University of North Carolina Athletics
Wilkinson Named Third-Team Academic All-America
June 10, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
June 10, 2002
CHAPEL HILL -- University of North Carolina women's lacrosse player Porter Wilkinson has been named a third-team Academic All-America, it was announced on Monday.
Wilkinson, a senior defender for the Tar Heels in 2002, was named to the CoSIDA/Verizon Academic Women's At-Large Third Team for 2002. She was the only women's lacrosse player from the Atlantic Coast Conference to be named to any of the first three teams.
In 2001, Wilkinson was named an Academic All-America by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.
Wilkinson is a member of Phi Beta Kappa who earned Dean's List and Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll distinction in each of her four years in Chapel Hill. The ACC recently awarded Wilkinson a Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship in recognition of her achievements in the classroom and on the field.
On the field, Wilkinson completed her Tar Heel career as only three-time All-ACC player in Carolina history. She was a first-team IWLCA All-America as a sophomore in 2000 and a second-team choice in 2001. Last weekend, she was named first-team All-South, and on Monday afternoon she was named a first-team IWLCA/USL All-America. Wilkinson also earned All-ACC tournament honors this spring.
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.
