University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Lead Nation In All-America Honors
June 9, 2016 | Men's Tennis
North Carolina led the nation in men's tennis All-America selections this spring with five Tar Heels earning the honor. Twenty-seven teams had at least one player honored in singles or doubles for 2016, but Carolina was the only one to put five on the list. Virginia was second with four, and UCLA, Florida, Wake Forest and Texas A&M had three each.
UNC is the first Atlantic Coast Conference men's tennis program ever to have five All-America honorees in one year.
Earning All-America honors for UNC were senior Brett Clark (doubles), sophomore Robert Kelly (doubles), junior Jack Murray (doubles), junior Ronnie Schneider (singles) and junior Brayden Schnur (doubles.)
Schnur earned All-America honors for the third year in a row, after being recognized for singles in his freshman and sophomore years. He is just the third player in program history to earn All-America honors in three separate years.
The honor was the first for Clark, Kelly, Murray and Schneider.
Complete lists were released by the ITA on Thursday. For all look at all of the 2016 All-America honors, click here.
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