"However, despite the success North Carolina has seen on the recruiting trail over the past few years, the Tar Heels’ performance on the field has failed to follow. This year, the departure of Howell only heightens concerns of another potential drop-off."
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"However, despite the success North Carolina has seen on the recruiting trail over the past few years, the Tar Heels’ performance on the field has failed to follow. This year, the departure of Howell only heightens concerns of another potential drop-off."
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A number of former Tar Heels are having a busy offseason competing in the NBA Summer League, playing for Team USA and navigating new trades. Here is a look at a few former UNC men's basketball players currently in action in the NBA Summer League.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball program announced on Saturday that former starting point guard Carlie Littlefield signed a contract with the Liège Panthers. She will begin competing with the Panthers in the Belgium League in September while completing her Kenan-Flagler MBA through online coursework.
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After ending the UNC swim and dive season together in a freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships in March, recent graduate Lilly Higgs and rising sophomore Olivia Nel traveled to Budapest, Hungary. The two swimmers competed for the Bahamas and South Africa, respectively, from June 18-25 in a variety of events.
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With an 11-8 win over Canada, the U.S. captured its fourth-straight World Lacrosse Women's Championship title on Saturday. Led by UNC women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy, the U.S. National Team roster features six former Tar Heels in Emily Parros, Molly Hendrick, Caylee Waters, Marie McCool, Emma Trenchard and Ally Mastroianni.
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After North Carolina’s season came to an end against Arkansas in the NCAA Super Regionals in early June, many Tar Heels have turned their focus to their summer league assignments. Brandon Eike, Dalton Pence, Eric Grintz and Dylan King are just a few Diamond Heels with impressive starts to their summer ball seasons.
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For UNC women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy, and 2022 national champions Emma Trenchard and Ally Mastroianni, the 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship is a chance to add to an already triumphant year. Representing Team USA alongside four other former Tar Heels, this squad is fighting through the championship bracket in hopes to capture the ninth World Cup for the U.S. Women's National Team.
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Caitlin Van Sickle, a former Tar Heel hired in January as UNC's assistant field hockey coach, used this spring offseason to revitalize the mantra she lived by as a player under head coach Karen Shelton years ago — “Defense wins championships.” Van Sickle isn’t implementing groundbreaking schemes or reinventing the entire UNC defense. Rather, the former U.S. Women’s National Team member is drawing upon her 148 international caps of experience to offer her athletes a fresh perspective.
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First-year Brooklyn Walker-Welch, a starter on the UNC women's lacrosse 2022 national championship team, played a crucial role on defense this past season. However, the ACC All-Freshman honoree didn't take up girls lacrosse until 2017, and even then, she had to be convinced to play it.
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UNC Campus Recreation offers intramural sports for all skill levels. No prior experience is needed. Students can sign up on the Campus Rec website with their roommates and friends as a team or as individuals.
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Last month, several Special Olympics athletes from Orange County, N.C. won gold representing Team Special Olympics North Carolina at the 2022 USA Games, which took place from June 5 through June 12 in Orlando, Fla. The UNC Unified basketball team won gold, and Hunter Stanford took home gold in the 400-meter dash.
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On April 11, Ciera Toomey, a five-star center and No. 3 recruit in the nation for the class of 2023, committed to the UNC women's basketball program. Toomey earned around two dozen offers from NCAA Division I programs, including UNC, Duke, Maryland, Notre Dame and Connecticut.
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UNC is a school known for accomplished varsity programs, but the university also offers levels of sports for everyone. While intramural and club sports are popular ways to get involved, there are also a variety of locations across campus that offer pickup games for students.
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Kaleb Cost, a dual-sport athlete from Sandy Creek High School in Georgia, committed to North Carolina on June 11. The class of 2023 recruit is a 3-star cornerback who has his sights set on playing baseball at UNC.
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On Monday, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented UNC women's lacrosse fifth-year attacker Jamie Ortega with the Honda Sport Award for lacrosse. Ortega was selected for the prestigious award by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.
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On Tuesday, Atlantic Coast Conference officials announced the conference’s new football scheduling format, the 3-5-5 model, which will begin in 2023. The 3-5-5 model denotes that each team will compete against three primary opponents each year, while rotating between its 10 secondary conference opponents.
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Three UNC swimmers — recent graduate Lilly Higgs, rising junior Patrick Hussey and rising sophomore Olivia Nel — finished their competition in various events at the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships this past week.
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Former UNC women's soccer star Crystal Dunn, who played soccer for the Tar Heels from 2010-2013, is one of the most high-profile athletes to come out of Chapel Hill within the past decade. With her 2021 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year accreditation after her past season with the Portland Thorns, and a 2019 World Cup win with the US Women’s National Team, Dunn’s success at the professional level parallels her time at UNC.
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With high-profile recruits and a strong returning core, the North Carolina men's basketball team has a strong case for a comeback season complete with a national title.
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The UNC football program held a summer media day on June 22 to discuss the upcoming season and share updates on spring practice and recruiting. Among the topics discussed by the numerous coaches and players in attendance, an emphasis was placed on defensive consistency and the importance of a successful 2022 season.
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