being current junior Sanaz Marand, who defeated the No. 1 player in the nation twice as a sopho-more and finished 2008 with just two singles losses. Carolina placed two play-ers on the 2008 All-ACC team, Marand and fellow sophomore Katrina Tsang. Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 and Marand partnered with Sophie Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. This contin-ued a great run of success on the NCAA level for players under Kalbas. He helped guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments. Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her accomplishments in 2007. In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards from the ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsman-ship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leader-ship and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. Mojzis is the third player to win the national Ar-thur Ashe Award under Kalbas’ leadership. Carolijn van Rossum and Jessyca Arthur both won the award while Kalbas was coaching at William & Mary. In 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Kalbas fronted a team of three of the nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout and NCAA champion Audra Cohen of Miami. Kalbas is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was a four-year varsity player, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles. He was captain of the Fighting Irish men’s tennis team his senior year and received the most valuable player and sportsmanship awards from Notre Dame. After graduation, Kalbas served as an assistant coach for the Notre Dame men’s tennis team from 1989-92. During his tenure, the Fighting Irish made their way to the Top 20 for the first time in school history, and, in 1992, the Irish reached the NCAA Championship match. Kalbas and his wife, Suzanne, reside in Chapel Hill with their two children, Sarah, 18, and Joseph, 9.

Kalbas’ Year-by-year ResultsYEAR RECORD PCT.1992-93 13-6 .684 1993-94 17-7 .7081994-95 23-6 .7931995-96 20-8 .7141996-97 23-7 .7671997-98 23-9 .7191998-99 21-7 .7501999-2000 20-9 .6902000-01 10-12 .4552001-02 19-8 .7042002-03 25-6 .8062003-04 20-9 .6902004-05 23-10 .6902005-06 26-7 .7882006-07 23-9 .7192007-08 18-9 .667Career Totals 324-129 .715

At W&M: 214-85 (11 seasons) .716At UNC: 110-44 (5 seasons) .714

Career Highlights• 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year• Five-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year• Four-time CAA Coach of the Year• Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles title, the first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis• Coached 10 All-America players to 20 total All-America honors• Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners• Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M• His teams have defeated 24 top-10 opponents in 16 seasons• Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals three times


Coaching Staff

Former NCAA doubles champion and two-time All-America performer Sara Anundsen was named assistant coach for the North Carolina’s women’s tennis team in the summer of 2008. Anundsen, a 2007 UNC graduate, com-bined with Jenna Long to win the 2007 NCAA doubles title - the first national championship in program history. Anundsen, who spent the 2007-08 sea-son as an assistant at Princeton, replaces former assistant Tari Ann Toro. “I’m thrilled to bring Sara back to Chapel Hill and back into our program,” Kalbas said. “She was such an incredible competitor during her playing days and I know she will bring that competitive fire to our current squad. She will be a great presence for our team both on and off the court. I am confident that her passion and love for UNC will be an asset as she helps recruit future NCAA champions.” Anundsen earned All-America honors in 2006 and 2007, and helped lead the Tar Heels to a pair of Sweet Sixteens and an Elite Eight. A native of Littleton, Colo., Anundsen teamed with Long to capture the 2007 NCAA doubles title after falling in the national semifinals in 2006. The duo finished the 2007 season 29-6 and was named ITA National Doubles Team Of The Year. By virtue of their NCAA title, Anundsen and Long also earned a wild card berth into the 2007 U.S. Open.

In the summer of 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kalbas fronted a team of four of the nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout Audra Cohen of Miami.


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Had a standout fall season in doubles action, posting a 9-3 record playing with Laura Reichert and Austin Smith • Partnered with Reichert to win seven of nine matches, including a flight championship at the Furman Fall Classic.

JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)Posted a 20-16 record in singles play, including an 8-2 mark in ACC play, and an 17-11 record in doubles play • Starting with a straight-set win in the Mary-land match, ran off 10 wins in 12 matches, including eight conference wins • Dropped just five sets over the 12 match run that featured nine straight-set victories • Rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the opening set to beat UCLA’s Stephanie Wetmore at No. 6 singles and give Carolina a 4-3 win over the No. 2 Bruins at the ITA National Indoor Championship • Defeated No. 107 Noelle Hickey of No. 2 Georgia Tech in a third-set tiebreak • Partnered primarily with classmate Austin Smith in doubles, winning nine of 14 matches and five of nine in dual match play • Ranked No. 60 in the ITA national doubles poll with Smith • En-tered the spring ranked No. 6 in the Southeast Region in doubles with Smith • Posted a doubles record of 9-4 during the fall playing with Smith, Alex Jurewitz, Sophie Grabinski and Laura Reichert • Advanced to the final of her flight at the St. Mary’s Classic with Jurewitz • After two straight 8-1 wins with Smith at the ITA Southeast Regionals, dropped an 8-5 decision to No. 2 Ali Mijackia and Fre-drica Van Adrichem of Clemson • Went undefeated in four doubles matches at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Finished the fall season with a singles record of 5-6 • Scored a pair of wins at the Kitty Harrison Invitational over Maryland’s Karin Lundmark and Marshall’s Jessica Keener.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)Finished the season with a singles record of 11-6 and a doubles record of 22-12 • Saw extensive action at No. 3 doubles during the dual match portion of the schedule, posting a 13-7 record at that position with Austin Smith, includ-ing a 6-1 mark in ACC play • Clinched the doubles point in the NCAA round of 16 match against Notre Dame with an 8-4 win over Cosmina Coibanu and Kali Krisik • Along with Smith, ranked No. 40 in the nation in doubles in the preseason ITA poll • Posted a 7-5 singles record during the fall season that included three wins in the White draw of the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Teamed with Linzee Mabrey, Laura Reichert and Austin Smith to post a 6-5 doubles mark • Playing with Smith, won two matches to advance to the Blue draw final at the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)Posted an overall singles record of 14-10 and a doubles record of 30-9 with partner Austin Smith • Clinched the upset win over No. 6 Northwestern with a victory at No. 6 singles over Nazlie Ghazal • Came back from dropping the first set to Ghazal to claim the next two • Scored a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles in the 4-3 win over No. 2 Florida • Earned one of two singles victories against Miami, claiming a win over Caren Seenauth at No. 6 singles • Had an outstand-ing doubles season with Smith • Duo started out the preseason ranked No. 33 in the nation and were ranked as high as No. 45 during regular season action • Helped lead the Tar Heels to the Sweet 16 with a doubles win over Tara and Simpson from Wake Forest.

PREP/PERSONALRanked as high as No. 4 in the nation in singles and No. 1 in doubles in the 14s • Ranked 21st nationally in singles in the 16s • During her 18s, she ranked third regionally in singles and first nationally in doubles • Majoring in communica-tions with a concentration in interpersonal communication • Lists hanging out with friends and being cool as her hobbies • Lists Pete Sampras as the athlete she most admires • Beating Florida and Northwestern back-to-back was her biggest sports thrill • Her coaches are the people who have had the greatest influence on her athletic career • “My Sister’s Keeper” is her favorite book • Lists cereal as her favorite food • Favorite movies are “The Notebook” and “Babel” and her favorite TV show is “Friday Night Lights” • Her hometown is mentioned in a rap song • Mary Margaret Fanjoy is the daughter of Susan and Will Fanjoy • Born August 11, 1987, in Statesville, N.C.

Fanjoy’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2005-06 14-10 (.583) 30-9 (.769)2006-07 11-6 (.647) 22-12 (.647)2007-08 20-16 (.556) 17-11 (.607)2008-09 1-4 (.200) 9-3 (.750)Career 44-36 (.550) 78-35 (.690)


Sophie Grabinski

Enters the spring ranked No. 1 in the Southeast region and No. 15 in the ITA national poll in doubles along with Sanaz Marand • Also ranked No. 22 in the region in singles • Finished the fall season with a 5-3 record in singles play and a 9-5 mark in doubles action • Defeated a pair of top-100 opponents in singles play, No. 56 Keilly Ulery of Vanderbilt and No. 89 Stefi Balda of Clemson • Captured the ITA Southeast Regional doubles title with Sanaz Marand to earn an automatic bid to the ITA National tournament • Posted a 7-1 record with Marand that included a pair of wins at the ITA National tournament over teams from USC and LSU.

JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)After being limited due to injury for two seasons, had a breakout junior cam-paign for the Tar Heels • Finished 17-14 in singles play, including an 11-7 mark in dual matches • Partnered with Marand to form one of the nation’s top dou-bles tandems • The duo reached as high as No. 3 in the ITA national rankings and finished the spring ranked No. 21 • Compiled an overall doubles record of 26-18, including a team-best 21 wins with Marand • Entered the spring ranked No. 3 in the Southeast Region and No. 8 in the nation in doubles with Marand • Captured the consolation draw title with Marand at the ITA National Indoor Championships • Defeated No. 13 Megan Falcon and Hannah Robinson of LSU and No. 10 Caitlin Whoriskey and Zsofia Zubor of Tennessee at ITA Nationals • Avenged an earlier loss to Duke’s Melissa Mang and Amanda Granson in the consolation final with a convincing 8-2 win • Also advanced to the finals of the ITA Southeast Regionals.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)Played doubles in four dual matches during the spring, finishing with a 3-1 record partnered with Austin Smith and Alexandra Jurewitz.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)Missed both the fall and spring seasons due to injury.

PREP/PERSONALPlayed on the tennis team for two years, her sophomore and junior years • Lost in the Indiana State High School Championships finals in her sophomore year • Posted a season record of 26-1 • Won the Indiana State High School Cham-pionships her junior year • Posted a 25-0 record that year • Won the Midwest Closed Championships once in 16s and twice in 18s in singles • Reached the quarters of the 18s Spring Supernationals in Alabama nationally ranked in the top 30 of all age groups • Ranked as high as fourth in the nation • Majoring in communications with a minor in social and economic justice • Sports, mov-ies, concerts, shopping, and tubing are her hobbies • Admires athletes Roger Federer and Peyton Manning • Her biggest sports thrill was winning the state championship her junior year • Lists her sister as the person having the great-est influence on her athletic career • Lasagna is her favorite food • Her favorite movies are “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Charlie Bartlett” and her favorite TV shows are “Friends” and “24” • Speaks Polish • Sophie Helen Grabinski is the daughter of Eva and Lech Grabinski • Born October 23, 1987, in Southfield, Mich.

