Four Tar Heels Named Academic All-District
May 24, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Four North Carolina student-athletes have earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Sara Anundsen (tennis) and Heather Kendell (field hockey) were named to the District 3 University Division women's at-large second team and Barden Berry (golf) and Benjamin Carlotti (tennis) were named to the District 3 University Division men's at-large second team. The at-large teams include student-athletes from the sports of women's bowling, women's crew, men's and women's fencing,
Anundsen, a senior from Littleton, Colo., is a two-time All-America selection and part of the nation's second-ranked doubles team. She is 20-13 in singles and 31-6 in doubles this season.
Kendell, a junior from Chapel Hill, is a three-year starter for the Tar Heel field hockey team. She is a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team selection and a four-time member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad. The team's second-leading scorer as a sophomore, she is the field hockey Academic Team Captain and SAAC representative, and the squad's recipient of the Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award. She also is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and Adopt-a-Highway as well as participating in the Carolina Leadership Academy.
Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List, Kendell is majoring in exercise and sport science with a minor in chemistry and carries a 3.8 GPA. Berry, a junior from Kinston, has been a starter for the golf team in all 12 tournaments this year and has six top-25 finishes. A member of the 2006 All-ACC Academic Team, he is the squad representative to SAAC and recipient of the Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award. He has volunteered at UNC Hospitals and with the Get Kids in Action program, is a Carolina Leadership Academy participant and has been named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List. A psychology major with a 3.9 grade point average, Berry is part of the UNC honors program and has earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in each of the last two semesters.
Carlotti, a junior from Paris, France, played No. 1 singles for the Tar Heels in 2006-07. He finished the season ranked No. 75 nationally and was ranked as high as No. 33 during the year, when he went 22-17 in singles and beat eight nationally-ranked opponents. An All-ACC selection in 2007, he has more than 20 singles wins in each of the last three years. Carlotti is a two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection and spent part of last summer interning with the Red Cross in France. A business major, he carries a 3.2 GPA.
District 3 Winners
District 3 Winners
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