Fiona Crawley (2024) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Fiona Crawley

Induction:
2024
Class:
2024

2024— Fiona Crawley: Women's Tennis (San Antonio, Texas)
Crawley led the Tar Heels to their first NCAA championship in 2023, winning ACC and National Player-of-the-Year honors from Honda and the ITA.

She won 141 matches, fourth most by a Tar Heel, made All-ACC in each of her four seasons and was a four-time All-America. She was first-team All-America in singles in each of her last three seasons and the past two seasons in doubles. In 2023, she won the NCAA doubles title with Carson Tanguilig. Crawley also won the 2022 ITA Fall Championship and Women’s All-America championship and the 2021 ITA Fall Doubles with Elizabeth Scotty.

Crawley, who played in the 2023 U.S. Open main draw in New York, led the Tar Heels to 2021 and 2024 ACC titles and three consecutive ITA National Team Indoor Championships. She won a Hurd Award in 2024, a $100,000 grant from the Universal Tennis Foundation that assists young players transition to a professional career.