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Hansbrough, Dawson up for ESPYs

By Margot Schneider | July 17

Two UNC athletes are in the running to earn college athlete of the year awards July 20. Rising senior Tyler Hansbrough and recent graduate Rachel Dawson are up for Male and Female College Athlete of the Year awards, respectively, in the ESPYs, the annual sports awards ceremony determined by fan votes and hosted by ESPN. Last season the Associated Press named Hansbrough its Collegiate Player of the Year. He also won the Wooden and Naismith awards. Hansbrough helped lead the Tar Heels to an ACC title and the NCAA Final Four, averaging 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

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UNC swimmers take on Olympic Trials

By Margot Schneider | July 10

Fulfilling your dreams does not always mean winning, and two North Carolina swimmers discovered that at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials this summer. Rising sophomore Joe Kinderwater qualified for the 2008 Trials when he was 16, and has been waiting two and a half years for June 29 to roll around and the competition to begin. The young, but seasoned swimmer said it was exciting just to get to go to the trials. "It had always been a dream of mine ever since I was little," Kinderwater said.

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