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Carolina Awards 2021 Patterson Medals to Michael Carter, Sara Daavettila and Katie Hoeg
CHAPEL HILL – The University of North Carolina will award the 2021 Patterson Medals for the most outstanding career achievements to Michael Carter, one of the most explosive running backs in UNC football history; Sara Daavettila, Carolina’s first-ever Honda Sport Award winner for women’s tennis; and Katie Hoeg, the women’s lacrosse’s program’s all-time leading scorer.
(Pronunciations: Sara Daavettila – sarah DAH-vuh-TILL-uh; Katie Hoeg – hoge, g like go)
The Patterson Medal is based primarily on career athletic accomplishments. The recipients must have played at least three seasons for the Tar Heels, and sportsmanship and leadership are also considered. Dr. Joseph Patterson first presented the medal in 1924 to honor the memory of his brother, John Durand Patterson.
Carter is Carolina’s single-game, single-season and career leader in yards per rush and finished his four-year career fourth in Tar Heel history with 3,404 rushing yards and sixth in all-purpose yards with 4,710.
The Navarre, Fla., native averaged 6.62 yards per rush on 514 career attempts and set the single-season record with 8.0 yards per rush in 2020, when he helped lead the Tar Heels to their first-ever appearance in the Orange Bowl.
Carter was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2020 and second-team as a junior and was a first-team All-America by Pro Football Focus as a senior. Last fall, he rushed for 1,245 yards, the eighth-most ever by a Tar Heel and his second 1,000-yard season, and led the ACC with 113.2 rushing yards per game.
He ran for 308 yards in Carolina’s record-shattering 62-26 win at Miami on Dec. 12, 2020. It was the second-most yards ever gained by a Tar Heel, the fourth most in ACC history and was part of an NCAA-record 544 yards gained by teammates (including 246 by Javonte Williams) in one game. His average gain of 12.8 yards on 24 attempts vs. the Hurricanes broke the previous school record of 12.6 per carry, which Carter had set vs. Virginia Tech in 2020 (214 yards on 17 carries).
A fourth-round pick by the New York Jets in the 2021 NFL Draft, Carter is fifth in ACC history in yards per rush. He rushed for 100 or more yards nine times in his career, including five games with 150 or more, and scored 28 touchdowns (22 by rush and six by receptions).
“Michael is a great choice for the Patterson Medal,” says Carolina head football coach Mack Brown. “He was an excellent player for us on the field, and a great representative of our program off the field. He brought so much energy to our locker room and was a key piece in helping us get the program going in the right direction.”
Carter is the 37th football player to win the Patterson Medal and the fourth (with Dwight Hollier, Marcus Jones and Ebenezer Ekuban) to play for Brown.
Daavettila led Carolina to four ACC women’s tennis championships and to ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2018, 2020 and 2021. She was named the Most Outstanding Player following all three ITA championships, becoming the first player ever to receive the award more than once at the National Team Indoor Championships.
As a senior in 2021, Daavettila became the first Tar Heel women’s tennis player to win the Honda Sports Award, recognizing her as the national player of the year. The Williamston, Mich., native earned seven ITA All-America awards, tying 2015 Patterson Medal winner Hayley Carter for the most in UNC women’s tennis history. She was also named third-team Academic All-America in 2021.
Daavettila is second all-time at UNC with 149 singles victories, was the No. 1 seed in the 2021 NCAA Singles Championship and advanced to the semifinals. She became the fourth player in ACC history and only Tar Heel to reach the NCAA quarterfinals three times. She was No. 3 in the final ITA rankings in both singles and doubles in 2021.
She won the 2019 ITA Fall Singles national championship and was the ACC Player of the Year in 2021, the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and a four-time All-ACC selection.
Daavettila led Carolina to ACC championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 (no championship was held in 2020 due to the pandemic), a 142-10 overall record, a 58-3 mark in regular-season ACC play, a 12-0 record in the ACC Championships, and two appearances in the NCAA Final Four.
“I‘m thrilled for Sara,” says UNC women’s tennis head coach Brian Kalbas. “She always put our team first, was extremely unselfish and was the perfect teammate. She made everyone feel special and truly helped raise the bar for our program every single day. She is so deserving of the Patterson Medal not only for her accomplishments, but also for her amazing personality that really helped us on and off the court.
“Records are meant to be broken, but I’m convinced Sara will hold one record for a really long time, and that is winning three most outstanding player awards at the ITA national championships. She has also won numerous ACC titles and awards and the Honda Award. These are amazing, but they pale in comparison to her as a person.”
Daavettila is the third women’s tennis player to play for Kalbas to win the Patterson Medal, following Caroline Price in 2015 and Carter in 2017.
Hoeg is one of the most prolific scorers in NCAA women’s lacrosse history, helping the high-powered Tar Heels to a 78-12 record, four ACC championships and three trips to the national semifinals.
The Mattituck, N.Y., native is Carolina’s all-time scoring leader and fourth in ACC history with 370 points, an average of 4.2 per contest. She is the ACC’s all-time assists leader and is second in NCAA history with 233. As a senior in 2021, she led the nation in assists (71) and assists per game (3.38).
She set the UNC single-season assist record with 73 in 2019. Her 71 assists in 2021 are the second most ever by a Tar Heel.
Hoeg helped Carolina win 27 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in school history and the seventh-longest in NCAA history. The 2021 Tar Heels set the school record with 20 wins in 21 games.
Hoeg was the 2020 National Player of the Year, a first-team All-America in 2018, 2020 and 2021, a second-team All-America in 2019, a three-time All-ACC selection and an NCAA All-Tournament honoree in 2019 and 2021.
Hoeg received an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 2021 and an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post-Graduate Scholarship in 2020. She will be attending UNC’s Adams School of Dentistry.
"A Patterson Medal is an elite honor bestowed upon the best in class and an honor Katie very much has earned,” says UNC head coach Jenny Levy. “She has demonstrated excellence in the classroom, on the field and in our Tar Heel community. Her long list of accomplishments over these five seasons include Phi Beta Kappa induction and All-America honors. Extremely hard working and focused, Katie is a great teammate and leader who has a passion for her teammates, our lacrosse program and the University of North Carolina. She was paramount to our program’s success. There is not much more Katie could have accomplished here and I cannot think of a more appropriate way to cap off her unbelievable college career.”
Hoeg is the fourth women’s lacrosse player to win the Patterson Medal, joining Corey Donohoe in 2011, Kara Cannizzaro in 2013 and Marie McCool in 2018.
Carolina Awards 2021 Patterson Medals to Michael Carter, Sara Daavettila and Katie Hoeg
CHAPEL HILL – The University of North Carolina will award the 2021 Patterson Medals for the most outstanding career achievements to Michael Carter, one of the most explosive running backs in UNC football history; Sara Daavettila, Carolina’s first-ever Honda Sport Award winner for women’s tennis; and Katie Hoeg, the women’s lacrosse’s program’s all-time leading scorer.
(Pronunciations: Sara Daavettila – sarah DAH-vuh-TILL-uh; Katie Hoeg – hoge, g like go)
The Patterson Medal is based primarily on career athletic accomplishments. The recipients must have played at least three seasons for the Tar Heels, and sportsmanship and leadership are also considered. Dr. Joseph Patterson first presented the medal in 1924 to honor the memory of his brother, John Durand Patterson.
Carter is Carolina’s single-game, single-season and career leader in yards per rush and finished his four-year career fourth in Tar Heel history with 3,404 rushing yards and sixth in all-purpose yards with 4,710.
The Navarre, Fla., native averaged 6.62 yards per rush on 514 career attempts and set the single-season record with 8.0 yards per rush in 2020, when he helped lead the Tar Heels to their first-ever appearance in the Orange Bowl.
Carter was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2020 and second-team as a junior and was a first-team All-America by Pro Football Focus as a senior. Last fall, he rushed for 1,245 yards, the eighth-most ever by a Tar Heel and his second 1,000-yard season, and led the ACC with 113.2 rushing yards per game.
He ran for 308 yards in Carolina’s record-shattering 62-26 win at Miami on Dec. 12, 2020. It was the second-most yards ever gained by a Tar Heel, the fourth most in ACC history and was part of an NCAA-record 544 yards gained by teammates (including 246 by Javonte Williams) in one game. His average gain of 12.8 yards on 24 attempts vs. the Hurricanes broke the previous school record of 12.6 per carry, which Carter had set vs. Virginia Tech in 2020 (214 yards on 17 carries).
A fourth-round pick by the New York Jets in the 2021 NFL Draft, Carter is fifth in ACC history in yards per rush. He rushed for 100 or more yards nine times in his career, including five games with 150 or more, and scored 28 touchdowns (22 by rush and six by receptions).
