Wil Singley
Wil Singley

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Southlake, Texas

High School:
Southlake Carroll Senior

Height:
5-11

Event:
Middle Distance Freestyle

Birthdate:
05/22/1990

Experience:
One-Year Letterman

Career Best Times: 45.64 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:39.17 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:25.95 in the 500-yard freestyle; 9:18.49 in the 1000-yard freestyle; 15:41.03 in the 1650-yard freestyle.

General: The son of a former Carolina swimmer who joins the team as a versatile freestyle swimmer...can contribute to the teams with solid times at every distance from 100 yards through 1650 yards...going into his freshman season he ranks No. 3 on the UNC depth chart in the 200 and No. 5 in the 500.

Long Course Highlights: Finished 18th in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2008 U.S. Open with a time of 8:18.20, a career best.

Prep: Graduated from Southlake Carroll Senior High School in June 2008...four-year letter winner on the varsity swim team...named captain of his high school team his senior year...competed in club swimming since 2002...as a freshman, he was chosen to represent Team North Texas in a zone meet in Florida...competed in the finals at the Texas 5A high school swimming state championships...NISCA four-year All-America selection...participated in three Junior National meets, one Senior National Championships and one Spring Nationals meet while in high school...member of the winning 4x100 freestyle relay unit at the Texas 5A high school state meet...competed in club swimming for the North Texas Nadadores...in 2007 the club team earned the highest national finish ever, taking fifth place... member of the computer club at his high school...organized a "Walk for Autism" his junior year along with a fellow classmates to support a team member who is Autistic.

Personal: Name is David Wilson Singley, III...son of David Singley and Catherine Singley...was born May 22, 1990 in Raleigh, N.C ...has one brother, Ted, 14, and one sister, Claire, 16.

Singling Out Singley
Academic Major at Carolina: Computer Science or Broadcast Journalism
Career Plans: Undetermined
Hobbies: Computers, DJing, music, video games
Athlete I Most Admire: Michael Jordan
Biggest Sports Thrill: Watching my high school football team win state three years in a row
People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: All of my coaches, both high school and club, my parents, my friends and my teammates
Favorite Book: Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, both by Dan Brown
Favorite Food: Texas barbecue, Chinese food, Italian food
Favorite Movies: Die Hard, Fight Club, American History X
Favorite TV Show: Weeds
Favorite Website to Visit: Artists, DJs, and the Hottest Exclusive Shows!
Places I've Never Been To But Want To Visit: Rio de Janeiro; Ibiza; Sydney, Australia
Entertainment Figures I'd Most Like To Have Dinner With: Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp