Tar Heel Men s Tennis in the 2017 NCAA Championship Up Next for the Tar Heels For the first time in program history, North Carolina will play in the NCAA Tournament semifinals. The Tar Heels had reached the quarterfinals four years in a row, but had never advanced past that point. Now they ll face No. 13 Georgia Monday at noon at Dan Magill Tennis Center in Athens, Ga., for a spot in the NCAA Championship on Tuesday. UNC earned a spot in its first final four by beating No. 1 Wake Forest 4-2 Saturday in a match that, due to a weather delay, spanned eight hours and finished in the early minutes of Sunday morning. Carolina reached the Elite 8 with a 4-1 win over No. 8 California Thursday evening in Athens. The Tar Heels started their NCAA Tournament march with a pair of homecourt victories at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, beating VCU 4-0 in the first round on May 12 and No. 20 South Carolina 4-1 in the second round on May 13. Fast Facts on UNC 2017 record: 28-4 (10-2 ACC) Current ranking: No. 9 Head Coach: Sam Paul (24th season) Current record at UNC: 443-194 Associate Head Coach: Tripp Phillips (11th season) Team Captains: Jack Murray and Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Quick Hits Carolina has been ranked in the top 13 all spring and is currently at No. 9. The Tar Heels haven t slipped out of the top 25 in more than three years. Tar Heels were well-represented when ITA regional honors were announced on May 15. was named Senior Player of the Year and also the recipient of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. was named Rookie of the Year. Blumberg and Schneider are among the 64 players selected for the singles draw at the NCAA Championship, and Blumberg and junior Robert Kelly are part of the 32- team doubles draw. Blumberg finished ACC dual meet play undefeated at 11-0, winning more conference matches in a single season than any player in school history. The Tar Heels 10 wins in ACC play this spring marked the most in program history. UNC was 10-2 overall in conference play, 6-0 at home. Senior Jack Murray earned the 100th singles win of his Carolina career on May 12 against VCU. Junior Robert Kelly is the second member of his family to reach an NCAA final four this year. His younger brother, Jeremy, is a member of the Tar Heel men s soccer team, which played in the 2016 College Cup. The Tar Heels have reached the NCAA Elite 8 four years in a row, including in 2014 in Athens, Ga, but this season is 2017 SCHEDULE Jan. 14 Bucknell Chapel Hill W, 6-0 Wofford Chapel Hill W, 4-0 Jan. 16 UNC Greensboro Chapel Hill W, 7-0 Jan. 22 UT-Chattanooga Chapel Hill W, 6-0 Citadel Chapel Hill W, 7-0 ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 27 Notre Dame Chapel Hill W, 4-0 Jan 28 Vanderbilt Chapel Hill W, 4-1 Feb. 4 At #17 Illinois Champaign, Ill. W, 5-2 Feb. 11 Ole Miss Chapel Hill W, 6-1 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Feb. 17 #14 Georgia Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2 Feb. 18 #4 California Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2 Feb. 19 At #1 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. L, 4-0 Feb. 27 At #27 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. W, 6-1 March 7 #43 Duke Chapel Hill W, 6-1 March 10 At #2 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 4-3 March 15 NC State Chapel Hill W, 7-0 March 19 At Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. W, 4-3 March 25 Tulsa Chapel Hill W, 5-2 March 31 Miami Chapel Hill W, 6-1 April 2 Florida State Chapel Hill W, 5-2 April 7 At Clemson Clemson, S.C. W, 7-0 April 9 At #4 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. L, 4-3 April 14 Boston College Chapel Hill W, 7-0 April 16 #41 Notre Dame Chapel Hill W, 6-1 April 21 At #20 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. W, 4-3 April 23 At #39 Louisville Louisville, Ky. W, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship April 28 #32 Florida State Rome, Ga. W, 4-1 April 29 #3 Virginia Rome, Ga. L, 4-3 NCAA Championship May 12 VCU Chapel Hill W, 4-0 May 13 #20 South Carolina Chapel Hill W, 4-1 May 18 #8 California Athens, Ga. W, 4-1 May 20 #1 Wake Forest Athens, Ga. W, 4-2 May 22 At #13 Georgia Athens, Ga. Noon * Atlantic Coast Conference match UNC Athletic Communications Men s Tennis Contact: Dana Gelin (dgelin@unc.edu, 919-455-8289)
