University of North Carolina Athletics
Mullinix, Morris Tapped For Guilford County Hall Of Fame
June 29, 2009 | Men's Tennis
June 29, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2009 Class of Inductees which includes former UNC All-America goalkeeper Siri Mullinix, also a past starter on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, as well as former UNC men's tennis coach Allen Morris who led the Tar Heel program from 1980-93. The class will be inducted at the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Monday, September 21, 2009 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Allen Morris was a top tennis player and coach. Morris was ranked 16th in U.S. in 1956 and advanced to quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Morris was an alternate on three U.S. Davis Cup teams. Morris became a top local and age-group player in Greensboro and won seven N.C. Open singles titles. Morris captured 1977 and 1978 U.S. Senior Clay Court Championships in both singles and doubles. Morris was named the Men's tennis coach at UNC in 1980 and his teams won 1990 and 1992 ACC titles. Hewas the Athletic Director at his Alma Mater Presbyterian College from 1994 to 2000. Morris is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, and the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame.
Siri Lynn Mullinix led Ragsdale High School to the 1994 State Championship where she was the MVP. Siri's achievements on the soccer field began at an early age where she played for the 78' Greensboro Twisters of the Greensboro Youth Soccer Association who won the North Carolina State Cup in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1995. In 1992 and 1995, the Twisters finished third in the US Youth Soccer Southern Regionals and in 1995 Mullinix was received the FIFA Fair Play Sportsmanship Award and the Most Outstanding Goalkeeper Award.
Skipping her senior year in high school, Mullinix went to the University of North Carolina to play soccer where she was a three year starter playing in 90 career games as a Tar Heel, starting all 26 games as a senior. Mullinix was a member of 3 ACC Championship and 2 NCAA Championship teams at North Carolina. In 1997, Mullinix was named the Defensive MVP of NCAA Championship game in Greensboro where she earned a 120 minute shut out of the Notre Dame Irish to win the title.
Mullinix was a member of the U.S. National Team where she went on to earn a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. As the starting keeper for the U.S. team in 2000, she appeared in 29 matches, with a record 28 starts. She also set a record with 15 shutouts during the calendar year, recording an 18-5-5 mark with a 0.60 goals against average. She was named the best goalkeeper at the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.
Mullinix spent three seasons with the Washington Freedom in the WUSA. The squad made back-to-back Founders Cup game appearances in 2002 and 2003, winning the 2003 championship. In 2003, Mullinix earned a place on the WUSA All-Star team. In May of 2009, Mullinix joined Mia Hamm as the first ever Inductees to the Washington Freedom Hall of Fame.
