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General: Two-time returning letterman in Carolina's long-stick midfield unit...has improved greatly since coming to Carolina...extremely hard worker...relentless competitor...a tremendous scholar-athlete...is serving as the team's academic team captain for 2007-08.
2007 Season: Saw action in three games as a sophomore as a long-stick midfield spot...hit the field against Vermont, Duke and Providence...named to Dean's List in fall semester 2006...also earned mention on Dean's List in spring semester 2007...named to 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2006 Season: Saw action in one game as a freshman, coming off the bench against Pennsylvania...was named to the Dean's List at UNC in the fall semester of 2005...2006 ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
Prep: Graduated on June 6, 2005 from the Gilman School...played two years of varsity lacrosse there as a long-stick midfielder ...was a two-year letterman in volleyball as an opposite hitter and ran the 4x800 meter relay on the indoor track team for one year...was the captain of the varsity volleyball team...a four-year honor roll student...member of the Cum Laude Society...a nominee for the Morehead Scholarship at UNC...a gifted musician, he won the Peabody Preparatory Award in cello...active in student government as a member of the judiciary committee...an AP scholar...National Merit Scholarship nominee.
Prepping You On Pell
Given Name...Pell Tanner George
Preferred First Name...Pell
Nickname...Papageorgio
Parents...A.C. and Kathryn George
Birthdate and Birthplace...December 16, 1986 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Siblings...One brother (Taz, 18), one sister (Ellett, 23)
College Major...Business
Career Plans...Managing a self-sufficient bison farm and brewery
Hobbies...Playing the cello
Athlete I Most Admire...Carl Lewis
Biggest Sports Thrill...Beating Johns Hopkins in 2007; as a senior at Gilman beating a McDonogh team which was ranked No. 1 in the nation, handing McDonogh its only loss of the season
Person Who Has Had the Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career...My father (midfielder for UNC lacrosse team as a collegian)
Favorite Books...To Kill A Mockingbird, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Magazine...Sports Illustrated
Favorite Foods...Venizon
Favorite Movie...Alone in the Wilderness, Okie Noodling, The Latz Waltz
Favorite TV Shows...The Office, Arrested Development
Favorite Website...laxpower.com
