University of North Carolina Athletics
Patterson Medals Awarded to Flanagan, Monroe, Reddick
October 8, 2004 | General
Oct. 8, 2004
CHAPEL HILL -- United States Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Catherine Reddick and first-team All-America tennis player Nicholas Monroe have won the Patterson Medals presented to the University of North Carolina's most outstanding senior male and female student-athletes for 2003-04.
The Patterson Medal is based primarily on athletic accomplishment, although sportsmanship and leadership are also considered. Athletics, faculty and student representatives made the selection. The award was first given in 1924 by Dr. Joseph Patterson in memory of his brother, John Durand Patterson. The Patterson family of Chapel Hill continues to present the award.
Flanagan is one of the most decorated student-athletes in Atlantic Coast Conference history. The Marblehead, Mass., native earned a spot on the ACC's 50th Anniversary Teams in cross country, indoor and outdoor track. She made the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team in the 5000 meters with a third-place finish at Olympic Trials.
Flanagan was a four-time NCAA champion, won 15 ACC individual titles and earned 14 All-America honors. She won NCAA cross country titles in 2002 and 2003 and finished fourth in 2000. She is one of only three women to win two NCAA cross country titles.
Flanagan was the NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and won the Honda Award for cross country in 2002 and 2003. She also won the ACC cross country title and NCAA Southeast Regional crown in each of her four seasons. She is the only four-time champion - men's or women's - in ACC cross country history. The Tar Heel women won the ACC team title in three of her four seasons.
Flanagan also won the NCAA indoor 3000 meters in 2003, was a member of the NCAA champion distance medley relay in 2003 and posted 10 Top 10 NCAA finishes. Those included three second-place showings (DMR in 2001 and 2002, 5000 meters in 2003) and two third-place finishes (indoor mile in 2002 and 5000 meters in 2003).
She won the indoor mile and the outdoor 1500 meters at the ACC Championships in each of her three seasons. She also was a two-time ACC champion in the 5000 meters and two-time member of winning distance medley relays. She was named ACC indoor meet MVP in 2002 and the outdoor meet MVP in 2003. Flanagan holds ACC alltime records in the 1500 (4:11.60) and 5000 meters (15:30.60) and ACC championship meet records in the 1500 (4:13.05), 5000 (15:47.75), indoor mile (4:37.41), indoor 3000 meters (9:19.85) and distance medley relay (11:36.20).
"What can I say that hasn't already been said about Shalane?" says Carolina track and field coach Dennis Craddock. "She could not be more deserving, not only as a student-athlete, but also as a person. She was a great captain for us, and led by example. She truly exemplifies everything that a Carolina student-athlete should be. I know I'm probably biased, but in my eyes she is one of the best ever at Carolina."
Reddick won national player of the year honors from Honda and the Missouri Athletic Club and captained an undefeated, untied women's soccer squad in 2003 that head coach Anson Dorrance calls one of the best in the sport's history.
The Birmingham, Ala., native started on the 2004 gold medal winning United States Olympic Team. She earned consensus first-team All-America and All-ACC honors in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
She led Carolina to NCAA championships in 2000 and 2003, the NCAA finals in 2001and national semifinals in 2002. The Tar Heels won four straight ACC Tournament championships. As a senior she anchored a defense that shut out all six opponents in the NCAA Tournament as the Tar Heels outscored the opposition 32-0 in winning the national title.
Reddick was named Most Outstanding Defensive Player in both the 2000 and 2003 NCAA Tournaments. She scored the game-winning goal in the 2000 NCAA championship game against UCLA in her first collegiate start as a freshman.
Reddick concluded her career with 20 goals and 22 assists in 67 contests. "Catherine was the best player on possibly the greatest collegiate women's soccer team of all time," says Dorrance. "As a senior Catherine was a natural choice to lead the team both on and off the field as a team captain."
Monroe earned first-team All-America honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as a senior, the first UNC players to be named All-America since 2000. He earned NCAA Tournament individual bids in singles and doubles as a junior and as a senior. He reached the NCAA quarterfinals in singles in 2004, the first Tar Heel to do so since 2000.
Monroe won the John Von Nostrand Memorial Award from the ITA in 2004, which includes a stipend allowing him to pursue a professional tennis career. He was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior. He won 100 career singles matches at UNC, the second most in Tar Heel history, topped only by David Caldwell's 116 wins from 1993-96.
Monroe led UNC team to the ACC tournament title as a sophomore in 2002 and the ACC regular season championship as a senior in 2004. Carolina earned NCAA Tournament bids for four straight years, 2001-04. Monroe won the ITA Mideast Region Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award in 2003.
"Nicholas Monroe has improved his game in every aspect of his collegiate career," says men's tennis coach Sam Paul. "Nicholas has a personality that makes everyone around him a better teammate. Nicholas comes to work everyday. He truly upholds the saying - `Nothing worthwhile can be achieved without hard work.'"
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2004-- Shalane Flanagan (women's track and field, cross country), Catherine Reddick (women's soccer) and Nicholas Monroe (men's tennis)
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