Patterson Medal Winners
Jackson, Danny
Danny Jackson
- Induction:
- 2002
- Class:
- 2002
2002— Danny Jackson: Men's Soccer (Leeds, England)
Jackson captained the 2001 Tar Heels to their first-ever NCAA men’s soccer championship. Jackson earned first-team All-America honors in 2001 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Soccer America and was a first-team All-ACC selection.
A native of Leeds, England, the defensive stalwart captained the Tar Heels in each of his final three seasons. In 2000, he led the Tar Heels to the ACC Tournament championship, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA quarterfinals and a No. 1 final national ranking. He was a first-team All-ACC defender and third-team All-America as a junior.
He started in each of the last 86 games in which he played and was twice named Carolina’s Most Valuable Player. He scored six goals and added 15 assists from his sweeper position. Jackson scored one goal in 2001, a penalty kick that gave the Tar Heels a 2-0 lead in the NCAA championship game victory over Indiana.
Jackson graduated with a degree in political science in three and one-half years. He also was a member of the UNC Student Legislature. Jackson played six seasons for the Seattle Sounders in the USL’s First Division.
Carolina won 65 games in Jackson’s four-year career, at the time the most in any four-year span in UNC soccer history.
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Jackson captained the 2001 Tar Heels to their first-ever NCAA men’s soccer championship. Jackson earned first-team All-America honors in 2001 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Soccer America and was a first-team All-ACC selection.
A native of Leeds, England, the defensive stalwart captained the Tar Heels in each of his final three seasons. In 2000, he led the Tar Heels to the ACC Tournament championship, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA quarterfinals and a No. 1 final national ranking. He was a first-team All-ACC defender and third-team All-America as a junior.
He started in each of the last 86 games in which he played and was twice named Carolina’s Most Valuable Player. He scored six goals and added 15 assists from his sweeper position. Jackson scored one goal in 2001, a penalty kick that gave the Tar Heels a 2-0 lead in the NCAA championship game victory over Indiana.
Jackson graduated with a degree in political science in three and one-half years. He also was a member of the UNC Student Legislature. Jackson played six seasons for the Seattle Sounders in the USL’s First Division.
Carolina won 65 games in Jackson’s four-year career, at the time the most in any four-year span in UNC soccer history.
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