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Which UNC athletes will be the Tar Heels’ best in 2024?

A new year has arrived, and it’s time to look at some athletes who could thrive for North Carolina in 2024. UNC Field Hockey provided the top highlight in 2023, winning a national championship for the fifth time in six seasons. Representing seven sports, here’s a look at 11 UNC standouts primed to make headlines in 2024 as the top Tar Heels on campus. (Fayetteville Observer)

Top Stories of 2023: Erin Matson Enters Uncharted Territory

If UNC field hockey star Erin Matson had left Chapel Hill and never come back after 2022, she’d still be a Tar Heel legend. Matson ended her final year as a player with a fourth NCAA title in five seasons, scoring the game-winning goal in the final. It seemed her days dominating collegiate field hockey were done. Then Karen Shelton, her head coach, retired. (Chapelboro.com)

Chansky’s Notebook: Off Year

Over the last academic or calendar year, two UNC women’s sports continued to excel – tennis won another ITA indoor tournament title and its first NCAA team championship, and field hockey captured it second straight ACC and national championships, the first with Erin Matson as Player of the Year and the second with Matson as a rookie head coach. (Chapelboro.com)

Ryleigh Heck A Finalist For Field Hockey Honda Award

Add another honor for UNC sophomore Ryleigh Heck, who is one of four finalists for the 2024 Honda Sport Award for Field Hockey. The Honda Sport Award is presented annually by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics." UNC's Erin Matson won last season. (GoHeels.com)

Ryleigh Heck Voted NFHCA National Player Of The Year

UNC sophomore Ryleigh Heck has been named Division I National Player of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. The forward from Ocean City, N.J., was voted NFHCA South Region Player of the Year earlier this month. She's the third Tar Heel to win the award, following Katelyn Falgowski (2011) and Erin Matson (2019, 2020, 2022). (GoHeels.com)

Ryleigh Heck Named South Region Field Hockey Player Of The Year

North Carolina Field Hockey's Ryleigh Heck has been named the South Region Player of the Year, recognizing her outstanding sophomore season as the Tar Heels claimed the 2023 NCAA Championship. The award was announced on Thursday afternoon by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA), which honored players from each of five regions. (GoHeels.com)

Four UNC Field Hockey Standouts Earn All-South Region Honors

Four Tar Heels have earned All-South Region honors, announced by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Sietske Brüning, Ryleigh Heck, Charly Bruder, and Sanne Hak all earned the honor, which is decided by voting of the region's coaches. Bruder, Brüning and Heck were named to the first team, making them eligible for All-America consideration. (GoHeels.com)

A look back at UNC's national championships in 2023

Nicknamed the "University of National Champions," various UNC sports programs brought home the hardware in 2023. UNC Field Hockey won its 11th national title and fifth in six years. Women's Tennis captured its first NCAA championship. Aranza Vazquez won a diving title. And Austin O'Connor won UNC's second national individual wresting title. (Daily Tar Heel)

Video: UNC Field Hockey National Championship Season Retrospective Narrated by Erin Matson

Relive the North Carolina Tar Heels' fifth NCAA field hockey championship in the last six years (and the 11th overall) in this video narrated by first-year head coach Erin Matson. (View Video)

Carolina Insider Podcast: Basketball in Bahamas, Football falls to Clemson, Field Hockey Champs!

Carolina Basketball beat UC Riverside (3:18) and now faces a quality field in the Battle 4 Atlantis (12:07). Tar Heel football left Death Valley with a loss to Clemson (21:18). UNC Field Hockey brought home its 11th National Championship, and both Men's and Women's Soccer advanced in the NCAA Tournament (49:15). (Listen To Podcast)

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