Patterson Medal Winners
July 3, 2018 | General
The Patterson Medal, awarded annually, is the top athletic honor given at the University of North Carolina. Â Below is a list of all-time winners.
All-Time Patterson Medal Winners
1924- Monk McDonald (football, basketball, baseball)
1925- Merle D. Bonner (football)
1926- Jack Cobb (basketball)
1927- Addison Warren (football, boxing, wrestling)
1928- Galen Elliott (track)
1929- Henry Satterfield (basketball)
1930- Ray Farris Sr. (football, boxing, baseball)
1931- Henry House (football, baseball)
1932- Staton McIver (football)
1933- Stuart Chandler (football)
1934- Virgil Weathers (basketball)
1935- Harry Williamson (track)
1936- Harry Montgomery (football)
1937- Dick Buck (football)
1938- Andy Bershak (football, basketball)
1939- George Nethercutt (baseball)
1940- George Stirnweiss (football, baseball)
1941- Paul Severin (football, basketball)
1942- Bobby Gersten (basketball, baseball)
1943- Mike Mangum (track)
1944- Denny Hammond (swimming)
1945- Ted Schulz (track)
1946- Jim Jordan (basketball)
1947- Walt Pupa (football)
1948- Jim Camp (football
1949- Vic Seixas (tennis)
1950- Charlie Justice (football)
1951- Jimmy Thomas (swimming)
1952- Cecil Milton (swimming and men's tennis)
1953- Chalmers Port (baseball, football)
1954- Miles Gregory (football, wrestling)
1955- Albert Long Jr. (track, football, basketball, baseball)
1956- Jerry Vayda (basketball)
1957- Lennie Rosenbluth (basketball)
1958- Buddy Payne (football)
1959- Dave Scurlock (track)
1960- Jack Cummings (football)
1961- Rip Hawkins (football)
1962- Ray Farris Jr. (football)
1963- Joe Craver (football)
1964- Bill Haywood (baseball, soccer)
1965- Harrison Merrill (swimming)
1966- John Shaw (baseball)
1967- Danny Talbott (football, baseball)
1968- Larry Miller (basketball)
1969- Bill Bunting (basketball)
1970- Charlie Scott (basketball)
1971- Don McCauley (football)
1972- Dennis Wuycik (basketball)
1973- George Karl (basketball)
1974- Tony Waldrop (track)
1975- Charles Waddell (football, track, basketball)
1976- Mitch Kupchak (men's basketball)
1977- Walter Davis (men's basketball)
1978- Phil Ford (men's basketball)
1979- Greg Norris (baseball)
1980- Bonny Brown (women's swimming)
1981- Lawrence Taylor (football); Al Wood (men's basketball)
1982- C.D. Mock (wrestling)
1983- David Drechsler (football)
1984- Sue Walsh (women's swimming)
1985- Ethan Horton (football)
1986- Brad Daugherty (men's basketball)
1987- Kenny Smith (men's basketball)
1988- Rob Koll (wrestling)
1989- Jeff Lebo (men's basketball)
1990- Shannon Higgins (women's soccer)
1991- Sharon Couch (women's track and field)
1992- Dwight Hollier (football)
1993- Kristine Lilly (women's soccer)
1994- Mia Hamm (women's soccer)
1995- Tisha Venturini (women's soccer)
1996- Marcus Jones (football)
1997- Debbie Keller (women's soccer)
1998- Antawn Jamison (men's basketball); Cindy Werley (field hockey)
1999- Ebenezer Ekuban (football); Cindy Parlow (women's soccer)
2000- Lorrie Fair (women's soccer); Tripp Phillips (men's tennis)
2001- Meredith Florance (women's soccer); Brendan Haywood (men's basketball)
2002- Katie Hathaway (women's swimming); Danny Jackson (men's soccer)
2003- Matt Crawford (men's soccer); Laura Greene (volleyball)
2004-Shalane Flanagan (women's track and field and cross country); Nicholas Monroe (men's tennis); Catherine Reddick (women's soccer)
2005- Jed Prossner (men's lacrosse); Alice Schmidt (women's track and field and cross country)
2006-Laura Gerraughty (women's track and field); Andrew Miller (baseball)
2007-Ivory Latta (women's basketball); Heather O'Reilly (women's soccer); Robert Woodard (baseball)
2008-Rachel Dawson (field hockey); Chad Flack (baseball)
2009-Dustin Ackley (baseball); Yael Averbuch (women's soccer); Tyler Hansbrough (men's basketball)
2010-Whitney Engen (women's soccer); Casey Nogueira (women's soccer); Chip Peterson (men's swimming)
2011-Corey Donohoe (women's lacrosse); Mateo Sossah (track and field); T.J. Yates (football)
2012-Katelyn Falgowski (field hockey); Tyler Zeller (men's basketball)
2013-Kara Cannizzaro (women's lacrosse); Jonathan Cooper (football)
2014-Crystal Dunn (women's soccer); Eric Ebron (football)
2015-Caroline Price (women's tennis), Joey Sankey (men's lacrosse)
2016-Kristen Brown (softball), Marcus Paige (men's basketball), Emily Wold (field hockey)
2017-Hayley Carter (women's tennis), Justin Jackson (men's basketball), Ryan Switzer (football)
2018-Joel Berry II (men's basketball), Marie McCool (women's lacrosse), Kenny Selmon (men's track and field)
2019— Ashley Hoffman (field hockey), Luke Maye (men's basketball)
2020— William Blumberg (men's tennis), Marissa Creatore (field hockey)
2021— Michael Carter (football), Sara Daavettila (women's tennis), Katie Hoeg (women's lacrosse)
2022— Chris Gray (men's lacrosse), Sam Howell (football), Jamie Ortega (women's lacrosse)
2023— Erin Matson (field hockey), Austin O'Connor (wrestling)
Recipients by Sport:Â Football 38, Men's Basketball 32, Baseball 16, Women's Soccer 14, Men's Track and Field 10, Field Hockey 7, Women's Lacrosse 5, Men's Swimming and Diving 5, Men's Tennis 5, Wrestling 5, Women's Track and Field 4, Men's Lacrosse 3, Men's Soccer 3, Women's Swimming and Diving 3, Women's Tennis 3, Boxing 2, Women's Basketball 1, Softball 1, Volleyball 1