the first time they ve advanced beyond that point. Carolina led the nation in All-America selections in 2016 with five players honored. Three of them (singles), Jack Murray (doubles) and Robert Kelly (doubles) are still on the court for the Tar Heels. Seniors Chad Hoskins, Jack Murray and were among nearly 4,000 students to receive their undergraduate degrees from UNC at commencement exercises on Sunday (May 14) morning. Hoskins and Murray both earned doubles majors in economics and history, and Schneider majored in business administration through UNC s prestigious Kenan-Flagler Business School. The Mick patch on the Tar Heels shirts is in memory of young Mick Macholl, who had been adopted as an honorary member of the team. He lost his battle with cancer in December of 2016 at age 5. Record-Setting Season When UNC closed out the regular season with a 6-1 win at Louisville on April 23, it established a program record for conference wins in a season with 10. The Tar Heels had won nine ACC matches in six of the last 11 seasons, including 2016, but had never before hit double digits. The 2017 team has equaled the program record for most wins in a season, 28. That mark was set by the 2016 team, which finished 28-5 overall and 9-3 in ACC play. The previous high was 27, established in 2014. Super Seniors In their four years as starters, senior Jack Murray and have led UNC to a record of 107-26, twice reset the school records for season wins (see note above), and gone at least as far as the NCAA Elite 8 in each season. The two, who played against each other in their junior careers Murray grew up in Michigan and Schneider in Indiana, both graduated from UNC this month and plan to pursue professional careers. Ronnie and Jack have done so much for us, said UNC head coach Sam Paul. You go back and look at their careers most successful class we ve had. Tournament Tar Heels Carolina is making its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance in 24 seasons under coach Sam Paul. The Tar Heels hosted first and second round NCAA action in Chapel Hill for the fourth year in a row, the fifth time in the past six years and the ninth time overall. Heading into the semifinals, UNC is 31-25 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. The Tar Heels are 13-3 over the past four seasons, including the four wins this year. Stellar Start for Blumberg s collegiate career is off to an impressive start. The freshman enrolled at UNC in January and played at No. 1 singles in his very first college match, on Jan. 14 vs. Bucknell. He won 6-3, 6-1 and hasn t looked back. Since then, mostly playing at the No. 2 spot, he s 24-2 overall and has won 18 singles matches in a row. He went unbeaten in ACC play, finishing 11-0. (He did not play in the season s final match, at Louisville.) He s 12-1 against ranked opponents, including a straight-sets win over Wake Forest s Skander Mansouri, then ranked #5. Blumberg was named ACC of the Year and the ITA s Carolina Region Rookie of the Year. His current singles ranking of No. 16 is his career high and he s also ranked No. 12 in doubles with junior Robert Kelly. The Carolina freshman got the chance on Thursday to avenge one of his two losses as Tar Heel. Blumberg s last defeat was on Feb. 18, when UNC faced California in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships and Andre Goransson won 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Thursday the first and second sets played out similarly, but Blumberg flipped the third to take the win over No. 61 Goransson, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. 2017 Honors and Awards ITA Carolina Region Senior of the Year ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award ACC of the Year All-Atlantic Coast Conference (1st) (1st) Robert Kelly (2nd) ACC Player of the Week, Jan. 31 Athletic Director s Scholar-Athlete ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award Strength & Conditioning Awards Iron Ram: Blaine Boyden Most Improved: Jack Murray Newcomer: Simon Soendergaard Current ITA Rankings (May 4) Team 9th (High this spring is No. 4, low is No. 13) Singles 16. 22. 116. Robert Kelly Doubles 12. /Robert Kelly 82. Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard Century Club Senior Jack Murray won for the 100th time in his Carolina singles career on May 12 when he beat VCU s Ignacio Rivero 6-1, 6-1. A starter throughout his time at UNC, Murray has a career singles mark of 102-33. He is 93-32 in doubles. He s the second member of the 2016-17 team to reach the century mark this season. Classmate reached 100 earlier this season (Jan. 16 vs. UNC Greensboro) and now stands at 120-45 for his singles career. With another year to play, junior Robert Kelly is at 94-24 for his singles career and 85-23 in doubles.