Grabinski’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2006-07 --- 3-1 (.750)2007-08 17-14 (.548) 26-18 (.591)2008-09 5-3 (.625) 9-5 (.643)Career 22-17 (.564) 38-24 (.613)


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Competed in four singles events during the fall • Defeated No. 108 Federica van Adrichem at the Duals in the Desert in Palm Springs • Also picked up a pair of wins at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Posted a 9-3 doubles record during the fall playing with Meg Fanjoy and Haley Hemm • Won seven matches with Fan-joy, including a flight championship at the Furman Fall Classic • Also advanced to a flight championship with Fanjoy at the Duals in the Desert.

JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)Playing primarily at No. 4 singles, finished with a 14-11 record in dual matches • Gutted out a marathon win over USC’s Maria Sanchez to clinch an upset win over the No. 8 Trojans at the ITA National Indoor Championhsip • Won in singles in both NCAA Tournament matches • Partnering primarily with Alex Jurewitz and Katrina Tsang, compiled a 12-8 dual match record in doubles play, including a 5-2 mark at No. 2 doubles with Tsang • Playing with Jurewitz, defeated the No. 45 duo of Ciobanu and Rielley to help win the doubles point against Notre Dame • With Tsang had doubles wins in the upsets of No. 2 UCLA and No. 8 USC at ITA National Indoors • Finished the fall season with a singles record of 7-5 • Won three of four matches in the Kitty Harrison Inivtational, where she finished fourth overall • Compiled a doubles record of 6-3 during the fall season playing with Jelena Durisic, Jurewitz, Meg Fanjoy and Linzee Mabrey • Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)Won five of her six singles matches during the spring, including a 6-0, 6-1 tri-umph in the NCAA Tournament against Marist • Finished 9-4 overall in doubles play, including a 4-1 record in dual match play • Had a solid fall, finishing with a 7-4 record in singles play • Among those wins was a straight set win over No. 93 Natasa Vuckovic of South Carolina in the Furman Fall Classic.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)Went 25-11 in singles and 18-10 overall in doubles • Clinched the Texas A&M match with a win at No. 6 singles over Marisa Druss • Competed mainly at No. 5 singles • Paired with Caitlin Collins in doubles to post a 7-7 record • Pair ranked as high as No. 45 in the nation • Posted a 5-3 doubles record with Charlotte Tansill in fall tournaments • Won three dual matches with Sara Anundsen.

PREP/PERSONALPlayed four years at No. 1 for her high school tennis team • Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation in 18s doubles and No. 15 in 18s singles • National Open Girls-18s champion in doubles in 2005 • Ranked No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic re-gion in singles in 18s • Virginia State 3A Champion as a senior • Three-time Northern Virginia Region 3A champion • Three-time Washington Post All-Met Team • All-Met Player of the Year as a junior • Majoring in international stud-ies • Hobbies include music, reading and hanging out with friends • Lists “The Great Gatsby” as her favorite book • Shrimp and grits is her favorite food • Lists “Almost Famous” as her favorite movie and “Friday Night Lights” as her favorite TV show • Biggest sports thrill was beating USC at National Indoors • Studied abroad in Buenos Aires and lived with an Argentine family • Laura June Reichert is the daughter of Doug and Donna Reichert • Born April 16, 1987, in Washington, D.C.

Reichert’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2005-06 25-11 (.694) 18-10 (.643)2006-07 12-5 (.706) 9-4 (.692) 2007-08 21-19 (.525) 18-12 (.600)2008-09 5-7 (.417) 9-3 (.750)Career 63-42 (.600) 54-29 (.740)


Austin Smith

Enters the spring ranked No. 24 in the Southeast Region and No. 103 in the ITA national poll • Posted a 5-4 singles record during the fall season that included a win over No. 53 Lauren Macfarlane of Florida State • Captured fourth place at the Kitty Harrison Invitational on the strength of three singles wins • Also picked up a pair of doubles wins at the Kitty Harrison partnering with Meg Fanjoy and Linzee Mabrey.

JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)Finished the spring with a 14-10 mark in dual match singles, including a 6-4 record in ACC matches • Partnered with Katrina Tsang to form one of the ACC’s most successful doubles tandems as the pair finished 11-1 in dual matches and 9-0 in ACC duals • Overall had a 19-6 dual match record in doubles playing with Tsang, Meg Fanjoy and Sophie Grabinski • Spent the entire spring ranked in the ITA national poll, topping out at No. 72 • Reached as high as No. 46 in the doubles poll with Tsang • Had a standout match in the win over Clemson, rallying with Tsang for the clinching doubles win and then defeating No. 124 Federica van Adrichem in straight sets at No. 3 singles • Playing with Fanjoy, clinched the doubles point in the upset win over No. 2 UCLA at the ITA National Indoor Championship • Entered the spring ranked No. 16 in the ITA Southeast Region rankings in singles and No. 6 in doubles with partner Fanjoy • Ranked No. 30 in the preseason national doubles rankings with Sanaz Marand • Fin-ished the fall season with a record of 7-5 in singles play, with four of the losses coming against ranked opponents • Dropped two close matches at the ITA All-American Championships with Marand to nationally-ranked Florida and Arkansas • Won four of five doubles matches with Fanjoy in the fall, including a pair of wins in the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)Finished the season with a 31-14 singles record, including an 18-11 mark in dual matches • Teamed primarily with Meg Fanjoy in compiling a 25-13 doubles record • Ranked as high as No. 33 in the nation in singles, finishing the season at No. 111 • Won nine singles matches over ranked opponents, including a 6-0, 6-4 win over No. 54 Christy Striplin of Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament • Clinched the NCAA Tournament win over Duke with a straight-sets victory over Tory Zawacki • Had a standout fall season that was capped by winning the Blue draw title at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Opened the fall with a win over No. 35 Kim Coventry at the St. Mary’s Classic • Compiled a 3-4 doubles record teaming with Meg Fanjoy and Katrina Tsang.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)Posted an overall singles record of 30-13 and doubles record of 34-9 • With doubles partner Meg Fanjoy, the freshmen duo ranked as high as No. 45 in the nation in the regular season • Helped lead the Tar Heels to the Sweet 16 with a doubles win over Tara and Simpson from Wake Forest • Champion of Flight B singles at the William & Mary Invitational • Upset No. 71 Tarryn Rudman of Georgia Tech at No. 4 singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win • Won three of four singles matches in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships • Clinched the Indi-ana match with a three-set win over Alba Berdala at No. 4 singles • Won the deciding match over Boston College • Named the Kitty Harrison Invitational MVP in the fall after posting an overall 6-1 singles record in the tournament and a perfect 3-0 doubles record with Fanjoy.

PREP/PERSONALPlayed No. 1 her freshman and sophomore years at Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Tennis team • Ranked No. 31 in the nation in the 18s • In Southern 18s, she was ranked No. 4 in singles and No. 1 in doubles • Majoring in commu-nications at UNC • Hobbies include listening and playing music (piano), going to the beach and traveling • Admires athletes Rodger Federer and Tiger Woods • Biggest sports thrill was being ranked No. 1 doubles with teammate Meg Fan-joy in the 18’s for 2004-2005 • Her dad and Billy Stearns are the people who have had greatest influence on her athletic career • Favorite food is chocolate chip cookies • Lists “The Notebook,” “Elf,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Good Will Hunting “as her favorite movies and “Friends” and “Seinfeld” as her favorite TV shows • Father, Stan, won the US Open in 1969 and 1971 and Wimbledon in 1972 • Partnered with Bob Lutz, they won the US Open doubles four times, 1968, 1974, 1978 and 1980 • He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987 • Austin Church Smith is the daughter of Margie and Stan Smith • Born June 1, 1986.

Smith’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2005-06 30-13 (.698) 34-9 (.791)2006-07 31-14 (.689) 25-13 (.658)2007-08 22-17 (.564) 26-12 (.684)2008-09 5-4 (.555) 3-2 (.600)Career 88-48 (.647) 88-36 (.710)


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Returned from an extended injury absence to post a 2-2 singles record and a 3-1 doubles record this fall • Had a very successful Kitty Harrison Invitational, winning a pair of singles matches and a doubles match • Partnered with Joc-elyn Ffriend in doubles, winning matches at three different events.

JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)Missed both the fall and spring seasons due to injury.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)Finished the fall with a singles record of 2-4 that included a pair of wins at the UNCW/Landfall Intercollegiate tournament • Compiled a 4-3 doubles record playing with Linzee Mabrey and Alex Jurewitz.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)Competed mainly in fall tournaments • Posted an overall 7-5 singles record • Won her first dual match as a Tar Heel over Alli Benton of Elon, clinching the match at No. 6 singles • Compiled an 8-1 doubles record with Alex Jurewitz • Duo competed in two dual matches, winning both at No. 3.

PREP/PERSONALNo. 1 in both singles and doubles for varsity girls team • Team captain • Four-time MVP • Won Regionals two years • State semifinalist two years and dual team semifinalists for two years • Salutatorian of her graduating class • Mem-ber of the Key Club, National Honors Society, Bowling Club, Fishing Club and the Rotary Club • Majoring in psychology and minoring in chemistry with a pre-med concentration at UNC • Hobbies include going to the beach, hanging out with friends, boating, reading and dancing • Admires Lance Armstrong • Lists the beating Northwestern and Florida in the same weekend as her biggest sports thrill • Her brother Hunt has had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies are her favorite foods • Lists “The Firm” as her favorite book • Favorite TV shows are “Gossip Girl”, “Rock of Love” and “Top Chef” • Lists “Wedding Crashers” as her favorite movie • Edith Hanes Harris is the daughter of Darby and Steve Harris • Born February 12, 1987, in Wilmington, N.C.

