Total Tar Heels: Feb. 18, 2019
February 18, 2019 | General, Student-Athlete Development, Carolina Outreach
Total Tar Heels news digest provides a look at UNC student-athlete accomplishments and activities outside of athletic competition.
STUDENT-ATHLETE LIFE
More than Tar Heels
• Even if you've already seen the "More than a Tar Heel" mental health awareness video, it's worth watching again! Click here to check it out.
The script for the video was written by Riley Harrison, a junior on the women's lacrosse team, and includes at least one member of each Tar Heel team. Those appearing in the video are: Brendan Illies (Baseball); Brittany Pickett (Softball); Mady Clahane (Cross Country); Marcus Krah (Track & Field); Jay Jay McCargo and Jake Lawler (Football); Brandon Robinson (Men's Basketball); Jocelyn Jones (Women's Basketball); Marissa Creatore, Malin Evert and Leila Evans (Field Hockey); Carlexa Fevry (Fencing); Toby Song (Men's Golf); Brynn Walker (Women's Golf); Jamie DeCiccio (Gymnastics); Robyn Dryer (Swimming & Diving); Jack Rowlett (Men's Lacrosse); Riley Harrison (Women's Lacrosse); Annabelle Archer (Volleyball); Alec Smir (Men's Soccer); Kate Morris (Women's Soccer); Chip Ness (Wrestling); William Blumberg (Men's Tennis); Jessie Aney (Women's Tennis) and Bridget Tarnowski (Rowing), as well as Athletic Trainer Nina Walker, Gymnastics Coach Derek Galvin and Senior Associate AD Dwight Hollier.
Black History Month
• Carolina Athletics is celebrating Black History Month with events, stories and information throughout February. Click here for an overview of the month and here for a recap of a Black History Month panel discussion.
OUTREACH
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• In terms of numbers of participants, the largest UNC student-athlete outreach event each year is the National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration, which was held this year on Jan. 27. Members of 14 women's teams (all but women's tennis, which was competing that day) shared their sports with young boys and girls during the 90-minute event at Fetzer Gym.
More here from GoHeels.com and here from WRAL.
And don't miss the photos here!
Reading in Schools
• It's been a big month for reading at local elementary schools, both for Black History Month Read-ins (see above) and as part of the Northside Read-A-Thon.
Service Trip
• Fencing took advantage of a weekend most of the team had off (six athletes competed at the Junior Olympics in Denver) to travel to Asheville.
• The rowing team has become a regular at the SECU Family House.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2019 Student-Athlete Career and Networking Fair
• One of the best parts about our annual Career and Networking Fair, in addition to the record turnout, was seeing all the former UNC student-athletes back to represent their companies and organizations while assisting current Tar Heel students. Click here for more.
Path to Professional Schools
• Student-Athlete Development recently hosted a program for student-athletes planning on health career careers. The hour-long session offered an overview of the application process, with information from Claudis Polk and Lisa Long from the UNC School of Medicine's Office of Special Programs. Also there to provide perspective were five former UNC student-athletes who are now in graduate school or about to start: Cameron Campbell (football) and Erika Baker (track & field) at the UNC School of Dentistry, Shelley Warner (rowing) and Emma Astrike-Davis (cross country/track & field) from the UNC School of Medicine, and Abby Fisher (swimming), who will begin the Physician Assistant program at Wake Forest School of Medicine later this spring.
ACADEMICS
All-ACC Academic honors were recently announced for fall sports. These awards take into consideration both athletic and academic performance during the 2018 season.
Highlights:
• December graduate Alex Comsia was named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's soccer.
• On both the field hockey and women's soccer All-ACC Academic teams, UNC led the way with the highest number of honorees.
2018 All-ACC Honorees from UNC:
Cross Country: Enyaeva Michelin, Alex Milligan
Field Hockey: Marissa Creatore, Malin Evert, Morgan Goetz, Feline Guenther, Catherine Hayden, Ashley Hoffman, Erin Matson and Cassie Sumfest
Football: Nick Polino
Men's Soccer: Alex Comsia, Nils Bruening
Women's Soccer: Dorian Bailey, Rachael Dorwart, Emily Fox, Morgan Goff, Rachel Jones, Brianna Pinto, Lotte Wubben-Moy
• Four Tar Heel student-athletes were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in the fall. Congratulations to Jamie DeCicco and Lauren Weisel (gymnastics), Morgan Goetz (field hockey) and Ashley Smith (cross country).
• Luke Maye (men's basketball) is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. Fan voting can be found here and runs through the end of March.
• Click here to read a DTH story on Vasco Evtimov, who at age 41 is finishing his UNC degree thanks to a promise he made to Dean Smith and with the help of Complete Carolina.
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Carolina Sports Leadership Summit
• The Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy hosted its annual leadership training summit for local middle schoolers on Jan. 21, and once again it was a success! Read more here.
• The Leadership Academy also has a new overview brochure. You can check it out here.
STUDENT-ATHLETE LIFE
More than Tar Heels
• Even if you've already seen the "More than a Tar Heel" mental health awareness video, it's worth watching again! Click here to check it out.
The script for the video was written by Riley Harrison, a junior on the women's lacrosse team, and includes at least one member of each Tar Heel team. Those appearing in the video are: Brendan Illies (Baseball); Brittany Pickett (Softball); Mady Clahane (Cross Country); Marcus Krah (Track & Field); Jay Jay McCargo and Jake Lawler (Football); Brandon Robinson (Men's Basketball); Jocelyn Jones (Women's Basketball); Marissa Creatore, Malin Evert and Leila Evans (Field Hockey); Carlexa Fevry (Fencing); Toby Song (Men's Golf); Brynn Walker (Women's Golf); Jamie DeCiccio (Gymnastics); Robyn Dryer (Swimming & Diving); Jack Rowlett (Men's Lacrosse); Riley Harrison (Women's Lacrosse); Annabelle Archer (Volleyball); Alec Smir (Men's Soccer); Kate Morris (Women's Soccer); Chip Ness (Wrestling); William Blumberg (Men's Tennis); Jessie Aney (Women's Tennis) and Bridget Tarnowski (Rowing), as well as Athletic Trainer Nina Walker, Gymnastics Coach Derek Galvin and Senior Associate AD Dwight Hollier.
