Illse Davids

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Plumstead, South Africa
High School:
Wynberg

Majoring in psychology ... First name is pronounced ILL-suh ... Selected as the squad's vice-captain for the 2009 season ... Has been a member of South Africa's National Team and was named to the 22-player squad for the 2008 Olympics ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Veteran Leaders program

2008: As a junior, started all 20 games ... Earned second-team All-America, All-South Region and All-ACC recognition ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Sept. 16 ... Recipient of the team's Keller Award for Open-Play Assists ... Tied for the team lead in assists with seven ... Also score nine goals, third on the team ... Had a hat-trick with three goals against Georgetown ... Scored the gamewinner at Old Dominion on Nov. 1

2007: As a sophomore, missed the first two games of the season while competing as part of South Africa's National Team then played in the other 22, starting 19 ... Named All-ACC, All-NCAA Tournament and second-team All-South Region ... Finished the year with five goals and two assists ... In the ACC Championship game, scored the tying goal with 4:59 to play, redirecting a Rachel Dawson penalty corner shot into the cage ... UNC went on to win in overtime ... Scored the opening goal, which turned out to be the gamewinner, in UNC's 4-2 win over Connecticut in the NCAA semifinal ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2007-08 school year

2006: As a freshman, started all 22 games ... One of her four goals on the year came in the first game of her career, against Michigan on Aug. 26 ... ... Named to the Womensfieldhockey.com All-Rookie squad and to the All-South Region second team ... Enrolled at UNC in January of 2006 and practiced with the team during the spring semester

Before UNC: Attended Wynberg Girls' High School, where she captained the indoor and outdoor hockey teams and received the Discobolus Trophy for achievement in hockey ... Competed at the Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile, in Sept. of 2005 as part of South Africa's Under 21 team ... Invited to train with the South African National Team in 2006 ... Played for the South African A hockey team in 2005, taking part in a series against Canada ... Was a member of the nation's U18 (2004) and U16 (2002-03) ... Also plays squash

Personal: Born March 26, 1987, in Cape Town, South Africa ... Daughter of Joselyn and Gregory Davids ... Has two younger sisters, Inga (19) and Gretchin (14)

More on Davids:Favorite pastimes are listening to music and watching movies... Favorite book is Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike ... Favorite TV show is One Tree Hill ... Pet peeve is when people don't cover their mouth when they yawn ... After graduation from UNC, plans to travel in Europe with her sister then continue her education in South Africa ... Dream job: Ice cream sampler for Ben & Jerry's ... Little-known talent is knitting ... Dream vacation would be a trip to Monaco ... First thing she'd buy if she won the lottery is "another lottery ticket ... you never know" ... During the offseason, focused on improving her reverse shooting ... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is tennis