Porter Wilkinson

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Charlottesville, Va.
High School:
St. Annes Belfield School

General – One of the best defenders in the nation ... A two-time All-America selection ... A strong candidate for All-ACC and All-America honors ... Two-time All-ACC choice ... Outstanding student who is a regular on the Dean’s List and ACC Honor Roll ... Member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Junior (2001) – Named to the All-ACC team for the second consecutive season ... Second-team IWLCA All-America ... IWLCA Academic All-America choice ... First-team IWLCA South Region All-America ... Often marked the opposing team’s best attacker … Has started 48 of Carolina’s 51 games since 1999 … Tallied the first three points of her career with three assists as a junior ... Recorded assists against Virginia, Penn State and James Madison ... Sixth on the team with 29 ground balls ... Fourth on the squad with 15 caused turnovers ... Won 16 draw controls, tied for sixth on the team ... Dean’s List and ACC Honor Roll student ... Named second-team Academic All-District III by CoSIDA ... Won the UNC Scholar-Athlete Award for women’s lacrosse.

Sophomore (2000) – Named first-team All-America by USLacrosse and the IWLCA ... First-team All-South by the IWLCA ... Member of the 2000 All-ACC team ... Regularly marked the opposing team’s best attacker ... The leader of the Tar Heel defensive unit ... Started all 18 games ... Has started 31 of Carolina’s 33 games since 1999 ... Third on the team with 35 ground balls ... Caused 14 turnovers ... Dean’s List and ACC Honor Roll student.

Freshman (1999) – Earned a starting job as a defender ... Appeared in all 15 games and started 14 ... Started every game but the Virginia Tech contest ... Won at least one ground ball in all but three games and finished with 17 ground balls on the year ... Saw 692 minutes of action, more than any other Tar Heel freshman ... Dean’s List and ACC Honor Roll student.

High School – Graduated from St. Annes Belfield School in June 1998 ... Played four years of lacrosse as a midfielder and four years of field hockey as a midfielder there ... Graduated with a 3.7 cumulative grade point average ... Won a host of lacrosse awards as a prepster ... Played on team which won League of Independent Schools championship and regular season championship ... Lacrosse and field hockey captain and MVP as senior ... Four-time Dogwood Tournament All-Star ... Three-Time All-Central Virginia All-Star ... Central Virginia Player of the Year as a senior ... Three-time League of Independent Schools All-Star ... National Tournament South II Team .. High All-America ... Field Hockey Two-Time All-Central Virginia Team ... L.I.S. All-Star senior year.

Porter Wilkinson's Career Statistics
						Free	Position					Csd	Draw	Shot
Year	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	Md	Att	Pct	GB	TO	TO	Ctl	Fouls	Pct
1999	15/14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	17	5	10	7	4	.000
2000	18/17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	5	14	8	22	.000
2001	17/17	0	0	3	3	0	0	.000	29	7	15	16	18	.000
Totals	50/49	0	0	3	3	0	0	.000	81	17	39	31	44	.000