Black History Month
• Carolina Athletics is celebrating Black History Month with events, stories and information throughout February. Click here for an overview of the month and here for a recap of a Black History Month panel discussion.
Last week we kicked off Black History Month by reading to local elementary school students. 📚#FeelGoodFriday pic.twitter.com/zx2uFbnUXk
— Carolina Women's Hoops (@uncwbb) February 8, 2019
OUTREACH
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• In terms of numbers of participants, the largest UNC student-athlete outreach event each year is the National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration, which was held this year on Jan. 27. Members of 14 women's teams (all but women's tennis, which was competing that day) shared their sports with young boys and girls during the 90-minute event at Fetzer Gym.
More here from GoHeels.com and here from WRAL.
And don't miss the photos here!
Reading in Schools
• It's been a big month for reading at local elementary schools, both for Black History Month Read-ins (see above) and as part of the Northside Read-A-Thon.
Annnnnd our @UNC_SADev from @TarHeelFootball @UNCSoftball even tried to do "the floss" with our 5th grade @NorthsideES @chccs Navigators. Awesome readers — awesome dancers. Thanks @GoHeels friends for participating in the fun of #NESReadathon2019 #chccslibraries pic.twitter.com/GjFV4T6vuI
— Northside Library (@NESlibrary) February 7, 2019
We loved hosting @UNC_SADev athletes from @uncwlax and @UNCSoftball to read stories to Ss in Ms. Quicker's Class @_Classy_Ash.After the reading, we asked LOTS of questions & discovered fun facts about being a student athlete.We ❤️ our #Tarheel readers. #NESReadathon2019 pic.twitter.com/8p1JahDj1i
— Northside Library (@NESlibrary) February 4, 2019
Service Trip
• Fencing took advantage of a weekend most of the team had off (six athletes competed at the Junior Olympics in Denver) to travel to Asheville.
Had a great time this weekend with @HaywoodStreet serving Asheville's homeless! 15 fencers spent their off-weekend in the mountains and helped serve lunch to over 300 people! pic.twitter.com/BWVUrrkWCR
— Carolina Fencing (@UNCFencing) February 18, 2019
• The rowing team has become a regular at the SECU Family House.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2019 Student-Athlete Career and Networking Fair
• One of the best parts about our annual Career and Networking Fair, in addition to the record turnout, was seeing all the former UNC student-athletes back to represent their companies and organizations while assisting current Tar Heel students. Click here for more.
Path to Professional Schools
• Student-Athlete Development recently hosted a program for student-athletes planning on health career careers. The hour-long session offered an overview of the application process, with information from Claudis Polk and Lisa Long from the UNC School of Medicine's Office of Special Programs. Also there to provide perspective were five former UNC student-athletes who are now in graduate school or about to start: Cameron Campbell (football) and Erika Baker (track & field) at the UNC School of Dentistry, Shelley Warner (rowing) and Emma Astrike-Davis (cross country/track & field) from the UNC School of Medicine, and Abby Fisher (swimming), who will begin the Physician Assistant program at Wake Forest School of Medicine later this spring.
ACADEMICS
All-ACC Academic honors were recently announced for fall sports. These awards take into consideration both athletic and academic performance during the 2018 season.
Highlights:
• December graduate Alex Comsia was named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's soccer.
• On both the field hockey and women's soccer All-ACC Academic teams, UNC led the way with the highest number of honorees.
"Over the years I've seen that our best teams on the field are also the best academically, and that's true this year." – @CoachSheltonUNC
— UNC Field Hockey (@UNCFieldHockey) February 1, 2019
Way to go, Heels! 🏑📚💻
Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/W20W1eF6IZ#GoHeels #ACCFH pic.twitter.com/dVHXvN0Ghg
2018 All-ACC Honorees from UNC:
Cross Country: Enyaeva Michelin, Alex Milligan
Field Hockey: Marissa Creatore, Malin Evert, Morgan Goetz, Feline Guenther, Catherine Hayden, Ashley Hoffman, Erin Matson and Cassie Sumfest
Football: Nick Polino
Men's Soccer: Alex Comsia, Nils Bruening
Women's Soccer: Dorian Bailey, Rachael Dorwart, Emily Fox, Morgan Goff, Rachel Jones, Brianna Pinto, Lotte Wubben-Moy
• Four Tar Heel student-athletes were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in the fall. Congratulations to Jamie DeCicco and Lauren Weisel (gymnastics), Morgan Goetz (field hockey) and Ashley Smith (cross country).
• Luke Maye (men's basketball) is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. Fan voting can be found here and runs through the end of March.
Make sure you VOTE every day for Luke Maye! 🗳https://t.co/bBWUvmf08e #CarolinaSZN #SeniorSZN pic.twitter.com/LzdaI5aUqE
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) February 8, 2019
• Click here to read a DTH story on Vasco Evtimov, who at age 41 is finishing his UNC degree thanks to a promise he made to Dean Smith and with the help of Complete Carolina.
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Carolina Sports Leadership Summit
• The Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy hosted its annual leadership training summit for local middle schoolers on Jan. 21, and once again it was a success! Read more here.
• The Leadership Academy also has a new overview brochure. You can check it out here.
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