Competed in three tournaments during the fall, including a successful run at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Won her lone singles match of the even in straight sets and captured a pair of doubles victories with Austin Smith and Jelena Durisic.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007-08)Posted a 6-3 doubles record to go with five singles wins • Won in her lone dual match appearance, a 6-0, 6-1 win over Elon’s Hayley Wahl • Advanced to the final of her flight in the St. Mary’s Classic with wins over Denise Ellison of Notre Dame and Pooja Kommireddi of Middle Tennessee • Won the consola-tion bracket of her doubles draw at the Furman Fall Classic with a 9-8 (5) win over Vanderbilt playing with teammate Jelena Durisic • Scored three wins in three matches playing with Alex Jurewitz and Laura Reichert at the Kitty Har-rison Invitational.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2006-07)Appeared in one dual match, winning at No. 6 singles against Gonzaga • Fin-ished the fall season with a 7-6 singles record • Won the consolation bracket of the White draw at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Had a combined record of 6-4 in doubles play.

PREP/PERSONALPlayed No. 1 singles on her high school tennis team for four years • Captain her senior year • Four-time Bay State All-Star • Boston Globe All-Scholastic • Helped her team to state championship her senior year • Five-time New Eng-land sectional finals • Ranked as high as No. 1 in New England in all age groups • Honor roll honoree every semester • National Merit Scholar Commendation • Majoring in economics at UNC • Hobbies include swimming and waterskiing • Winning the state championships in high school is her biggest sports thrill • Her parents have had the greatest impact on her athletic career • Favorite book is “Wuthering Heights” • Lobster is her favorite food • Lists “Almost Famous” as her favorite movie and “Lost” as her favorite TV show • Mother was on the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey squad in 1980 and won the lacrosse NCAA title as assistant coach at Harvard in 1990 • Frances Linzee Mabrey is the daughter of Roy and Edie Mabrey • Has one twin sister and two brothers • Born October 23, 1987 in Newton, Ma.

Harris’ Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2005-06 7-5 (.583) 8-1 (.889)2006-07 2-4 (.333) 4-3 (.571)2007-08 - -2008-09 2-2 (.500) 3-1 (.750)Career 11-11 (.500) 15-5 (.750)

Mabrey’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2006-07 8-6 (.571) 6-4 (.600)2007-08 5-7 (.417) 6-3 (.667)2008-09 2-3 (.400) 3-4 (.429)Career 15-16 (.484) 15-11 (.577)


Sanaz Marand

Enters the spring ranked No. 4 in the Southeast Region and No. 47 in the ITA national poll in singles • Also ranked No. 1 in the region and No. 15 in the na-tion in doubles with Sophie Grabinski • Garnered an additional doubles rank-ing of No. 45 in the ITA national poll with Katrina Tsang • Captured the ITA Southeast Regional doubles title with Grabinski to earn an automatic bid to the ITA National tournament • Finished the fall with a 4-4 singles record that included a 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 5 Amanda Fink of USC • Also finished the fall 10-3 in doubles matches • Posted a 7-1 record with Grabinski that included a pair of wins at the ITA National tournament over teams from USC and LSU • Playing with Tsang posted three wins including a victory over No. 39 Ciobanu and Rielley of Notre Dame.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007-08)Earned ITA All-America honors in singles by virtue of her final national rank-ing of No. 13 • Finished the spring season with a singles record of 25-2 and a doubles mark of 17-11 playing primarily with Sophie Grabinski and Katrina Tsang • Named ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch after being ranked in the top 15 for the entire 2008 season • Also earned All-ACC honors after fin-ishing league play with a 9-1 record • Ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation in singles and, along with Grabinski, as high as No. 3 in doubles • Defeated the nation’s top-ranked player twice in a three-match span • Topped then-No. 1 Ani Mijacika of Clemson, 6-4, 6-1, in the ACC Tournament • Two matches later defeated No. 1 Aurelija Misevicuite of Arkansas, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the NCAA Tournament • Opened the spring with 15 consecutive wins, dropping just one set over that span • Ran off 10 wins in a row following her only regular-season loss to Clemson’s Mijacika • Qualified for the NCAA Tournament in both sin-gles and doubles • Earned a No. 9-16 seed in the singles event • Had 19 wins over ranked opponents during 2007-08, including a straight-sets victory over eventual NCAA champion Amanda McDowell of Georgia Tech • Following the season was one of 12 players named to the 2008 USTA Summer Collegiate Team • Entered the spring ranked No. 14 in the nation in singles and No. 8 in the nation in doubles with Grabinski • Compiled an impressive record of 12-4 in singles play during the fall with wins over nine nationally-ranked opponents • Defeated five consecutive ranked opponents during one stretch that included the flight one title at the St. Mary’s Classic • Advanced to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships with a win over No. 47 Anastasia Petukova of Fresno State • Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships • With Grabinski, won the doubles consolation title at the ITA National Indoor Championships by defeating Melissa Mang and Amanda Gran-son of Duke, 8-2 • Also defeated top-15 duos from LSU and Tennessee en route to the title.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2006-07)Finished the season with a team-best singles record of 39-10 in singles and a doubles mark of 28-11 • Ranked as high as No. 50 in the nation in singles, finishing the season ranked No. 58 • With partner Caitlin Collins, finished the season ranked No. 24 in the nation in doubles • The duo was ranked as high as No. 17 in the country during the spring campaign • Played primarily at No. 6 singles, finishing with a 19-4 mark in that position • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in both singles and doubles • Advanced to the second round of the doubles tournament with a win over No. 31 Tiffany Clifford and Sarah Foster of Texas A&M • Scored five wins over ranked opponents in singles, in-cluding a straight sets victory over Georgia Tech’s No. 31 Kirsten Flower in the ACC Tournament • With Collins, won six doubles matches against ranked op-ponents during the spring, including an 8-4 win over No. 11 Catrina and Chris-

tian Thompson of Notre Dame • Also defeated No. 30 Audra Cohen and Caren Seenauth of Miami for their only loss of the season • Earned ACC Player of the Week honors after dropping just one game in two matches against Virginia Tech on Feb. 21 • Compiled a 14-4 record during the fall season • Won five matches at the ITA All-American Championships, just missing the main draw • Teamed with Caitlin Collins for a 9-2 doubles mark that included winning the Blue draw of the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

PREP/PERSONALLed high school team to the state title as a freshman • Reached the finals of the Easter Bowl • Won ITF Tulsa doubles title • Reached semifinals of both singles and doubles in Houston $10,000 tournament • Majoring in psychology at UNC • Hobbies include listening to music, watching TV, hanging out with friends and watching movies • Admires athletes Roger Federer and Andre Agassi • Lists her biggest sports thrill as reaching the finals of the Easter Bowl and watching herself on TV • Says her parents have had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Lists “The Guardian,” “She’s the Man,” “Patch Adams” and “Step Up” as her favorite movies • “One Tree Hill”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Private Practice” and “Gossip Girl” are her favorite TV shows • Sanaz Anna Marand is the daughter of Afsanen and Reza Marand • Also has a sister, Sahar • Born June 21, 1988, in Houston, Texas.

Marand’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2006-07 39-10 (.796) 28-11 (.718)2007-08 37-6 (.860) 26-16 (.619) 2008-09 4-4 (.500) 10-3 (.769)Career 80-20 (.800) 64-30 (.681)

Marand’s Career Highlights• 2008 ITA All-America selection (singles)• 2008 ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch• 2008 All-ACC selection• 2008 NCAA Singles Qualifier (No. 9-16 seed)• 2008 NCAA Doubles Qualifier with Sophie Grabinski• 2008 ITA Southeast Regional Indoor Championships winner (doubles)• ACC Player of the Week - March 11, 2008• 2007 ITA All-American Championships Main Draw (singles)• 2007 ITA National Indoor Championships Consolation Champion (doubles)• 2007 NCAA Singles Qualifier• 2007 NCAA Doubles Qualifier with Caitlin Collins• ACC Player of the Week - Feb. 21, 2007• Highest Singles Ranking - No. 8 (April 1, 2008)• Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 3 (April 1, 2008)


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Enters the spring ranked No. 20 in the Southeast Region in singles • Also ranked No. 12 in the ITA national poll and No. 4 in the region in doubles with Shinann Featherston • Garnered an additional doubles ranking of No. 45 in the ITA national poll with Sanaz Marand • Played one of the toughest singles schedules in the nation during the fall, facing seven opponents ranked in the top 60 • Won the top flight championship with Featherston at the Furman Fall Classic, defeating a pair of top-20 opponents • Posted a combined doubles re-cord of 9-5 playing with Featherston and Marand that featured wins over four ranked opponents.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007-08)Had another strong spring, finishing 16-8 in dual match singles and 22-5 in dual match doubles • Spent all of the 2008 spring season in the top 30 of the ITA national singles poll, topping out at No. 26 • Ranked as high as No. 31 in the nation in doubles with Sanaz Marand and No. 46 in the nation with Austin Smith • Earned All-ACC honors after finishing 7-3 in ACC singles matches and a perfect 11-0 in ACC doubles action • Defeated seven ranked singles opponents including a key win over No. 51 Amanda Fink in the upset of No. 8 USC at the ITA National Indoor Championship • Earned a berth into the NCAA Singles tournament, during which she advanced to the second round with a win over No. 35 Cristina Visico of Cal • From March 8 to May 9, playing with Marand and Smith, won 15 consecutive doubles matches • Missed most of the fall season due to injury • Appeared in four doubles matches during the Kitty Harrison Invitational, tallying wins with Jelena Durisic, Sophie Grabinski and Smith • Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2006-07)Finished the season with a 33-11 singles record, including a 9-1 mark in ACC play • Partnering with Sara Anundsen, Laura Reichert, Austin Smith and Jenna Long, finished with a 15-5 doubles record, including a 7-0 mark with Anundsen • Named All-ACC as well as ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch • Played primarily at the No. 2 position in dual matches, finishing with a 16-5 mark at that spot • Had six wins over ranked opponents in the spring, including a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 14 Nina Henkel of Cal • Earned a bid to the NCAA singles tour-nament, where she defeated No. 52 Sylvia Kosakowski of Pepperdine in the first round before falling to No. 3 Melanie Gloria of Fresno State • Playing with Anundsen, scored an 8-2 win over No. 5 Brook Buck and Kelcy Tefft of Notre Dame • Finished the fall with a 14-2 record in singles play • Won the B flight singles title at the William & Mary Invitational • Won six qualifying matches in a row to advance to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships • Scored three wins over nationally-ranked opponents in the fall, including a straight-set victory over No. 7 Amanda Fink of Southern Cal.

