2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Mark Dillon
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Myers Park
Enrolled in the UNC Honors Program ... Majoring in business administration with a minor in entrepreneurship.
2022-23 SEASON
UNC team co-captain along with Brian Cernoch ... Won the UNC Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award for men's tennis, a UNC award that recognizes selected student-athletes for outstanding academic achievement ... Went 0-2 in singles play during the fall at the Knoxville Showdown hosted by the University of Tennessee.
2021-22 SEASON
Earned a spot on the ITA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.
2020-21 SEASON
Went 1-4 in limited singles action in early-season tournament action ... Also went 0-2 with Anuj Watane in doubles action in preseason tournament play ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second year in a row.
2019-20 SEASON
Posted a 7-2 singles mark in tournament play and teamed with Ladd Harrison to go 2-1 in tournament doubles matches ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
PREP
A four-year letterman and prep All-America pick at Myers Park High School in Charlotte … Achieved the No. 1 ranking in North Carolina in the 18-and-under division … Team captain … North Carolina individual state champion and state player of the year in 2019 … Led Myers Park to the N.C. state championship and was named the tournament MVP as a sophomore … Won three consecutive individual conference championships and was a two-time state finalist … Amassed over 80 singles wins and 100 combined singles and doubles wins … Was the fifth member of his family to play tennis at Myers Park, joining his father, uncle and two older brothers … His father led Myers Park to state titles in 1976 and ’77 before winning the individual state title in 1978.
PERSONAL
William Mark Dillon is the son of Adele and Mark Dillon … Born on Nov. 1, 2000 … His father was an All-America tennis player at North Carolina State … His mother played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia … His uncle, Scott Dillon, played collegiately at NC State, his brother, Reid Dillon, played at UNC Asheville … His aunt, Camey Timberlake Dillon, played collegiate tennis at Carolina and was one of the first females to receive an athletic scholarship at UNC … Has two brothers (Reid and Christopher) … Won a Morehead-Cain Scholarship, the highest academic scholarship offered at UNC … Formed his own business while in middle school hand-making wooden pens and developed this woodworking hobby into a business that sold pens in seven retail locations across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region … Has donated profits from the sales to a group that gives free tennis lessons to unprivileged adults and children … Business administration major.
