University of North Carolina Athletics
Paige, Brown & Wold Win Patterson Medal
June 16, 2016 | General
CHAPEL HILL – Kristen Brown, the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time softball home run leader, Marcus Paige, Carolina's all-time leader in three-point field goals, and Emily Wold, a three-time first-team All-America in field hockey, are the 2016 recipients of the Patterson Medal, the most prestigious athletic award given at the University of North Carolina.
Brown, a shortstop from Levittown, N.Y., is the first softball player to win a Patterson Medal since the award was established in 1924.
Paige, a guard from Marion, Iowa, is the 28th men's basketball player to receive the Patterson Medal and the fifth in the last 25 years with Antawn Jamison (1998), Brendan Haywood (2001), Tyler Hansbrough (2009) and Tyler Zeller (2012).
Wold, a midfielder from Freehold, N.J., joins Cindy Werley (1998), Rachel Dawson (2008) and Katelyn Falgowski (2012) as the fourth field hockey player to win the Patterson Medal.
Brown set the all-time ACC home run record with her 66th round-tripper in walk-off fashion in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The only Tar Heel with 10 or more home runs in each of her four seasons, Brown earned first-team All-America honors as a senior after earning third-team honors in 2015.
The exercise and sports science major was a three-time first-team All-ACC selection and twice an all-region honoree. After breaking the UNC home run record in just her junior season, she went on to set eight career school records, including home runs (66), total bases (469), RBIs (204), runs (181), slugging percentage (.714), walks (106), sacrifice flies (11) and intentional walks (14). She ranks second at Carolina in on base percentage (.452) and fourth in batting average (.356).
An All-ACC Academic team selection and team captain, Brown also holds five UNC single-season records, including the highest two marks in RBIs and home runs, as well as runs, walks and sacrifice flies, and is third all-time in the ACC in career RBIs, fourth in slugging percentage and total bases and ninth in runs scored.
Brown was named to the USA Softball Women's Elite Team and was drafted by the Chicago Bandits (NPF), the only ACC player drafted in 2016.
“Kristen has established herself as one of the most decorated players in our program's history,” says UNC head coach Donna J. Papa. “Her achievements will be significant for years to come. She has set quite a standard of achievement in UNC athletics and Carolina Softball. She has shown perseverance in all the work she has done to be successful at this level. Kristen is an extremely talented softball player and an outstanding person. I am thrilled she has received this prestigious accolade and I am pleased I've had the opportunity to be her coach.”
Paige is the first three-time captain and the only four-time defensive player of the year in Carolina Basketball history. He is one of only two players in ACC history to score 1,800 points, have 500 assists, grab 350 rebounds, make 275 three-pointers, and have 200 steals. A double major in media and journalism and history, Paige became the first Tar Heel and just the third ACC player to earn Academic All-America honors in three seasons. He twice was the winner of the Skip Prosser Award as the ACC's top scholar-athlete for men's basketball and is a recipient of an honorary ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Paige's career rankings at UNC include 11th in career scoring (1,844), first in three-pointers made and attempted (299-798), fourth in free throw percentage (.844), fourth in assist-turnover ratio (2.2/1), eighth in assists (602) and third in steals (203). He is Carolina's all-time leader in three-point field goals in the NCAA Tournament (39). He became one of six players to win UNC's MVP honors as a sophomore and junior (with Lennie Rosenbluth, Billy Cunningham, Michael Jordan, Jamison and Hansbrough). He earned All-ACC honors as a sophomore and junior. He scored in double figures 94 times with 23 20-point games and three 30-point efforts, including a career-high 35 points and seven 3FGs at NC State as a sophomore.
Paige earned first-team All-ACC Tournament honors in 2015 and 2016 and All-NCAA East Regional honors in 2016. He had a game-high 21 points and six assists in 2016 NCAA championship game vs. Villanova, scoring eight points in the last 1:33, including a game-tying three-pointer with 4.6 seconds to play.
“Marcus is one of the finest two-way players I've ever coached. He is a wonderful blend of an elite athlete, scholar and leader, and all-around quality young man,” says head coach Roy Williams. “It's been a privilege to coach Marcus. He's meant so much to Carolina as a representative of our student body and an exceptional basketball player. Whether it was running the team as our point guard, making more threes than any Tar Heel, or being our best defensive player an unprecedented four times, Marcus has left an indelible mark on the history of Carolina Basketball.”