PREP/PERSONALRanked No. 54 in 2004 18s • In 2003, ranked in Top 10 of USTA 18s • Ranked No. 1 in 2002 in 14s • No. 5 USTA 16s • No. 3 USTA 12s • Sidelined with a back stress fracture after the U.S. Open in 2004 until her summer before college • Competed in all four Grand Slams in 2004 • Reached the doubles quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2004 • Girls 18s doubles finalist USTA National Clay Courts in 2004 • 18s singles champion at the Chanda Rubin Van Der Meer ITA in 2003 • 16s doubles champion of USTA National hard courts and Easter Bowl 2003 • 18s singles finalist and doubles champion at USTA International Grass Courts in 2003 • 16s singles champion at USTA National clay courts in 2002 • Majoring in political science and philosophy with a minor in journalism • Admires athlete Andre Agassi • Lists anything by C.S. Lewis as her favorite books • Favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches • Favorite TV show is “Seinfeld” • Has one brother • Katrina Tsang is the daughter of Richard and Karen Tsang • Born July 7, 1988, in Durham, N.C.

Tsang’s Career Highlights• 2008 All-ACC selection• 2008 NCAA Singles Qualifier• 2008 ACC All-Academic Team• 2007 ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch• 2007 All-ACC selection• 2007 NCAA Singles Qualifier• 2006 ITA All-American Championships Main Draw Participant (singles)• 2006 William & Mary Invitational Flight B Champion (singles)• Highest Singles Ranking - No. 19 (Preseason 2007)• Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 12 (Preseason 2009)

Tsang’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2006-07 33-11 (.750) 15-5 (.750)2007-08 21-10 (.677) 25-6 (.806)2008-09 4-9 (.308) 9-5 (.643)Career 58-30 (.659) 49-16 (.708)


Jelena Durisic/Shinann Featherston

Finished the fall season with a 4-4 singles record, including a pair of wins at the Kitty Harrison Invitational • Also posted a 3-5 doubles record in the fall playing with Sophie Grabinski, Linzee Mabrey and Jocelyn Ffriend.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2007-08)Finished the season with a 13-8 singles record and an 8-5 doubles record • Won her first six singles matches in dual match play, including a win over UCLA’s Ashley Joelson that helped UNC to an upset win over the No. 2 Bru-ins at the ITA National Indoor Championships • Missed the majority of the spring after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the Florida match on Feb. 17 • Entered the spring ranked No. 29 in the ITA Southeast Regional singles rankings • Finished the fall season with a singles record of 7-6 • Won the con-solation bracket of her flight at the St. Mary’s Classic • Compiled a doubles record of 7-4 playing with Laura Reichert, Linzee Mabrey, Sophie Grabinski and Katrina Tsang.

PREP/PERSONALCompeted in ITFs and Challengers in high school • Participated in the junior draw of the U.S. Open • Enjoys listening to music, traveling the world and spending time with friends and family • Lists Kevin Garnett and Roger Federer as the athletes she most admires • Lists playing in the U.S. Open as her biggest sport thrill • Lists sweets, chocolate and pljeskavica as her favorite foods and “The Hills” and “The City” as her favorite TV shows and the Leo Tolstoy collec-tions as some of her favorite readings • Father Zarko was a standout basketball player at Wichita State and played professionally in Europe • Jelena Durisic is the daughter of Zarko and Tatjana Durisic • Born April 12, 1989, in Belgrade, Serbia.

Enters the spring ranked No. 83 in the ITA national singles poll • Also ranked No. 12 in the nation and No. 4 in the Southeast Region in doubles with Katrina Tsang • Posted a 6-6 singles record that included a win over No. 18 Ellah Nze of Duke • Compiled a 7-5 doubles record playing with Tsang and Sophie Gra-binski Won the top flight championship with Tsang at the Furman Fall Classic, defeating a pair of top-20 opponents • Also combined with Tsang to defeat No. 14 Schmitt and Soor of Marshall at the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

PREP/PERSONALNamed 2008 National High School Tennis Athlete of the Year • Was undefeated at No. 1 singles for all four years of high school • Led St. Francis Prep to four consecutive state titles, continuing a run of 10 straight undefeated state title teams for the school • Two time New York state high school champion • Mem-ber of the National Foreign Language Society • One of the top 10 recruits in the country according to Tennisrecruiting.net • Tallied wins over five top-10 and 11 top-20 rated players during the 2006-07 season • Lists going to the beach, traveling, hanging out with friends and family and reading good books as her hobbies • Lists playing doubles in the 2006 Junior U.S. Open and the Giants winning the Super Bowl as her biggest sports thrills • Her mother’s chicken parm is her favorite food and “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Gossip Girl” are her fa-vorite TV shows • Her sisters Ellenoria and Martina both were members of the tennis team at Fordham • Shinann Tolan Featherston is the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Featherston • Born June 8, 1990, in New York.

Durisic’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2007-08 13-8 (.619) 8-5 (.615)2008-09 4-4 (.500) 3-5 (.375)Career 17-12 (.586) 11-10 (.524)

Featherston’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2008-09 6-6 (.500) 7-5 (.583)Career 6-6 (.500) 7-5 (.583)


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Posted a 7-4 singles record in the fall that included wins in her final four matches • Among those was a three-match winning streak at the Kitty Har-rison Invitational • Also won five doubles matches during the fall partnering with Linzee Mabrey, Hanes Harris and Jelena Durisic.

PREP/PERSONALConsidered a four-star recruit by Tennisrecruiting.net • Career plans include helping to reform the juvenile justice system • Lists reading and dancing as her hobbies • Favorite food is ackee and saltfish • Lists “Grey’s Anatomy” as her favorite TV show and “The Secret Life of Bees” as her favorite book • Can do the moonwalk • Lists her teammates as the athletes she most admires • Jocelyn Charlene Ffriend is the daughter of Carol Magett and Ivanhoe Ffriend • Born May 26, 1990, in the Bronx, N.Y.

Had an impressive run at the ITA Southeast Regionals, winning three straight matches to advance out of pre-qualifying • Also won a pair of doubles matches at ITA Regionals with Laura Reichert.

PREP/PERSONALFour-year letterwinner in high school playing at No. 1 singles and a two-time team captain • Played USTA Junior tennis since the age of 7 • Central Coast Section doubles champion in 2006 • West Cathlolic Athletic League MVP in 2006 • All-American • Two-time Sportsmanship Award winner at the National Zone team championships • Ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles for girls 18s in Northern California • Won Girls 16s doubles at the Wilson Junior Cham-pionships • Ranked as high as No. 12 in doubles in the nation • Received the Senior Legacy Award and the Blue Ribbon, two of the highest honors given at Sacred Heart Prep • Lists dance, music, opera and ballet as her hobbies • Lists the Green Bay Packers winning the Super Bowl as her greatest sports thrill because she was “raised a cheesehead” • Lists frozen yogurt as her favorite food and “Kaffir Boy” as her favorite book • Her father played tennis at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • Haley Taylor Hemm is the daughter of Todd and Dawn Hemm • Born June 5, 1990, in Redwood City, Calif.

PREP/PERSONALTwo-time Canadian singles champion • Has achieved a WTA ranking of 836 in the world • Won the prestigious Eddie Herr doubles championship • Reached the final 16 at the Orange Bowl as a singles player • At 15, became the youngest winner of the Canada West Games gold medal • Two-time Junior Fed Cup participant • Won an individual and a team gold medal at the Western Canada Games • 2007 Female Junior Player of the Year in Brit-ish Columbia • 2008 Women’s Player of the Year award in B.C. • 2005 ITF Stanley Park winner • Lists Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras as the athletes she most admires • Lists her father as the greatest influence on her athletic career • Speaks Albanian • Lists pizza and burrek as her favorite foods • Her father was a track and field champion in Albania • Stefi Gjine is the daughter of Artur and Adlira Gjine • Born January 14, 1990, in Tirana, Albania.

Ffriend’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2008-09 7-4 (.636) 4-4 (.500)Career 7-4 (.636) 4-4 (.500)

Hemm’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2008-09 3-3 (.500) 2-2 (.500)Career 3-3 (.500) 2-2 (.500)

Missed the fall season due to injury.


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s 2007-08 Singles ResultsPlayer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 ACC Dual OverallJelena Durisic 1-0 5-2 0-0 6-2 13-8Meg Fanjoy 1-0 1-0 1-2 12-8 8-2 15-10 20-16Sophie Grabinski 3-0 6-6 2-1 5-5 11-7 17-14Alexandra Jurewitz 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 8-4Linzee Mabrey 1-0 0-0 1-0 5-7Sanaz Marand 15-1 9-0 9-1 24-1 37-6Laura Reichert 1-0 8-7 5-4 5-5 14-11 21-19Austin Smith 14-10 6-4 14-10 22-17Katrina Tsang 5-4 11-4 7-3 16-8 21-10Totals 20-5 21-4 16-10 17-9 14-12 16-9 41-20 105-49 154-101

2007-08 Doubles ResultsPlayer #1 #2 #3 ACC Dual OverallMarand/Grabinski 12-9 6-3 12-9 21-13Smith/Tsang 1-0 10-1 9-0 11-1 14-3Reichert/Jurewitz 6-4 4-3 6-4 8-5Fanjoy/Jurewitz 3-0 2-0 3-0 6-1Fanjoy/Smith 2-1 3-3 1-0 5-4 9-5Marand/Tsang 4-1 2-0 4-1 4-1Smith/Grabinski 2-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 3-2Fanjoy/Reichert 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-2Reichert/Tsang 5-2 1-0 0-0 6-2 6-2Durisic/Tsang 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 3-1Marand/Fanjoy 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0Fanjoy/Mabrey 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1Durisic/Mabrey 0-0 0-0 3-2Mabrey/Reichert 0-0 0-0 2-0Reichert/Durisic 0-0 0-0 1-2Grabinski/Fanjoy 0-0 0-0 1-2Marand/Smith 0-0 0-0 0-2Mabrey/Jurewitz 0-0 0-0 1-0Durisic/Grabinski 0-0 0-0 1-0Grabinski/Tsang 0-0 0-0 1-0Reichert/Grabinski 0-0 0-0 0-1 Totals 17-10 20-7 15-9 24-8 52-26 86-45