ITA Honors for Schneider, Blumberg UNC s was named ITA Senior Player of the Year as well as the recipient of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award, and was named ITA Rookie of the Year as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its regional award winners on Monday evening (May 15). Schneider, who graduated from UNC a day earlier with a degree in business administration, is the first Tar Heel to win the senior honor since Raian Luchici in 2006 and the fifth overall. This marks the second year in a row and the seventh time overall a Tar Heel has won the Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. UNC s Brett Clark was the recipient in 2016. Schneider, the Tar Heel team captain and the team s No. 1 player, is currently ranked No. 22 nationally at singles. He is a four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree and earned All-America honors in 2016. Blumberg, a freshman from Greenwich, Conn., is the fifth UNC player to earn the ITA Rookie honor, the first since Brayden Schnur won in 2014. Blumberg was the ACC of the Year and an All-ACC pick after going undefeated in conference play. He is currently ranked 16th in singles and 12th (with junior Robert Kelly) in doubles. UNC swept the senior and rookie honors, with Tar Heels also claiming those awards on the women s side. Carolina s Hayley Carter named Senior Player of the Year and Sara Daavettila was named Rookie of the Year. Additionally, Jessie Aney was named the Player to Watch and Courtney Nagle was named Assistant Coach of the Year. National ITA winners will be announced on May 23. All-ACC Honors UNC s was named the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Men s Tennis of the Year and was joined on the All-ACC team by senior and junior Robert Kelly, the league announced on May 4. Blumberg is the fifth UNC player to win the honor, the first since Brayden Schnur in 2014. I m really happy for all three of them to have earned these honors in one of the toughest leagues in the country, UNC coach Sam Paul said. For Ronnie to earn All-ACC honors four times is an amazing accomplishment. Will has had an outstanding season and it s great to see him recognized for that. And Robert has been a tremendous player for us in singles and doubles. Schneider, from Bloomington, Ind., was named to the All-ACC first team for the fourth year in a row. All-America in singles as a junior, he is a fourth-year starter and team captain. He is the first Tar Heel to earn All- ACC honors in all four years of his career since David Caldwell (1993-96). Kelly, from Chapel Hill, was named to the All-ACC second team after earning third-team honors as a sophomore. He was All-America in doubles last year. In earning the of the Year honor, Blumberg follows Paul Harsanyi (1994), Bjorn Rencken (1999), Chris Kearney (2007) and Schnur. He also was named first-team All-ACC, one of just two freshmen voted to the nine-member first team. Team Mick The Tar Heels wear patches that read Mick in honor of a young boy who was an adopted member of the squad. The team was matched with Mick Macholl through an organization called Team Impact, and Mick quickly became a part of the Tar Heel family. Players visited him daily when he was undergoing treatments at UNC Children s Hospital, and when Mick was well enough he attended many matches. At the 2016 ITA UNC in the NCAA Tournament Year Place Site 1947 Tied 3rd Los Angeles, Calif. (UCLA) 1948 Tied 3rd Los Angeles, Calif. (UCLA) 1949 8th Austin, Texas 1963 Tied 10th Princeton, N.J. 1967 Tied 22nd Carbondale, Ill. 1970 Tied 20th Salt Lake City, Utah 1971 Tied 10th South Bend, Ind. 1972 Tied 5th Athens, Ga. 1973 Tied 11th Princeton, N.J. 1974 7th Los Angeles, Calif. (USC) 1975 Tied 13th Edinburg, Texas 1976 18th Edinburg, Texas UNC in the NCAA Team Tournament (31-25) Year Opponent Result Round Site 1976 USC L 4-5 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. 1977 UCLA L 2-7 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. 1992 TCU W 5-3 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. UCLA L 2-5 Quarterfinal Athens, Ga. 1993 Harvard W 5-3 Round of 20 Athens, Ga. USC L 2-5 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. 1994 Clemson W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Columbia, S.C. South Carolina W 4-2 Regional 2nd Rnd Columbia, S.C. Georgia Tech L 3-4 Regional Final Columbia, S.C. 1995 Clemson L 3-4 Regional 1st Rnd Norfolk, Va. 1996 La.