2009 Carolina Field Hockey Quick Facts in PDF Format

The University of North Carolina
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chartered: 1789
Enrollment: 27,700 (15,400 undergraduate)
Chancellor: Holden Thorp
Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour
Senior Woman Administrator: Dr. Beth Miller
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Nickname: Tar Heels
Mascot: Rameses the ram
School colors: Carolina blue and white
Athletic department web site: www.TarHeelBlue.com

Carolina Field Hockey
Head Coach: Karen Shelton (West Chester, '79)
Record at UNC: 462-131-9 (28 seasons)
Overall record: 462-131-9 (28 seasons)
Office phone: (919) 962-5230
Office fax: (919) 962-1646
Assistant Coach: Grant Fulton
Season at UNC: Fifth
Assistant Coach: Baden Sharp
Season at UNC: Fourth
Assistant coaches' office phone: (919) 962-5219
Home Stadium: Francis E. Henry Stadium (Astroturf)
Stadium Capacity: 1,086
Press box phone: (919) 843-7733
NCAA appearances: 25, most recent in 2008
NCAA Championships: Five - 1989, '95, '96, '97, 2007
ACC Championships: 16 - 1983, '84. '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, 2004, 2007
2008 Record: 14-6 (3-2 ACC)
2008 ACC Tournament results: Semifinals (L 2-1 to Wake Forest in Durham, N.C.)
2008 NCAA Tournament results: First Round (L 3-2 to Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.)
Starters returning/lost: 8/4
Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/4

UNC Athletic Communications
Associate Director/field hockey contact: Dana Gelin
Email address: dgelin@uncaa.unc.edu
Office phone: (919) 962-0083
Cell phone: (919) 357-6619
Office fax: (919) 962-0612
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515