2007-08 Rankings SummaryTeam ITA Rankings1/8/08 #121/29/08 #172/5/08 #142/12/08 #52/20/08 #52/26/08 #53/4/08 #133/11/08 #113/18/08 #133/25/08 #124/1/08 #154/8/08 #134/15/08 #134/28/08 #145/23/08 #17

Singles ITA RankingsKatrina Tsang9/7/07 #322/20/08 #283/4/08 #263/18/08 #274/1/08 #294/15/08 #294/28/08 #285/27/08 #30

Sanaz Marand9/7/07 #391/8/08 #142/20/08 #123/4/08 #103/18/08 #94/1/08 #84/15/08 #104/28/08 #95/27/08 #13

Austin Smith9/7/07 #801/8/08 #722/20/08 #763/4/08 #1003/18/08 #954/1/08 #974/15/08 #1034/28/08 #945/27/08 #103

Doubles ITA RankingsMarand/Smith9/7/07 #30

Grabinski/Marand1/8/08 #82/20/08 #73/4/08 #63/18/08 #104/1/08 #34/15/08 #84/28/08 #155/27/08 #21

Marand/Tsang4/1/08 #314/15/08 #324/28/08 #395/27/08 #48

Smith/Tsang4/1/08 #514/15/08 #464/28/08 #58

Smith/Fanjoy2/20/08 #60


2007-08 Schedule and ResultsOverall Record: 18-9 • ACC: 7-3

Home: 11-4 • Away: 2-3 • Neutral: 5-2

Against Ranked Opponents: 11-9 • Postseason: 1-1

Date UNC’s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles Record

Jan. 18 #12 UNC Greensboro Win 7-0 3-0 1-0

Jan. 18 #12 Elon Win 7-0 3-0 2-0

Jan. 21 #12 at No. 22 Tennessee Loss 3-4 1-2 2-1

Feb. 2 #17 No. 64 Minnesota Win 7-0 2-1 3-1

Feb. 3 #17 Michigan State Win 6-1 3-0 4-1

Feb. 7 #14 vs. No. 2 UCLA (ITA National Indoors) Win 4-3 2-1 5-1

Feb. 8 #14 vs. No. 8 USC (ITA National Indoors) Win 4-3 1-2 6-1

Feb. 9 #14 vs. No. 3 Northwestern (ITA National Indoors) Loss 0-4 0-2 6-2

Feb. 17 #5 No. 6 Florida Loss 1-6 0-3 6-3

Feb. 22 #5 No. 2 Northwestern Loss 2-5 2-1 6-4

Feb. 24 #5 No. 15 Notre Dame Win 6-1 2-1 7-4

March 8 #13 Maryland* Win 7-0 2-0 8-4, 1-0 ACC

March 9 #13 No. 74 Boston College* Win 7-0 3-0 9-4, 2-0 ACC

March 12 #11 vs. No. 68 East Carolina (San Juan, P.R.) Win 7-0 2-1 10-4

March 15 #11 vs. Princeton (San Juan, P.R.) Win 7-0 3-0 11-4

March 21 #13 No. 2 Georgia Tech* Loss 2-5 1-2 11-5, 2-1 ACC

March 22 #13 No. 34 Clemson* Win 4-3 2-1 12-5, 3-1 ACC

March 28 #12 at No. 21 Florida State* Loss 3-4 2-1 12-6, 3-2 ACC

March 30 #12 at No. 14 Miami* DNF 2-2 3-0 -

April 3 #15 No. 50 NC State* Win 6-1 3-0 13-6, 4-2 ACC

April 5 #15 No. 32 Wake Forest* Win 7-0 3-0 14-6, 5-2 ACC

April 8 #13 at No. 7 Duke* Loss 2-5 1-2 14-7, 5-3 ACC

April 12 #13 at No. 48 Virginia* Win 6-1 2-1 15-7, 6-3 ACC

April 13 #13 at No. 56 Virginia Tech* Win 6-1 2-1 16-7, 7-3 ACC

April 17 #13 vs. Maryland (ACC Tournament) Win 4-0 2-0 17-7

April 18 #13 vs. No. 25 Clemson (ACC Tournament) Loss 2-4 0-2 17-8

May 9 #14 South Carolina State (NCAA Tournament) Win 4-0 2-0 18-8

May 10 #14 No. 17 Arkansas (NCAA Tournament) Loss 3-4 0-2 18-9

*Denotes ACC match.

ACC Tournament matches played in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

NCAA Tournament matches played in Chapel Hill.


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Caitlin Collins, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long, it would have been rea-sonable to expect a rebuilding season for the North Carolina women’s tennis team in 2007-08. Anundsen and Long were each multiple-time All-America performers and capped their incredible careers with the first NCAA women’s tennis title in school history. Certainly, a let down in the upcoming season could be forgiven.But that was never an op-tion for the 07-08 Tar Heels, who further cemented their status as one of the nation’s elite programs.

ANOTHER STANDOUT FALL SEASON KEEPS THE MOMENTUM As has become the norm, Carolina was once again strong during the fall tournament season in 2007. Sanaz Marand kicked off what would prove to be a very memorable sophomore season by winning the top flight of the St. Mary’s Classic in Knoxville. The Katy, Texas, product then won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships. The ITA Southeast Regionals would prove to be another show-case event for the Tar Heels, with Marand, Austin Smith and Jelena Durisic all advancing to the main draw round of 16. Marand would eventually advance to the quarterfinals and receive an at-large bid to the national tournament. She would also team with Sophie Grabinski to advance to the regional final. The duo would eventually win the consolation title at ITA Nationals, marking Marand and Grabinski as one of the nation’s top doubles tandems.

TAR HEELS HAVE MAGICAL RUN AT ITA TEAM INDOORS Carolina won four of five matches to begin the spring dual-match season before playing in what has become an annual event for the Tar Heels, the ITA National Indoor Championships in Madison, Wis. While the tournament has been a great success for UNC for the last several seasons, the 2008 edition would truly be one to remember. The Tar Heels drew UCLA in the opening match of the event, and the traditionally-powerful Bruins were ranked No. 2 in the nation en-tering the tournament. But UNC won the crucial doubles point, and Marand, Durisic and Meg Fanjoy each secured singles wins to give the Tar Heels a stunning win. The victory over the second-ranked Bruins matched a 2006 win over Florida as the best in school history in terms of opponent ranking. Just one night later, Carolina shocked another Pac-10 power-house, as the Tar Heels took down No. 8 USC, 4-3. Junior Laura Re-ichert’s thrilling win over Maria Sanchez at No. 5 singles ended the dramatic match putting the Tar Heels into the semifinals at the ITA Nationals for the first time in school history. Reichert, who needed three hours to complete her dramatic win, joined Marand, Katrina Tsang and Smith as singles winners for UNC. The team’s amazing run would finally end a night later at the hands of No. 3 Northwestern. The two upset wins would vault the Tar Heels all the way to No. 5 in the nation in the next ITA poll.

CAROLINA ENJOYS SPRING BREAK IN PUERTO RICO After wrapping a challenging February schedule with a home win over No. 15 Notre Dame and starting ACC play with a pair of 7-0 wins over Maryland and Boston College, the Tar Heels traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Spring Break. In addition to a pair of non-conference wins over East Carolina and Princeton, the Tar Heels enjoyed a week of relaxation and fun in the Caribbean before returning home for the stretch run.

UNC ONCE AGAIN A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE CROWDED ACC Carolina was thrown into the fire of the highly-competitive ACC right away upon returning from Spring Break, as the Tar Heels hosted traditional powers Georgia Tech. After dropping a hard-fought 5-2 decision to the defending NCAA champion Yellow Jackets, UNC scored an important victory over a strong Clemson squad thanks to a rally by Tsang.

After dropping the first set to Estefania Balda at No. 2 singles, No. 27 Tsang won five straight games in the second stanza to even the match at a set each. With the final set knotted at 4-4, Tsang broke Balda and served out the match for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory to secure the Tar Heel victory. Carolina would close league play with five wins in six matches, finshing with a 7-3 dual match record.

TAR HEELS EARN TEAM, INDIVDUAL NCAA BIDS Carolina won its opening-round ACC Tournament match over Maryland, but was eliminated a day later by eventual conference champion Clemson, 4-2. That left the Tar Heels to wait for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, which was granted on April 29. UNC was named the No. 15 overall seed in the event and hosted a regional for the fifth consecutive season. The host Tar Heels opened the tour-nament with a 4-0 win over South Carolina State before bowing out to Arkansas in the second round, 4-3. In addition to the team bid, Marand and Tsang each earned bids to the individual singles tournament, and Marand and Grsbinski were selected to the doubles event.

MARAND EARNS ALL-AMERICA HONORS WITH AMAZING 07-08 While the Tar Heels were in the midst of another strong team sea-son, Sanaz Marand was putting together one of the greatest individual seasons in school history. Along with junior Sophie Grabinski, Marand ascended to as high as No. 3 in the nation in doubles, earned and NCAA bid and finished the year ranked No. 21 in America. But singles play was where Marand really shined. The sopho-more compiled an amazing 25-2 record during the spring season, including a 24-1 mark in dual match play. Marand was an All-ACC se-lection after finishing league play with a record of 9-1 primarily at the No. 1 position. Her outstanding regular season also earned her the ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch honor and a spot as a finalist for the national award. Perhaps the most amazing feat of Marand’s incredible season came in the final few weeks of the campaign. Marand defeated then-No. 1 Ani Mijacika of Clemson, 6-4, 6-1, in the ACC quarterfinals. Then just two matches later, Marand defeated the nation’s top player once again, downing Arkansas’ Aurelija Miseviciute in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Miseviciute and Mijacika finished the season No. 1 and No. 2, re-spectively, in the ITA national poll. With a final national ranking of No. 13, Marand was named to the 2008 ITA Women’s All-America team, becoming the ninth player in school history to earn All-America honors.

