Kyle Bell

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.
High School:
Loyola

General: Tri-captain of the 2003 Tar Heels...has been a top midfield performer for the Tar Heels each of the past three seasons...has never missed a game in his three seasons as a Tar Heel...is expected to continue to play a lot in the midfield for UNC this year running on the first or second unit...has scored 18 goals and has 16 assists in his career.

2002 Season: Played in all 13 games for Carolina as a junior...scored four goals and had eight assists on the season...set a career high for assists in a game with two against Ohio State...equalled his career high for ground balls in a game with four against Hofstra...had a goal and an assist at Fairfield.

2001 Season: Played in all 12 games for the Tar Heels during his sophomore year...had seven goals including a career high two against Duke in the ACC Tournament...equaled his career high for points with a goal and an assist against Pfeiffer...had single goals against Fairfield, Delaware, Butler and Johns Hopkins...had an assist versus Navy...season-high for ground balls was three against Bucknell...had two ground balls against Fairfield, Navy and Butler.

2000 Season: Played in all 14 games for the Tar Heels as a freshman...had seven goals and six assists for 13 points...had 13 ground balls and four takeaways..scored his seven goals in seven different games...had one goal and one assist against both Fairfield and Maryland...had a season-high four ground balls against Butler and a season-high two takeaways against Fairfield.

Prep: Was one of the top players coming out of the Loyola Blakefield High School in Baltimore in June 1999...an All-Metro selection in the midfield for the Dons his senior year...played four years of lacrosse and four years of football at Loyola...was a tailback on the football team...named an All-Metro running back in 1997...named All-City and All-County in lacrossse...named to the Maryland State Team in lacrosse twice...a first-team All-State selection as a senior in lacrosse...was vice president of Loyola student body in 1998-99...also served as a peer educator.

Personal: Given name is Kyle Dennis Bell...has two brothers.

Personality Chart

Nickname: Kari
College Major...Communications
Post-School Ambition...Become a sportscaster
Hobbies...Golf, fishing, playing video games, mountain biking, magic cards
People Who Have Had the Greatest Influence on Your Athletic Career...My Dad and My Grandfather
Athletes You Most Admire...Jack Nicklaus, Dominique Wilkins, Walter Payton
Favorite Foods...Steamed Maryland Crabs
Favorite TV Show...The Sopranos
Movie You’ve Most Enjoyed...Super Troopers
Favorite Book...Lord of the Flies
Biggest Sports Thrill...Scoring three touchdowns in the oldest Catholic school football rivalry in the nation, “The Turkey Bowl”
Interesting Fact...Got the chance to work at the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals in Raleigh, N.C.
Complete Name...Kyle Dennis Bell
Birthdate and Birthplace...April 10, 1981 in GBMC Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
Parents’ Names...Dennis J. and Adrienne Bell