University of North Carolina Athletics
Five Tar Heels Earn All-America Honors
May 20, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
May 20, 2002
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A quintet of University of North Carolina women's lacrosse players earned IWLCA/USL All-America honors, Kerstin Kimel, head coach at Duke University and Chair of the newly merged Brine Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and United States Lacrosse (USL) All-America award, announced on Monday afternoon.
Seniors Christine McPike and Porter Wilkinson each were named to the first team for the second time in their careers. McPike earned first-team All-America honors for the second year in a row. Wilkinson was a first-team honoree in 2000 and a second-team choice in 2001.
Fellow Tar Heel seniors Lindsay Stone and Kellie Thompson each were named to the second team, while junior Andy Fortino earned third-team honors. All three players earned the same honors last year as well.
Late last week, the IWLCA and USL announced that McPike, Stone, Thompson and Wilkinson all earned first-team All-South Region honors. Fortino was a second-team All-South choice.
McPike won a slew of awards in 2002, including ACC Player of the Year, All-ACC, All-ACC Tournament and ACC Tournament MVP. She is one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy, given annually to the national player of the year.
Wilkinson has completed her Tar Heel career as only three-time All-ACC player in Carolina history. She also earned All-ACC tournament honors this spring.
Stone was named All-ACC for the second year in a row in 2002. She finished the year as Carolina's second-leading scorer with 69 points and 47 goals and the team leader with 22 assists. She set career highs in all three categories this season and ranked fifth in the ACC in scoring, sixth in goals, fourth in assists and second in draw controls.
Thompson completed her career as Carolina's all-time leading scorer and set records this season for most goals in game (eight), most goals in a season (62), most points in a season (76), most goals in a career (169) and most points in a career (222). She scored an NCAA Tournament-record eight goals in UNC's NCAA Tournament first round win over UMBC.
Fortino earned third-team All-America honors for the second consecutive season. She started all 20 UNC games, led the team with 42 caused turnovers and finished second on the team with 55 ground balls this year.
The Tar Heels posted the most wins in school history in 2002, going 17-3, winning the ACC Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Final Four before losing to eventual national champion Princeton on May 17 in Baltimore, Md.