2007-08 ACCOLADESSophie Grabinski NCAA Doubles Qualifier ITA Southeast Regional Runner-Up (Doubles) Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 3Sanaz Marand ITA All-America (singles) ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch All-ACC NCAA Singles Qualifier NCAA Doubles Qualfiier ITA Southeast Regional Runner-Up (Doubles) Highest Singles Ranking - No. 8 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 3Laura Reichert ACC All-Academic TeamAustin Smith Highest Singles Ranking - No. 72 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 46Katrina Tsang All-ACC ACC All-Academic Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 26 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 31


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The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, which is home to both the women’s and men’s tennis teams, was dedicated in Sep-tember 1992 in keeping with the University of North Carolina’s tradition of offering quality facilites for its student-athletes. The indoor/outdoor facility is adjacent to the UNC Finley Golf Course and behind the Friday Center on N.C. Highway 54 in Chapel Hill.

The facility is named for Ceasar Cone, II, a 1928 alumnus of the University who played tennis at Carolina and was a great benefactor of the school. The center also bears the name of John Kenfield, the legendary Tar Heel men’s tennis coach who had a sterling record of 434-30-2 from 1928-55. Kenfield’s teams won 15 Southern Conference and two Atlantic Coast Conference team championships during his tenure. He coached the likes of Bitsy Grant, Wilmer Hines and Vic Seixas at UNC, and his 1948 team finished third in the country. Kenfield was Carolina’s first-ever tennis coach, and he took over the leader-ship of the UNC team in time to coach Cone in his senior season in 1928.

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The $2 million complex includes: • Six indoor and 12 outdoor, lighted hard surface tennis courts• Spectator viewing on the upper level of the indoor center• Men’s and women’s varsity dressing facilities• Public and visitor dressing facilities• Fully-equipped weight-training rooms for both varsity teamsOther recent additions include an electronic scoreboard for the outdoor courts, additional stadium seating at the out-

door courts and a new electronic scoreboard for the indoor courts beginning in 2008. UNC has hosted NCAA Tournament play in each of the last seven years, with the Tar Heel women advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 after home victories in three of the last four seasons. In the five years under head coach Brian Kalbas, UNC has posted an overall record of 61-11 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

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Department of Athletics Mission Statement The Department of Athletics has offered high quality athletic programs for many years. Through a dedicated commitment to educational interests, competi-tive athletic programs, and integrity in all areas, the student-athletes, coaches and staff strive to bring credit and recognition to the University. The mission of the Department is to sponsor a broad-based athletic program that provides educational and athletic opportunities for young men and women to grow and develop, and to serve the interests of the University by complementing and enhancing its diversity and quality of life. Coaches, as educators, are founda-tional to this process. In keeping with the University’s efforts to offer programs of regional and national acclaim, the Department’s athletic programs strive for competitive excellence within the Atlantic Coast Conference or other similar in-stitutions. Through its athletic programs, the University seeks to unite students, faculty, staff and alumni in a common and shared experience. The Department seeks to contribute to the diversity of the University by offering opportunities for enhanced racial/ethnic, cultural and geographic representation. To fulfill this mission, the Department, with the approval of the Board of Trust, has developed principles of operation to provide guidance and direction to its personnel. This Mission Statement and accompanying principles require strong dedication and commitment from all who participate in, coach in and support the Department of Athletics.

Department of Athletics Statement on Gambling The mission of the Department of Athletics is to sponsor a broad-based ath-letic program that provides educational and athletic opportunities for young men and women to grow and develop. In keeping with the Department’s mission and the University’s commitment to educational interests, competitive athletic pro-grams, and integrity in all areas, the Department of Athletics strongly condemns the influence of gambling on intercollegiate athletics. Student gambling is a significant issue on college campuses. Student-athlete involvement in gambling has produced many tragic situations, both for student-athletes and the universities they represent. Student-athletes often compete in contests that generate interest from those involved in gambling and, possibly, or-ganized crime. If given the opportunity, those interests will not hesitate to exploit the position student-athletes hold on college campuses. As such, the University of North Carolina is firmly opposed to all forms of gambling and bribery related to intercollegiate athletics. To fulfill its educational obligation, the Department provides a gambling education 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 of gam-bling and its related activities. The Department requires its staff members and student-athletes to adhere to NCAA, state and federal laws regarding gambling. In the interest of fair com-petition and the growth and development of student-athletes, the Department strongly urges its friends and supporters to refrain from gambling/betting on con-tests involving collegiate competition and to abide by state and federal laws.

Dick Baddour, a 1966 graduate of the University of North Carolina, was named Director of Athletics on June 25, 1997. In his 12 years as director, the UNC Depart-ment of Athletics has undergone a number of changes, yet remains one of the premiere programs in the Atlan-tic Coast Conference and in the nation.

The Goldsboro, N.C., native heads a program that with 28 varsity sports is the largest in the ACC. The Tar Heels have won 58 ACC championships during his tenure, 11 more than Duke, which is second. Nineteen different UNC men’s and women’s sports have won conference titles during his tenure. UNC has led the league in team championships in seven of the last 11 seasons.

Baddour is in his 42nd year of continuous service to the university. He graduated from UNC in 1966 and was appointed Assistant Dean of Men in 1967. He served as Assistant Dean of Admissions and Assistant Dean of the UNC School of Law and also earned a Master of Arts degree in education prior to joining the athletic department in 1986.

In 2001, he received the Distinguished Service Medal from the UNC Gen-eral Alumni Association.

Active in Chapel Hill community affairs, he is a past president of the Public School Foundation and has served on the Parks and Recreation Commission. He and his wife, Lynda, have two sons, Allen and David, and a daughter, Jen-nifer.

Dick BaddourDirector of Athletics

Beth Miller is in her 24th year supervising North Carolina’s highly-successful 26-team Olympic Sports program and serves as UNC’s Senior Woman Admin-istrator. She is a 1968 alumna of Appalachian State University with a B.S. degree in health and physical ed-ucation. She has a master’s from ASU and earned a Doc-tor of Arts degree in physical education at Middle Tennessee State in 1974.

From 1969-72, Miller served as the head volleyball and basketball coach at Appalachian State. She became head volleyball coach at UNC in 1975 and led the Tar Heels to four consecutive ACC titles from 1980-83 and five post-season tournament appearances. She also coached softball at Carolina from 1978-79.

In 1979, Miller was named Athletic Business Manager. She retired from coaching volleyball after 1983, but continued to handle all financial affairs for the department through 1987. She has overseen UNC’s Olympic Sports program since 1985.

Miller currently serves on a number of Atlantic Coast Conference commit-tees, including those for women’s basketball, women’s golf and volleyball. She chairs the Awards Committee and the Senior Woman Administrators Commit-tee. She also serves on UNC’s Housing Advisory Board.

Miller is a native of Landis, N.C.

Dr. Beth MillerSr. Associate Director of Athletics

UNC Athletics AdministrationChancellor .................................................................................................................Holden ThorpFaculty Representative ............................................................................................Jack EvansDirector of Athletics ............................................................................................. Dick BaddourSenior Associate Athletic Director .......................................................................Larry GalloSenior Associate A.D. (Olympic Sports) ..................................................... Dr. Beth MillerSenior Associate A.D. (Operations & Facilities) ...................................... Willie ScroggsSenior Associate A.D. (Business and Finance) ........................................Martina BallenSenior Associate A.D. (Student-Athlete Services) ................................John BlanchardSenior Associate A.D. and Rams Club President ............................ John MontgomeryAssociate A.D. (Tickets and Dean E. Smith Center) .............................. Clint GwaltneyAssociate A.D. (Football Administration) .................................................Corey HollidayAssociate A.D. (Communications) ..............................................................Steve KirschnerAssociate A.D. (Marketing and Promotions) .......................................Rick SteinbacherDirector of the Academic Support Program ............................................ Robert MercerDirector of Sports Medicine ..................................................................................Dr. Tim TaftCoordinator of Athletic Training .................................................................Dr. Dan HookerAssistant A.D. (Marketing and Promotions) ..............................................Michael BealeAssistant A.D. (Facility Planning and Management) ...............................Mike BuntingAssistant A.D. (Strength and Conditioning) .................................................. Jeff ConnorsAssistant A.D (Football and Olympic Sports Operations) .........................Ellen CullerAssistant A.D. (Compliance) .............................................................................. Amy HermanAssistant A.D. (Certification and Eligibility) .................................................Susan MaloyAssistant A.D. (Student Life Services) ............................................................Cricked LaneDirector of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports ..........................Greg Gatz

Athletic Department Switchboards Smith Center ..................................................................................................... (919) 962-6000 Carmichael Auditorium ............................................................................... (919) 962-5411

Mailing Address: Overnight Address:P.O. Box 2126 Dean Smith CenterChapel Hill, NC 27515 Skipper Bowles Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27514Web Address: TarHeelBlue.com


The women’s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excellence in the overall women’s athletics program at the Univer-sity of North Carolina, beginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and continuing into the first decade of the New Millennium highlighted by standout players the likes of Marlene Mejia, Kate Pinchbeck, Kendall Cline, Aniela Mojzis, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long. Although Hogan was involved at the roots of the program, it has been players of more recent vintage who have kept Carolina in the national spotlight.

Hogan, the former women’s athletic director at Carolina, was the guiding force during the game’s early years on the Chapel Hill campus. As the first head coach of Tar Heel women’s tennis teams since the 1940s, she spurred interest in the sport by instituting North Carolina Women’s Tennis Day in 1958, a yearly fixture for collegiate and prep aficionados of the sport around the state. De-spite limitations on match play, Hogan was instrumental in ensur-ing the team played a full schedule. Her tennis team was the first women’s sports team at the University to travel out of the state to compete. In 1970, prior to the advent of Association for Intercol-legiate Athletics for Women-sponsored women’s tennis at the col-legiate level which did not come until 1971, Hogan coached the late Laura DuPont to the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s colle-giate singles championship. During that same year, Carolina posted a national ranking of sixth place in the USLTA collegiate ratings.

