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University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Tar Heels Named Academic All-District
May 24, 2007 | Men's Golf
May 24, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Four North Carolina student-athletes have earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Sara Anundsen (tennis) and Heather Kendell (field hockey) were named to the District 3 University Division women's at-large second team and Barden Berry (golf) and Benjamin Carlotti (tennis) were named to the District 3 University Division men's at-large second team.
The at-large teams include student-athletes from the sports of women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing,
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Anundsen, a senior from Littleton, Colo., is a two-time All-America selection and part of the nation's second-ranked doubles team. She is 20-13 in singles and 31-6 in doubles this season.
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Kendell, a junior from Chapel Hill, is a three-year starter for the Tar Heel field hockey team. She is a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team selection and a four-time member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad. The team's second-leading scorer as a sophomore, she is the field hockey Academic Team Captain and SAAC representative, and the squad's recipient of the Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award. She also is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and Adopt-a-Highway as well as participating in the Carolina Leadership Academy.
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Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List, Kendell is majoring in exercise and sport science with a minor in chemistry and carries a 3.8 GPA.
Berry, a junior from Kinston, has been a starter for the golf team in all 12 tournaments this year and has six top-25 finishes. A member of the 2006 All-ACC Academic Team, he is the squad representative to SAAC and recipient of the Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award. He has volunteered at UNC Hospitals and with the Get Kids in Action program, is a Carolina Leadership Academy participant and has been named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List. A psychology major with a 3.9 grade point average, Berry is part of the UNC honors program and has earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in each of the last two semesters.
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Carlotti, a junior from Paris, France, played No. 1 singles for the Tar Heels in 2006-07. He finished the season ranked No. 75 nationally and was ranked as high as No. 33 during the year, when he went 22-17 in singles and beat eight nationally-ranked opponents. An All-ACC selection in 2007, he has more than 20 singles wins in each of the last three years. Carlotti is a two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection and spent part of last summer interning with the Red Cross in France. A business major, he carries a 3.2 GPA.
District 3 Winners
University Division
FIRST TEAM
Kristi Miller (Georgia Tech, Jr.); Amanda Blumenherst (Duke, So.); Audra Cohen (Miami, Jr.); Lindsay Pieper (Virginia Tech, Sr.); Amy Stopford (Duke, Sr.); Heather Reynolds (Georgia Southern, Grad.); Courtney Kupets (Georgia, So.); Savannah Evans (Florida, Sr.); Leah Wigger (Virginia, Sr.); Jessica Botzum (Virginia Tech, Jr.)
SECOND TEAM
Romy Altmann (Florida State, Sr.); Caroline Westrup (Florida State, So.); Kristen Waagbo (Duke, Sr.); Heather Kendell (UNC, Jr.); Sara Anundsen (UNC, Sr.); Cassandra Price (Radford, Jr.); Claire Maust (Georgia, Sr.); Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (William & Mary, So.); Emily Klein (UNC Wilmington, Jr.); Lene Krog (East Carolina, So.)
District 3 Winners
University Division
FIRST TEAM
Roberto Castro (Georgia Tech, Sr.); Kevin Nead (Florida, Jr.); Thomas Cunningham (Virginia Military Institute, Jr.);
Luca De Matteis (Florida, Sr.); Ofer Finkler (Georgia Tech, Sr.); Geoff Handsfield (East Carolina, Jr.); Ed Douglas (Duke, Grad.); Richard Redding (Coastal Carolina, Sr.); Henrique Cancado (Old Dominion, Sr.); Ben Rubeor (Virginia, Jr.)
SECOND TEAM
Barden Berry (UNC, Jr.); Neil Savage (Virginia Tech, Sr.); Andrew An (Mercer, Jr.); Phillip Compeau (Davidson, Jr.); Jonas Enander Hedin (Charlotte, Jr.); Brendon Todd (Georgia, Sr.); Alex Kennon (Florida State, Sr.); Peter Borchelt (Virginia Military Institute, Jr.); Jonas Blixt (Florida State, Jr.); Ray Sheedy (Charlotte, Sr.); Benjamin Carlotti (UNC, Jr.); Pat Mellors (Virginia, Jr.); Dimitar Dimitrov (Appalachian State, Sr.)
