Marissa Creatore (2020) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Marissa Creatore

Induction:
2020
Class:
2020

2020– Marissa Creatore: Field Hockey (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Creatore was co-captain as a junior and senior when the Carolina field hockey team combined to go 46-0 with two NCAA and ACC championships. As a senior in 2019, she was the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 ACC Tournament, a third-team All-America, and a first-team All-South Region and second-team All-ACC selection.

The Chapel Hill native scored twice in Carolina’s 3-1 win over Boston College to capture Carolina’s 22nd ACC Tournament championship. She assisted on the game-winning goal in the national quarterfinals, had a goal and assist in the semifinal and scored Carolina’s first goal in the title game victory over Princeton.

She tied for the team lead in 2019 with five-game winning goals and finished her senior season with 16 goals and six assists. She had 35 goals and 20 assists as a Tar Heel as UNC went 84-11 in her four active seasons.

Creatore started for three seasons after joining the team as an invited walk-on and redshirting in 2015. The Tar Heels won four ACC titles during her career (2015 as a redshirt, 2017, 2018 and 2019).

In addition to winning the McCaskill Award, Creatore was a member of the 2019 NFHCA National Academic Squad and a three-time Academic All-ACC honoree (2017, 2018, 2019).