Patterson Medal Winners
Parlow, Cindy
Cindy Parlow
- Induction:
- 1999
- Class:
- 1999
1999— Cindy Parlow: Women's Soccer (Memphis, Tenn.)
Of the 18 Tar Heel women’s soccer players to win National Player-of-the-Year honors she is the only one to win in three different seasons (1996, 1997, 1998).
Four-time first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honoree. National and ACC Freshman of the Year in 1995 after enrolling at UNC after only three years of high school. ACC Tournament MVP in 1997. ACC Player of the Year as a senior in 1998 and the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1998-99.
Won NCAA titles in 1996 and 1997 and scored the game-winning goal in the 1997 NCAA finals victory over Connecticut.
Scored 68 goals and had 53 assists for 189 points and led UNC to a 102-3-1 record.
The youngest player to win a Women’s World Cup and Olympic gold medal. She is the seventh-leading goal scorer in the history of the U.S. Women’s National Team.
Played nine years on the U.S. Women’s National Team, winning two Olympic gold medals and the 1999 World Cup. Finished her international career with 75 goals and 185 points, both in the top 10 in U.S. history.
Later served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Tar Heels for seven years, helping UNC win national championships in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012.
In 2013, she led the Portland Thorns FC as head coach to the first National Women’s Soccer League championship.
Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2018.
In 2020, she became president of the United States Soccer Federation and was re-elected to a four-year term in 2022.
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Of the 18 Tar Heel women’s soccer players to win National Player-of-the-Year honors she is the only one to win in three different seasons (1996, 1997, 1998).
Four-time first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honoree. National and ACC Freshman of the Year in 1995 after enrolling at UNC after only three years of high school. ACC Tournament MVP in 1997. ACC Player of the Year as a senior in 1998 and the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1998-99.
Won NCAA titles in 1996 and 1997 and scored the game-winning goal in the 1997 NCAA finals victory over Connecticut.
Scored 68 goals and had 53 assists for 189 points and led UNC to a 102-3-1 record.
The youngest player to win a Women’s World Cup and Olympic gold medal. She is the seventh-leading goal scorer in the history of the U.S. Women’s National Team.
Played nine years on the U.S. Women’s National Team, winning two Olympic gold medals and the 1999 World Cup. Finished her international career with 75 goals and 185 points, both in the top 10 in U.S. history.
Later served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Tar Heels for seven years, helping UNC win national championships in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012.
In 2013, she led the Portland Thorns FC as head coach to the first National Women’s Soccer League championship.
Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2018.
In 2020, she became president of the United States Soccer Federation and was re-elected to a four-year term in 2022.
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