Eight women’s sports at North Carolina, including the tennis program, were officially elevated to varsity status in 1971, when Carolina became a charter member of the newly-formed Associa-tion For Intercollegiate Athletics For Women. The eight sports as varsity entities were under the supervision of the Physical Educa-tion Department until October 1974, when the Department of In-tercollegiate Athletics took over supervision of all Carolina varsity sports—men’s and women’s at UNC.

That fall, Camey Timberlake was awarded the first-ever wom-en’s athletic scholarship for any sport at the University. She went on to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference championship at No. 2 singles during the fall of 1977 in the first-ever ACC women’s sports championship event of any kind.

After the sport came under the direction of the athletic depart-ment, Hogan coached the first two tennis teams to outstanding 13-1 and 13-2 records in 1975 and 1976, respectively. During the 1976 season, Hogan guided the Tar Heels to a No. 16 national ranking and the team won the Southern Collegiates in Columbus, Miss. by defeating Rollins College in the final.

When Hogan retired from coaching in 1976 to concentrate full-time on her senior women’s administrator duties, she was replaced by Kitty Harrison, who continued to build the success of the Tar Heel program for over two decades. Eight of Harrison’s 21 teams were ranked among the Top 25 nationally. Under Harrison’s direc-tion, Carolina won four ACC championships in a row in the 1970s and 1980s and finished as the league runner-up four other times. Harrison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history at the time in terms of dual-match victories.

Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW competition from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in 1982. The Tar Heels won the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 1981. In 1982, they avenged a 6-3 loss to Duke in the state tournament by defeating the Blue Devils 7-2 to capture the AIAW Southern Region II title. The Tar Heels earned a bid to the AIAW national tournament three times, finishing 15th in 1979, 11th in 1981 and 17th in 1982.

There were numerous outstanding players during Harrison’s tenure, including three first-team All-America selections. Kathy Barton was an AIAW first-team All-America in 1982. Cinda Gurney,

a three-time ACC Player of the Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and 1993. Gurney and Alisha Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors in doubles in 1993. As a senior, Gur-ney advanced to the NCAA championship match without losing a set in any of her five preliminary matches in the field of 64. She com-pleted that year seventh individually in singles in the ITA rankings and achieved the highest rating ever by a Carolina player in singles when she was ranked third nationally in December of 1991.

Former Tar Heel men’s tennis standout Roland Thornqvist, an All-America and ACC Player of the Year as a player at UNC, took over the team’s coaching duties in 1998 and led UNC to its first ever NCAA Tournament berth and subsequent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the Tar Heels, finishing with a 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tournament appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Although only a sophomore in 2001, Marlene Mejia earned ITA All-America honors in singles, helping the Tar Heels earn a Top 20 ranking that season. Following the 2001 season, Thornqvist left Carolina to take over the coaching reigns at Florida.

Five years ago, under coach Jen Callen, the Tar Heels won the ACC Championship, advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, finished fifth in the country, its highest ever ranking, and had a sparkling 25-5 record. Pinchbeck earned first-team All-America honors after advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships.

In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach. In his first five seasons, the Tar Heels have seen tremendous success. Kalbas has led the Tar Heels to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his first five years at Carolina including in 2005 when the team matched its best finish in the NCAA Tournament ever, advancing to the quar-terfinals. It was only the second time a Carolina team has gone that far in the tournament.

The Tar Heels have produced five All-America selections dur-ing Kalbas’ tenure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 and teamed with Kendall Cline to earn All-Amer-ica honors in doubles in 2005. Mojzis and Cline also earned na-tional awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in 2005. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. In 2006, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long earned All-America honors as one of the nation’s top doubles pairs. That tandem capped its stellar career by winning the 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship, giving Anundsen and Long the first NCAA tennis title in UNC history. Sanaz Marand became the latest Tar Heel All-America performer in 2008, a season in which she lost just one singles dual match and defeated the nation’s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks.

Over the years, Tar Heel players have won 33 conference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent and two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. Brown teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, and the duo of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the late ‘70s as Gurney and Portnoy were dur-ing the 1992-93 season when they won the ITA Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 ranking after the fall season and finished the spring season ranked fourth in the country.

Despite playing some of the country’s toughest dual-match schedule year in and year out, Carolina teams continue to win with regularity. Only on six occasions has the Tar Heel women’s ten-nis program suffered a losing season while competing as a varsity sport.

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Year Head Coach Runnerup1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson2002 Jen Callen Duke

ACC Women’s Tennis Individual Honors1991 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year1992 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year1993 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year2002 ................................Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Tournament MVP

2008 ACC Tournament ResultsAltamonte Springs, Fla., April 19-22

First Round#8 NC State d. #9 Wake Forest ......................................................4-3#5 North Carolina d. #12 Maryland .............................................4-0#7 Virginia d. #10 Virginia Tech ...................................................4-2#6 Florida State d. #11 Boston College ......................................5-0Quarterfinals#1 Georgia Tech d. NC State ............................................................4-0#2 Duke d. Virginia..............................................................................4-1Florida State d. #3 Miami .................................................................4-2#4 Clemson d. North Carolina ........................................................4-2SemifinalsClemson d. Georgia Tech...................................................................4-1Duke d. Florida State ..........................................................................4-2FinalsClemson d. Duke ...................................................................................4-3

North Carolina All-ACC Selection History

ACC Career Coaching VictoriesCoach, School Years Won Lost Tie Pct.Kitty Harrison, North Carolina 1977-98 351 224 0 .610Jamie Ashworth, Duke 1997-08 261 65 0 .801 Phil Rogers, Virginia 1983-05 260 234 0 .526Andy Johnston, Clemson 1983-97 254 160 0 .614Lew Gerrard, Wake Forest 1988-99 191 98 0 .661

The UNC women’s and men’s teams celebrate their double victory at the 2002 ACC Championships in Raleigh, N.C. The women’s team beat Duke to end the Blue Devils’ run of 14 consecutive ACC titles. The men’s squad captured its 25th title with a victory over Georgia Tech.

2008Sanaz MarandKatrina Tsang

2007Jenna LongKatrina Tsang

2006Caitlin CollinsJenna Long

2005Kendall ClineJenna LongAniela Mojzis

2004Kendall ClineAniela Mojzis

2003Kendall ClineTanja MarkovicAniela MojzisKate Pinchbeck

2002Marlene MejiaAniela MojzisKate PinchbeckJulie Rotondi

2001Marlene MejiaJulie Rotondi

2000Marlene Mejia

1997Jenni Burnette

1996Marianna Land

1993Cinda Gurney

1992Alisha PortnoyAngela BernalCinda Gurney

1991Cinda Gurney

1990Valerie FamerCinda FarmerGigi Neely

1989Spencer BarnesGina Goblirsch

1988Spencer BarnesGina Goblirsch

1987Petra WesselsValerie FarmerGina Goblirsch


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2008 NCAA Singles ChampionshipsFirst Round, Tulsa, Okla. #5-8 Sanaz Marnd, UNC d. Caitlin Whoriskey, Tenn. ......................... 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Katrina Tsang, UNC d. Cristina Visico, California ......................................... 7-5, 6-3Second Round, Tulsa, Okla. Katrina Zheltova, Sacramento State d. #5-8 Sanaz Marand, UNC .......................... ............................................................................................................................6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 Tracy Lin, UCLA d. Katrina Tsang, UNC ............................................................ 6-2, 6-3

2008 NCAA Doubles ChampionshipsFirst Round, Tulsa, Okla. Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe, Fresno State d Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand, UNC..................................................... 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

NCAA Postseason Team Results

2008 SC State W 4-0 Arkansas L 3-42007 Marist W 4-0 Duke W 4-1 Notre Dame L 3-42006 SC State W 4-0 Wake Forest W 4-3 Duke L 1-42005 Richmond W 4-0 Duke W 4-0 Vanderbilt W 4-0 Clemson L 4-12004 Winthrop W 4-0 Tennessee L 4-32003 C. of Charleston W 4-0 Clemson W 4-1 California L 4-12002 Loyola (Md.) W 5-0 Furman W 4-0 Arizona State W 4-1 Stanford L 4-12001 Iowa W 4-1 California L 4-12000 Arkansas L 5-21999 Washington W 5-4 Mississippi L 5-1

2007 NCAA doubles champions Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long (center) with head coach Brian Kalbas and teammates Linzee Mabrey, Sanaz Marand and Katrina Tsang

Anundsen and Long serving in the 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship

Sanaz Marand earned a bid to the 2008 NCAA Championships in both singles and doubles.


NCAA Tournament History

2008 NCAA SinglesSanaz Marand First round def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Second round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sacramento State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6Katrina Tsang First round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 Second round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-32008 NCAA DoublesSophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand First round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 6-3, 5-7, 6-42007 NCAA SinglesJenna Long First round lost to Megan Alexander (Florida), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)Sanaz Marand First round lost to Diana Srebrovic (Florida), 6-1, 6-0Katrina Tsang First round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepperdine), 6-4, 6-1 Second round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno State), 6-2, 6-32007 NCAA DoublesJenna Long/Sara Anundsen First round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Auburn), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 7-6 (5), 7-5 Quarterfinals def. Catrina Thompson/Christian Thompson (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-0 Semifinals def. Ana Cetnik/Anna Sydorska (TCU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 Finals def. Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (William & Mary), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand First round def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 6-1, 6-22006 NCAA SinglesJenna Long First round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, 6-32006 NCAA DoublesJenna Long/Sara Anundsen First round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach State), 6-4, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (3) Quarterfinals def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (South Florida), 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno St.), 7-5, 6-32005 NCAA SinglesAniela Mojzis First round def. Amber Liu (Stanford), 6-7 (6), 6-0, ret. Second round lost to Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor), 6-1, 7-6 (0)Kendall Cline First round def. Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine), 6-2, 7-5 Second round lost to Riza Zalameda (UCLA), 7-6 (7), 6-02005 NCAA DoublesAniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round def. Chloe Carlotti/Virginia Tomatis (Mississippi), 7-6 (7), 7-5 Round of 16 lost to Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 6-2, 6-4

2004 NCAA SinglesAniela Mojzis First round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Second round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, 6-42004 NCAA DoublesAniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round def. Luana Magnani/Carina Vermeulen (USC), 6-3, 6-4 Round of 16 lost to Daniela Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA), 6-1, 7-52003 NCAA SinglesKate Pinchbeck First round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Second round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4Marlene Mejia First round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) Second round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC)Aniela Mojzis First round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) Second round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, 6-22003 NCAA DoublesAniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, 6-22002 NCAA SinglesKate Pinchbeck First round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Second round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 Quarterfinals lost to Bea Bielik (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4Julie Rotondi First round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 Second round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2Marlene Mejia First round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-21993 NCAA SinglesCinda Gurney First round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 Second round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 Quarterfinals def. Christine Neuman (Duke), 7-5, 6-2 Semifinals def. Andrea Farley (Florida), 7-6 (12), 6-2 Finals lost to Lisa Raymond (Florida), 6-3, 6-11993 NCAA DoublesCinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy First round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 Second round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, 6-31992 NCAA SinglesCinda Gurney First round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 Second round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-11992 NCAA DoublesCinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy First round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Second round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1)

Jenna Long (left) and Sara Anundsen accept their 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship trophies while head coach Brian Kalbas looks on.

