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General: Two-time returning letterman in the attack...started four games as a sophomore and will run with the second attacking unit this season...a great finisher...smart player...plays hard every day and has improved athletically...is the third McCall brother to play lacrosse at UNC...his brother Mike graduated in 2005 and his brother Tim is a senior defenseman on this year's team...originally from Yorktown, N.Y., but family now resides in North Carolina.
2007 Season: Excelled on the field and in the classroom...started four of the 14 games he played in...scored the game-winning goal in UNC's 11-8 win over Denver...scored on the extra-man with 5:11 to play to put the Heels agead for good 9-8...also had a goal against Providence...had a career-high three ground balls versus Vermont...member of All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Lacrosse team...named to 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2006 Season: Came off the bench to play in four games for the Tar Heels, seeing action against Navy, Virginia, Fairfield and Providence...scored his first career goal against the Stags and also had a ground ball in that game...named to the 2006 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Graduated from Yorktown High School on June 26, 2005... a four-year starter in the attack for the Yorktown lacrosse team...named a high school All-America in 2005...two-time captain of the lacrosse team...played for the Hudson Valley Empire State Games Team twice...named to the All-Section team four times...named to the Journal News and North County News first-team all-star squads twice...was the Most Valuable Player of the state championship game in 2003...honor roll student, DARE role model and buddy mentor...after he graduated from high school his parents moved to Manteo, N.C.
Matthias Leaves His Mark
Given Name...Matthias Richard McCall
Preferred First Name... Matthias
Parents...Richard and Patricia McCall
Birthdate and Birthplace... July 28, 1987 in Bronxville, N.Y.
Siblings...Two brothers (Michael, 24, Tim, 21)
College Major... Visual Communication in School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Post-School Ambition... Do anything that allows me to retire at 50
Hobbies... Drinking Gatorade nutrional shakes, checking webmail, pumping the mega mix
Athlete I Most Admire... Henry Rowengartner
My Biggest Sports Thrill...Throwing a football a quarter mile
People Who Have Had the Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career... My family
Favorite Book... The Associated Press Stylebook
Favorite Magazine... In Touch
Favorite Food... Anything my parents make
Favorite Movie... Kazaam
Favorite TV Show...To Catch a Predator
Favorite Website... www.wwujd.com
