University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Soccer Dominates ACC Awards Banquet
November 9, 2000 | Men's Soccer
Nov. 9, 2000
Winston-Salem, N.C. - Five Carolina men's soccer players were named All-Atlantic Coast Conference, Chris Carrieri was named ACC Player of the Year and Elmar Bolowich was named ACC Coach of the Year on Wednesday night at the annual ACC awards banquet preceding this weekend's ACC Tournament.
Carrieri becomes Carolina's first-ever ACC Player of the Year. He leads the nation in scoring at 3.16 points per game and in goals per game at 1.26 and is tied for ninth with 0.63 assists per game. Carrieri leads the ACC in nearly every offensive category (as of Nov. 7) -- points (60), goals (24), scoring (3.16 ppg) and goals per game (1.26). The next closest ACC player in points has 38 and the next closest player in goals has 16. He is tied for second in the ACC in assists (12).
Carrieri has shattered the North Carolina school record for goals and points in a season. Derek Missimo set the previous records with 20 goals and 44 points in 1989. He has set a UNC record by scoring goals in 11 consecutive games and has scored at least one point in 16 consecutive games (and in 18 of 19 games in the 2000 season). He has scored goals in 17 of UNC's 19 games this season, including multiple goals in six games, and leads UNC with six game-winning goals. Carrieri has been named the ACC Player of the Week three times this season, more than any other player, and has been named to Soccer America's Team of the Week four times.
olowich has earned his first Atlantic Coast Conference Coach-of-the-Year award. He becomes Carolina's third ACC Coach-of-the-Year honoree, joining Marvin Allen (1975) and Anson Dorrance (1977). Bolowich has led Carolina to a 17-2 record this year, the most wins in his 12-year stint as UNC head coach. The Tar Heels' 5-1 ACC record reflects the most ACC wins in a season in school history.
Carrieri and Danny Jackson head a list of five Tar Heels named to the All-ACC teams in a vote of the conference's seven head coaches. Carrieri and Jackson each were named First-Team All-ACC. Carrieri earns the honor for the second year in a row and was named to the second team as a freshman in 1998. Jackson, the leader of a stingy Tar Heel defense that has posted nine shutouts and have allowed one goal or less in 16 of 19 games this season, was named Second-Team All-ACC last season.
UNC seniors Michael Bucy, Caleb Norkus and Eddie Robinson all were named Second-Team All-ACC, earning their first all-conference honors.
ucy leads the ACC with 13 assists after tying for the ACC lead with 10 assists last season. He also leads the ACC and is third in the nation with 0.68 assists per game and has set career highs in goals (nine), assists and points (31) this season.
Norkus has set career highs this season with 13 goals, 12 assists and 38 points. He ranks second in the ACC in points, is tied for fifth in goals and is tied for second in assists. He also is tied with Carrieri for ninth in the nation with 0.63 assists per game.
Robinson helps to anchor the UNC midfield. He is a fierce defender with a career-high three goals and eight points this season.
The ACC Rookie of the Year honors were captured by Virginia's Alecko Eskandarian
First Team Chris Carrieri North Carolina Forward Ali Curtis Duke Forward Alecko Eskandarian Virginia Forward Danny Jackson North Carolina Defender Mark Lisi Clemson Midfielder Kyle Martino Virginia Midfielder Oguchi Onyewu Clemson Defender Robert Russell Duke Midfielder en Stafford Wake Forest Forward Fabio Tambosi Clemson Forward Doug Warren Clemson GoalkeeperSecond Team Rob Birch Maryland Midfielder Michael Bucy North Carolina Midfielder Jordan Cila Duke Forward Jeff Haywood Duke Goalkeeper Caleb Norkus North Carolina Forward Nick Olivencia NC State Forward Trevor Perea Duke Midfielder Mike Potempa Clemson Defender Eddie Robinson North Carolina Midfielder Aaron Thomas Wake Forest Midfielder Steve Totten Virginia Midfielder
ACC Player of the Year Chris Carrieri, North Carolina ACC Rookie of the Year Alecko Eskandarian, Virginia ACC Coach of the Year Elmar Bolowich, North Carolina