“Michael is a great choice for the Patterson Medal,” says Carolina head football coach Mack Brown. “He was an excellent player for us on the field, and a great representative of our program off the field. He brought so much energy to our locker room and was a key piece in helping us get the program going in the right direction.”
Carter is the 37th football player to win the Patterson Medal and the fourth (with Dwight Hollier, Marcus Jones and Ebenezer Ekuban) to play for Brown.
Daavettila led Carolina to four ACC women’s tennis championships and to ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2018, 2020 and 2021. She was named the Most Outstanding Player following all three ITA championships, becoming the first player ever to receive the award more than once at the National Team Indoor Championships.
As a senior in 2021, Daavettila became the first Tar Heel women’s tennis player to win the Honda Sports Award, recognizing her as the national player of the year. The Williamston, Mich., native earned seven ITA All-America awards, tying 2015 Patterson Medal winner Hayley Carter for the most in UNC women’s tennis history. She was also named third-team Academic All-America in 2021.
Daavettila is second all-time at UNC with 149 singles victories, was the No. 1 seed in the 2021 NCAA Singles Championship and advanced to the semifinals. She became the fourth player in ACC history and only Tar Heel to reach the NCAA quarterfinals three times. She was No. 3 in the final ITA rankings in both singles and doubles in 2021.
She won the 2019 ITA Fall Singles national championship and was the ACC Player of the Year in 2021, the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and a four-time All-ACC selection.
Daavettila led Carolina to ACC championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 (no championship was held in 2020 due to the pandemic), a 142-10 overall record, a 58-3 mark in regular-season ACC play, a 12-0 record in the ACC Championships, and two appearances in the NCAA Final Four.
“I‘m thrilled for Sara,” says UNC women’s tennis head coach Brian Kalbas. “She always put our team first, was extremely unselfish and was the perfect teammate. She made everyone feel special and truly helped raise the bar for our program every single day. She is so deserving of the Patterson Medal not only for her accomplishments, but also for her amazing personality that really helped us on and off the court.
“Records are meant to be broken, but I’m convinced Sara will hold one record for a really long time, and that is winning three most outstanding player awards at the ITA national championships. She has also won numerous ACC titles and awards and the Honda Award. These are amazing, but they pale in comparison to her as a person.”
Daavettila is the third women’s tennis player to play for Kalbas to win the Patterson Medal, following Caroline Price in 2015 and Carter in 2017.
Hoeg is one of the most prolific scorers in NCAA women’s lacrosse history, helping the high-powered Tar Heels to a 78-12 record, four ACC championships and three trips to the national semifinals.
The Mattituck, N.Y., native is Carolina’s all-time scoring leader and fourth in ACC history with 370 points, an average of 4.2 per contest. She is the ACC’s all-time assists leader and is second in NCAA history with 233. As a senior in 2021, she led the nation in assists (71) and assists per game (3.38).
She set the UNC single-season assist record with 73 in 2019. Her 71 assists in 2021 are the second most ever by a Tar Heel.
Hoeg helped Carolina win 27 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in school history and the seventh-longest in NCAA history. The 2021 Tar Heels set the school record with 20 wins in 21 games.
Hoeg was the 2020 National Player of the Year, a first-team All-America in 2018, 2020 and 2021, a second-team All-America in 2019, a three-time All-ACC selection and an NCAA All-Tournament honoree in 2019 and 2021.
Hoeg received an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 2021 and an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post-Graduate Scholarship in 2020. She will be attending UNC’s Adams School of Dentistry.
"A Patterson Medal is an elite honor bestowed upon the best in class and an honor Katie very much has earned,” says UNC head coach Jenny Levy. “She has demonstrated excellence in the classroom, on the field and in our Tar Heel community. Her long list of accomplishments over these five seasons include Phi Beta Kappa induction and All-America honors. Extremely hard working and focused, Katie is a great teammate and leader who has a passion for her teammates, our lacrosse program and the University of North Carolina. She was paramount to our program’s success. There is not much more Katie could have accomplished here and I cannot think of a more appropriate way to cap off her unbelievable college career.”
Hoeg is the fourth women’s lacrosse player to win the Patterson Medal, joining Corey Donohoe in 2011, Kara Cannizzaro in 2013 and Marie McCool in 2018.