NCAA Tournament Singles and Doubles Records


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All-America Selections1992 Cinda Gurney1993 Cinda Gurney, Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles)2001 Marlene Mejia2002 Kate Pinchbeck2003 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles), Kate Pinchbeck2004 Aniela Mojzis2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles)2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles)2007 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles), Jenna Long2008 Sanaz Marand

ACC Doubles Champions*1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands1979 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1980 #3 Marjorie Black/Margie Brown1981 #1 Betsy Heidenberger/Margie Brown1982 #2 Lloyd Hatcher/Katharine Hogan1982 #1 Margie Brown/Betsy Heidenberger1984 #2 Kathy Barton/ Stephanie Rauch1985 #3 Sara Turner/Liz Wachter1989 #1 Spencer Barnes/Gina Goblirsch1991 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy1992 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy2001 #1 Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck, #3 Courtney Zalinski/Erin Neibling

*The ACC discontinued recognition of the doubles championships in 2002.

ACC Singles Champions*1977 #2 Camey Timberlake 1988 #3 Spencer Barnes1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck1981 #3 Margie Brown 1981 #6 Sandy Fleischman 1984 #3 Nancy Boggs *The ACC discontinued 1985 #2 Elizabeth Alexander recognition of the singles 1987 #6 Petra Wessels championships in 2002.

All-ACC Selections1988 Spencer Barnes, Gina Goblirsch 1989 Spencer Barnes, Gina Goblirsch 1990 Valerie Farmer, Cinda Gurney, Gigi Neely1991 Cinda Gurney 1992 Angela Bernal, Cinda Gurney, Alisha Portnoy 1993 Cinda Gurney 1996 Marianna Land 1997 Jeni Burnette2000 Marlene Mejia2001 Marlene Mejia, Julie Rotondi2002 Kate Pinchbeck, Marlene Mejia, Julie Rotondi, Aniela Mojzis2003 Kendall Cline, Tanja Markovic, Marlene Mejia, Aniela Mojzis, Kate Pinchbeck 2004 Kendall Cline, Aniela Mojzis2005 Kendall Cline, Jenna Long, Aniela Mojzis2006 Caitlin Collins, Jenna Long2007 Jenna Long, Katrina Tsang2008 Sanaz Marand, Katrina Tsang

Team Awards2008 Most Valuable Player ........................................................................Sanaz Marand2008 Most Improved .......................................................................Alexandra Jurewitz/...........................................................................................................................Sophie Grabinski2008 Best Attitude .......................................................................................... Austin Smith

A two-time All-America, Kendall Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award in 2005.

Aniela Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship in 2005. She earned All-America accolades three years in a row.


ACC 50th Anniversary TeamJennifer Balent, North Carolina (1978-1981)

Jennifer Balent won three ACC singles titles during her career at Carolina ... captured the No. 2 flight Championship in 1978 and 79 and the No. 6 title in 1980 ... regional All-America selection in 1980.

Kathy Barton, North Carolina (1981-1984)

Kathy Barton won the 1980 No. 2 singles championship and was an AIAW All-America in 1982 ... Carolina’s first All-American women’s tennis player ... in 1984, she teamed with Stephanie Rauch to win the ACC No. 2 doubles titles ... she was the runner-up for the No. 4 ACC singles title in 1983.

Angela Bernal, North Carolina (1992)

Completed one of the most successful freshmen seasons in school history ... won ACC individual Championship, playing at #2 for the 25th ranked Tar Heels ... finished season with 28-10 overall record and 7-1 conference record as the 59th ranked player in the country ... played in NCAA Individual Championships.

Margie Brown, North Carolina (1979-1982)

Member of Carolina’s ACC Championship team in 1981 ... won two individual singles ti-tles and three doubles championships ... in 1979, she won the No. 4 flight and in 1981 she captured the title at the No. 3 flight ... 1980-82 Brown was a part of three ACC champion-ship doubles teams ... 1980 she teamed with Marjorie Black for the No. 3 doubles crown ... 1981 and 82 she and Betsy Heidenberger won the No. 1 ACC doubles title ... 1980 she was a regional All-America selection ... considered one of the top players of her era.

Laura DuPont, North Carolina (1967-1970)

Won the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles championship in 1970, becoming UNC’s first female national champion ... she played on the pro tour for 12 years and was ranked as high as ninth in the world ... DuPont was inducted into the In-tercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Women’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 ... she was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977 ... she won the 1984 and ‘85 U.S. Open championship for women over 35.

Gina Goblirsch, North Carolina (1987-1990)

A three-time All-ACC selection from 1987-89 ... outstanding doubles player ... 1989 she teamed with Spencer Barnes to win the No. 1 ACC doubles championship ... Goblrisch was also an outstanding student and was named the Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 1990.

Cinda Gurney, North Carolina (1990-1993)

A two-time All-America in singles, Gurney earned ACC Player of the Year three times in 1991, 92 and 93 ... won the ACC No. 1 singles flight championship all four years at Caro-lina, becoming only the second player in ACC history to accomplish that feat ... In 1993, she advanced to the NCAA singles championship match ... compiled a 116-32 singles record and is considered Carolina’s best women’s tennis player ever.

Marlene Mejia, North Carolina (2000-2003)

Earned first-team All-ACC honors in her first two years at No. 1 singles ... tied for the ACC title at the No. 1 singles flight in 2001 ... in her sophomore year, she finished the season ranked No. 18 and was selected first-team ITA All-America.

Alisha Portnoy, North Carolina (1990-1993)

An All-ACC selection in 1992 ... teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the No. 1 ACC doubles title in both 1991 and 92 ... she and Gurney went on to win the ITA Clay Court doubles championship in 1992 ... Portnoy and Gurney were 21-7 in doubles play in 1994.

Cinda Gurney is regarded as one of the best players in Carolina and ACC history. She is a two-time All-America and earned three ACC Player of the Year honors.

Former Tar Heel Marlene Mejia earned first-team All-ACC honors in her first two years at No. 1 singles.

AIAW REGION II SINGLES CHAMPION1982 Betsy Heidenberger

AIAW SOUTHERN REGION II DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

1976 Nina Cloninger/ Jane Preyer1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ Katharine Hogan1982 Margie Brown/ Betsy Heidenberger

ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy

NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS1975 - Camey Timberlake 1981 - Lloyd Hatcher1979 - Sandy Fleischman 1982 - Margie Brown1980 - Jennifer Balen

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Season Football Tickets Rights*

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Individual Game Basketball Tickets #*

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Discounts at Finley Golf Course (with membership card)

Super Saturday & Local Functions with Carolina Coaches

Rams Club Golf Tournaments

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Lapel Pin/Car Decal/Membership Card

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needed to bridge the difference between the endowment’s yield

and the actual scholarship costs and other important projects for

Carolina’s student-athletes.

The Rams Club’s Scholarship Endowment Trust is the largest athletic

scholarship endowment in the nation. The Scholarship Endowment

Trust is built upon gifts from Carolina supporters who have

endowed Full or Half Scholarships in support of student-athletes

which provide in perpetuity the support to a broad-based athletics

program.

As the Rams Club’s planned giving program, Carolina Forever

offers donors an opportunity to make a lasting impact by involving

Carolina Athletics in their estate planning. Carolina Forever’s

mission is to insure that the university continues to provide in

perpetuity the unique opportunity to experience what it means to be

a Tar Heel student-athlete in a broad-based athletics program.

Sports EndowmentsThe Sport Endowments program provides additional funding for the

operating budgets of each of the 28 sports. Donors can make gifts

to an individual sport with the yield from that trust made available

to the appropriate coach for use in budget-enhancing activities like

recruiting, team travel, assistant coaches’ salaries and more. With

the gifts designated into an endowment, these gifts will provide a

continuous stream of usable income in perpetuity.

THE PLANNED GIVING SOCIETYOF THE RAMS CLUB

Benefits of Membership

It can be in the tie that you wear to work, or the swoosh on

your tennis shoes. It can be in the paint you choose for your

family room, or on the car that you drive. It can be in the

flag you hang from your front porch, or that championship

t-shirt you wear to the gym. It’s in all of us. We show it in

different ways, but eventually it comes out – that streak of

Carolina Blue deep inside us that drives our passion for the

Tar Heels.

When you think about it, you likely Show Your Colors in

many different ways – from the clothes you wear, to the

items you’ll find at home and in the office, to the way you

get excited putting on that lucky hat before heading out to

cheer for the Heels.

And maybe it’s in the pride you feel when Carolina student-

athletes excel like few others in college athletics. You can

Show Your Colors in a life-changing way by being a part

of The Rams Club – offering outstanding young men and

women an opportunity to represent the University of

North Carolina in competition, in the classroom and in the

community. Your support through The Rams Club is integral

in providing athletic scholarships to Carolina student-

athletes, as well as outstanding facilities in which they can

train and compete at the top level of college athletics.

How do you Show Your Colors? Join The Rams Club today.

It’s there. Sometimes it’s subtle. Other times it’s as obvious as

the sky above.

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