Wold led Carolina field hockey to an 81-15 record, four NCAA Tournament final four berths and two ACC championships. She is the sixth UNC field hockey player to earn first-team All-America honors in at least three seasons. She was the MVP of the 2015 ACC Tournament after leading the Tar Heels to the title.
Wold is the 13th player in ACC field hockey history to be a four-time first-team all-conference selection. As a senior, she tied for second on the team in goals with a career-high 14, and led the team in assists with 11. She stands third all-time at UNC in assists with 52.
Wold was also a member of the All-ACC Academic team, team captain and received a Leader of Distinction Award from the the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy, the program's highest honor. Wold is a member of the U.S. National Team, which is currently competing in Europe.
“Emily is outstanding in every phase of being an athlete she trains, competes and leads in such a way that she¹s a model to others and a great representative of UNC,” says Tar Heel head coach Karen Shelton. “She takes such joy in her sport her attitude is infectious and it makes everyone around her better. She plays hard every day, whether it¹s practice or a game, and always competes to the best of her abilities. Emily has been an inspiration to all of us and we loved having her in a Carolina uniform for four years. We¹re so proud to watch her continue representing our country as part of the U.S. National Team."
The Patterson Medal is based primarily on career athletic accomplishments. The recipients must have played at least three seasons for the Tar Heels. Sportsmanship and leadership are also considered. Dr. Joseph Patterson first presented the medal in 1924 to honor the memory of his brother, John Durand Patterson.
The Patterson family will help present the medals to Brown, Paige and Wold at ceremonies during the 2016-17 school year.
Patterson Medal Winners
1924— Monk McDonald (football, men's basketball, baseball)
1925— M.D. Bonner (football)
1926— Jack Cobb (men's basketball)
1927— Ad Warren (football, boxing, wrestling)
1928— Galen Elliott (men's track and field)
1929— Henry Satterfield (men's basketball)
1930— Ray Farris Sr. (football, boxing, baseball)
1931— Henry House (football, baseball)
1932— Staton McIver (football)
1933— Stuart Chandler (football)
1934— Virgil Weathers (men's basketball)
1935— Harry Williamson (men's track and field)
1936— Harry Montgomery (football)
1937— R.D. Buck (football)
1938— Andy Bershak (football, men's basketball)
1939— George Nethercutt (baseball)
1940— George Stirnweiss (football, baseball)
1941— Paul Severin (football, men's basketball)
1942— Bobby Gersten (men's basketball, baseball)
1943— Carlyle Thomas Mangum (men's track and field)
1944— Denny Hammond (men's swimming)
1945— E.B. Schulz (men's track and field)
1946— Jim Jordan (men's basketball)
1947— Walt Pupa (football)
1948— Jim Camp (football
1949— Vic Seixas (men's tennis)
1950— Charlie Justice (football)
1951— Jimmy Thomas (men's swimming)
1952— Cecil Milton (men's swimming and men's tennis)
1953— Chalmers Port (baseball, football)
1954— Miles Gregory (football, wrestling)
1955— Albert Long Jr. (men's track and field, football, men's basketball, baseball)
1956— Jerry Vayda (men's basketball)
1957— Lennie Rosenbluth (men's basketball)
1958— Buddy Payne (football)
1959— Dave Scurlock (men's track and field)
1960— Jack Cummings (football)
1961— Rip Hawkins (football)
1962— Ray Farris Jr. (football)
1963— Joe Craver (football)
1964— Bill Haywood (baseball, men's soccer)
1965— Harrison Merrill (men's swimming)
1966— John Shaw (baseball)
1967— Danny Talbott (football, baseball)
1968— Larry Miller (men's basketball)
1969— Bill Bunting (men's basketball)
1970— Charles Scott (men's basketball)
1971— Don McCauley (football)
1972— Dennis Wuycik (men's basketball)
1973— George Karl (men's basketball)
1974— Tony Waldrop (men's track and field)
1975— Charles Waddell (football, men's track and field, men's 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 Falgowksi (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)
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