-Lafayette W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Austin, Texas Texas L 2-4 Regional Final Austin, Texas 1997 Clemson L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Atlanta, Ga. 1998 Georgia Tech W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Richmond, Va. South Carolina L 1-4 Regional Final Richmond, Va. 2000 Ball State W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee L 2-4 Regional Final Knoxville, Tenn. 2001 Arkansas L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Dallas, Texas 2002 Virginia Tech L 2-4 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn. 2003 Oklahoma State L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Minneapolis, Minn. 2004 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State L 3-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. 2005 Boise State L 1-4 Regional 1st Rnd Boise, Idaho 2006 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Clemson W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State L 0-4 Sweet 16 Palo Alto, Calif. 2007 Radford W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. NC State L 0-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. 2008 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Duke W 4-2 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi L 2-4 Sweet 16 Tulsa, Okla. 2009 South Carolina W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Charlottesville, Va. Virginia L 0-4 Regional Final Charlottesville, Va. 2010 Nebraska W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Durham, N.C. Duke L 1-4 Regional Final Durham, N.C. 2011 Eastern Kentucky W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Champaign, Ill. Illinois L 1-4 Regional Final Champaign, Ill. 2012 Coll Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Tennessee W 4-0 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia L 0-4 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. 2014 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. South Carolina W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia W 4-2 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. Oklahoma L 2-4 Quarterfinal Athens, Ga. 2015 William & Mary W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi St. W 4-1 Regional 2nd Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Illinois W 4-3 Sweet 16 Waco, Texas TCU L 1-4 Quarterfinal Waco, Texas 2016 C. of Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Tulane W 4-0 Regional 2nd Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi St. W 4-0 Sweet 16 Tulsa, Okla. Georgia L 0-4 Quarterfinal Tulsa, Okla. 2017 VCU W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. S. Carolina W 4-1 Regional 2nd Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. California W 4-1 Sweet 16 Athens, Ga. Wake Forest W 4-2 Quarterfinal Athens, Ga.
National Indoor Championship, each player wrote MM on his shoes and after the Tar Heels won the title, they dedicated it to Mick. When the team was honored on the court at the UNC-Duke men s basketball game later that week, Mick joined the fun, accompanying the Tar Heels onto the court, even though it was way past his bedtime. Mick lost his battle with cancer in December of 2016 and the team is playing this season in his memory, inspired by their teammate. Paul Moving Up the Charts Sam Paul picked up his 419th career victory on Jan. 22 as the Tar Heels beat UT Chattanooga 6-0, making him the winningest coach in program history. He moved ahead of Don Skakle, who coached the Tar Heels to 418 wins in his 22-year career in Chapel Hill, 1959-80. Coach Skakle was incredible, Paul said. To even be coaching at the same university is an honor he s a legend. I just want to say thank you to the players who have been here over the last 24 years. I ve never won a match here it s the players. I thank my staff and especially Tripp Phillips, my assistant, who was also a player here. Heading into the NCAA semis, Paul is 443-194 in his 24th year at UNC. Tar Heels Report Stellar APR The UNC men s tennis program performed extremely well in the latest Academic Progress Rate report. Men s tennis was one of eight UNC teams to rank among the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sports. The APR measures a team s academic success by tracking the progress of each scholarship studentathlete, accounting for eligibility, retention and graduation. This year s award is based on multi-year rates from data including the school years from 2012-13 to 2015-16. Men s tennis was one of 16 UNC teams to score a perfect 1000 for the 2015-16 school year, the most recent one for which APR scores are available. This APR report is the sixth time in a row that the Tar Heels have earned a perfect score. UNC in the Rankings The Tar Heels have spent the season ranked among the nation s top teams. They ve been as high as fourth and as low as 13th. UNC has been ranked in the top 15 continuously since April 21, 2015. The Tar Heels haven t fallen outside the top 25 in more than three years, since Feb. 4, 2014. UNC in the rankings in 2017 Jan. 4 9 Jan. 18 9 Jan. 25 7 Feb. 1 7 Feb. 8 5 Feb. 