2017 Field Hockey Roster
Amanda Hendry
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wilton, Conn.
- High School:
- Wilton
Majoring in management and society ... Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy
2020: Serves as part of the team's captains group – Courtnie Williamson is the captain and Hendry and Erin Matson are vice captains
2019: As a junior, was the Tar Heels' starter in goal throughout the season ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team ... Earned second-team All-South Region and All-ACC honors ... Two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week ... Missed two games at the end of the regular season (Boston College and Old Dominion) under concussion protocol after being injured in the Liberty game ... Season-high seven saves, including a penalty stroke, in the ACC semis win over Louisville
2018: Started all 23 games in goal ... Allowed just 13 goals in 1,320 minutes of play for a GAA of 0.69, the nation's lowest in 2018 ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament team after she made five saves in the 2-0 win over Maryland in the national championship game ... Part of 10 shutouts during the season, playing all 70 minutes in four of them (Princeton, Duke, William & Mary and Maryland) ... Featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" following the season
2017: Started all 23 games in goal for UNC ... Gave up 22 goals and finished the season with a goals against average of 1.10 ... Was part of eight shutouts (five solo, three shared) ... Named to the All-ACC Championship Team ... Shared ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 26 after helping UNC to a pair of overtime wins on the road ... Recipient of the team's Dawson Family Most Improved Player Award
2016: Did not appear in a game and will count the year as a redshirt season
Before UNC: Graduate of Wilton High School … Starting goalkeeper as a junior and senior after playing as the backup her first two years … As a two-year starter, played in every game with a 91 percent save ratio … Team captain as a senior … Her team won three state championships and finished as the runner-up the fourth year, when she was a junior … As a senior, earned second-team All-America honors and was named a Connecticut State Scholar-Athlete … Named MVP by The Hour (Norwalk, Conn.)
National/International: Member of U.S. Under-19 team and traveled to Germany with the squad in spring of 2016 … As a member of the U.S. U17 team, competed in Belgium in the spring of 2015
More on Hendry: Daughter of Stuart and Vanessa Hendry … Has two sisters, one older and one younger … Her older sister, Madison, played field hockey at Penn ... Younger sister, Jessica, is a junior on the field hockey team at Richmond … Favorite pastimes are reading and hanging out with friends … Favorite sport other than field hockey is ice hockey … Athlete she admires most is Hendrix Lundqvist, goalkeeper for the New York Rangers … After graduation, hopes to travel … Dream job is to work in marketing in the fashion industry … Little-known talent is skating