21 4 Feb. 28 6 March 7 5 March 14 4 March 21 9 March 28 11 April 4 11 April 11 13 April 18 12 April 25 12 May 4 9 Tar Heel Family The spirit and strength of the Tar Heel family was evident earlier this spring when every player on the team had his head shorn in support of Pam Boyden, the mother of sophomore Blaine Boyden. Pam, who lives in Raleigh, is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. As a show of support for her, Blaine (whose teammates call him Bo), shaved his head. And after he did that, the whole team jumped on-board. A lot of these guys, they care a lot about their hair, Blaine Boyden said to the Daily Tar Heel. For them to do that for me, it meant the world, and I know it meant the world to my mom. Back on the Court Stuart DePaolo is back on the court a year after his senior season, this time in a different role. After wrapping up his playing career in 2016 and graduating from UNC, DePaolo joined the team this spring as a volunteer assistant. A Spanish major from Asheville, N.C., he plans to eventually attend medical school. DePaulo s addition made two alums on the UNC staff. Associate head coach Tripp Phillips played for the Tar Heels from 1996-2000, earning All-America honors as a senior. He joined the Tar Heel staff in 2006 and was promoted to his current position in 2013. In 2016 he was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year by the ITA. Leader in All-America Honorees UNC led the nation in men s tennis All-America selections in 2016 with five Tar Heels earning the honor. Twenty-seven teams had at least one player honored in singles or doubles for 2016, but Carolina was the only one to put five on the list. Virginia was second with four, and UCLA, Florida, Wake Forest and Texas A&M had three each. UNC became the first Atlantic Coast Conference men s tennis program ever to have five All-America honorees in one year. Earning All-America honors for UNC were Brett Clark (doubles), Robert Kelly (doubles), Jack Murray (doubles), (singles) and Brayden Schnur (doubles). Schnur earned All-America honors for the third year in a row, after being recognized for singles in his freshman and sophomore years. He was just the third player in program history to earn All-America honors in three separate years. The honor was the first for Clark, Kelly, Murray and Schneider. Schnur elected to go pro following the 2016 season and Clark graduated. The other three are still in Carolina blue and looking for more honors this season. Sam Paul Head Coach 24th Season Is 443-194 overall in his 24th season as UNC s head coach (record is heading into the semifinals match vs. Georgia) Spent four seasons as an assistant at UNC before becoming head coach Six-time ACC Coach of the Year (1996, 2000, 02, 04, 07, 14) Led UNC to the 2016 ITA National Indoor Team Championship, the program s first national title One of nine current UNC head coaches to have won a national title in Chapel Hill Has led UNC to the NCAA Tournament in 22 of 24 years as a head coach Tripp Phillips Associate Head Coach 11th Season ITA National Men s National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016 As a UNC player, earned All-America honors as a senior in 2000 As a pro, ranked as high as 29th in the world in doubles. Reached the doubles semifinals at the 2006 U.S. Open.
PLAYER BIOS Greenwich, Conn. Major Undeclared Enrolled at UNC in January and played in his first collegiate match three days after classes started. Voted 2017 ACC of the Year and is the fifth Tar Heel to earn that honor, the first since Brayden Schnur in 2014. ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year. (Like the ACC honor, he s the fifth overall and first since Schnur in 2014) One of two freshmen named first-team All-ACC. The other was Wake Forest s Borna Gojo, whom Blumberg beat 7-5, 7-6(6) on Court 2 in Saturday s third-round matchup. Went undefeated in ACC regular-season play, finishing 11-0. Current ranking of No. 16 in singles is his career high. Also ranked No. 12 in doubles with junior Robert Kelly Is 24-2 overall in singles and has won his last 18 matches. Is 20-7 overall in doubles. Is 12-1 vs. ranked opponents Has played mostly at No. 2, but is 2-1 at No. 1 Blaine Boyden Sophomore Raleigh, N.C. Business Major Is 21-4 in dual matches this spring and went 10-2 in ACC play Won his first 12 matches of the spring, suffering his first loss at Virginia Tech on March 19 Has played mostly at the No. 6 spot (13-4) but is 2-0 at No. 4 and 6-0 at No. 5 Provided the clinching win in the victory against No. 1 Wake Forest in the Elite Eight, beating Alan Gadijev 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 at No. 6. Is 41-16 in singles in his UNC career and 17-11 in doubles His father, Scott Boyden, played tennis and soccer at Bucknell Nickname is Bo Recipient of the team s Iron Ram Award as the top performer in strength and conditioning for 2016-17 Honored as an ITA Scholar-Athlete (award requires at least a 3.5 GPA) following his freshman year Robert Kelly Junior Chapel Hill, N.C. Global Studies Major Is 19-5 in singles this spring and 20-7 in doubles Named to the All-ACC second team after making the third team as a sophomore Is ranked No. 12 in doubles with freshman and is No. 116 in singles Earned All-America honors in doubles in 2016, when he and partner Brett Clark (a 2016 graduate) were ranked No. 1 for part of the season. Kelly s younger brother, Jeremy, just finished his freshman year at UNC, where he was a part of the Tar Heel men s soccer squad that reached 2016 College Cup. Kelly s father, Robert, also played soccer for UNC and is mother, Jane, is also a UNC graduate. His older brother, Aneesh, is a UNC graduate Jack Murray Senior Beverly Hills, Mich. Economics/ History Major A team captain, along with Is 24-5 in singles this spring and 27-7 overall in 2016-17 Earned the 100th singles win of his UNC career against VCU on May 12 Has played at #3 and #4 this season, but has spent most of his time at #5 and is 15-4 there All-America in doubles in 2016 Organizes the team s community outreach activities Graduated from UNC on May 14 with a double major in history and economics Senior Bloomington, Ind. Business Major A team captain, along with Jack Murray 2017 ITA Carolina Regional Senior of the Year 2017 ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award 2017 All-ACC first team (fourth year in a row) Is 22-7 this spring and 30-12 overall in 2016-17 Went 8-4 in ACC play Is 16-8 against ranked opponents Leads the team with 16 wins over ranked opponents (16-8 vs. ranked opponents) Career mark of 120-45 in singles, 93-31 in doubles Season high ranking is No. 15 (2/21/17) and career high is No. 10 (2/23/16). Currently ranked No. 22 Was selected as the team s 2016-17 Athletic Director s Scholar-Athlete and is the recipient of an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award in recognition of outstanding athletic and academic performance All-America in singles in 2016 Interned with Nike in Beaverton, Ore., in the summer of 2016 Graduated from UNC on May 14 with a degree in business administration Simon Soendergaard Frederickssund, Denmark Major Undeclared First action as a Tar Heel was against Vanderbilt on Jan 28. Is 9-13 in singles, playing mostly at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. Is 10-6 in doubles, playing mostly with Jack Murray at the No. 2 spot. Biggest win of the season came against California in ITA Indoors when he beat #42 Filip Bergevi 6-4, 6-2. Anu Kodali Sophomore Durham, N.C. Economics Major Is 4-1 in singles play during the dual meet season, 3-1 against ACC opponents. Is 14-5 in doubles, playing mostly with senior at No. 3. The two are 10-2 in that spot.
2016-17 Roster Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 6-2 Fr. Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich) Blaine Boyden 6-3 So. Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield) Ladd Harrison 6-1 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Lovett School) Chad Hoskins 5-10 Sr. Salisbury, N.C. (R.J. Reynolds) Robert Kelly 6-2 Jr. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) Anu Kodali 6-1 So. Durham, N.C. (IMG/Florida Virtual) Kavir Kumar 6-3 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Country Day) Jack Murray 5-11 Sr. Beverly Hills, Mich. (The Roeper School) Joshua Peck 6-5 Fr. Calgary, Alberta, Canada (National Sports School) Arturo Schmidt 6-0 So. Barcelona, Spain (Europa International School) 5-9 Sr. Bloomington, Ind. (Bloomington South) Simon Soendergaard 6-3 Fr. Frederikssund, Denmark (KVUC) Head Coach: Sam Paul Associate Head Coach: Tripp Phillips Volunteer Assistant Coach: Stuart DePaolo Tar Heels by Major Business: Blaine Boyden, Economics: Chad Hoskins *, Anu Kodali, Jack Murray* Global Studies: Robert Kelly History: Chad Hoskins *, Jack Murray* Undeclared:, Ladd Harrison, Kavir Kumar, Joshua Peck, Arturo Schmidt, Simon Soendergaard * Double major Pronunciations Stuart DePaolo: de-pow-lo Anu Kodali: a-new kah-dol-ee Kavir Kuma: kuh-veer coo-mar Simon Soendergaard: SONE-der-gard Greenwich, Conn. Blaine Boyden Sophomore Raleigh, N.C. Ladd Harrison Atlanta, Ga. Chad Hoskins Senior Salisbury, N.C. Robert Kelly Junior Chapel Hill, N.C. Anu Kodali Sophomore Durham, N.C. Kavir Kumar Charlotte, N.C. Jack Murray Senior Beverly Hills, Mich. Joshua Peck Calgary, Alberta, Canada Arturo Schmidt Sophomore Barcelona, Spain Senior Bloomington, Ind. Simon Soendergaard Frederikssund, Denmark Sam Paul Head Coach 24th Season Tripp Phillips Associate Head Coach 11th Season