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NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS<br />
Samuel Dorman / Miami / Men’s Diving / 3-Meter SpringbOARD<br />
Miami’s Samuel Dorman closed out his collegiate career by claiming the NCAA 3-meter<br />
men’s diving championship on March 28 at Iowa City. Dorman shattered the NCAA<br />
3-meter springboard diving record with 529.10 points – more than 30 points better<br />
than the mark set in the preliminaries earlier in the day by Indiana freshman James<br />
Connor. The diving national championship was Miami’s first since Brittany Viola took<br />
home top honors in the platform in 2011 at the NCAA Women’s Championships in Austin,<br />
Texas. Dorman defeated <strong>2014</strong> champion Michael Hixon of Indiana and 2013 champion<br />
Kristian Ipsen of Stanford, who finished second and third, respectively. Connor was<br />
fourth.<br />
Jamie Loeb / North Carolina / Women’s Tennis / SINGLES<br />
North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb defeated No. 2 seed Carol Zhao of Stanford to win the<br />
20<strong>15</strong> NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles National Championship on May 25 at Waco, Texas.<br />
The seventh-seeded player in the field, Loeb won in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, pinning<br />
the first loss on Zhao since March 22, and in the process, snapping a <strong>15</strong>-match win<br />
streak for the Cardinal All-American. Loeb (31-5) is the first singles national champion<br />
in North Carolina women’s tennis history. Loeb joins Jenna Long and Sara Anundsen,<br />
who won the 2007 doubles title, as the only NCAA champions in program history.<br />
RYAN Shane / Virginia / Men’s Tennis / SINGLES<br />
Virginia junior Ryan Shane concluded his season May 25 by capturing the 20<strong>15</strong> NCAA<br />
Men’s Singles Championship. Shane, the No. 8 seed, rallied from down a set and a<br />
break to defeat seventh-seeded Noah Rubin of Wake Forest 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 at the<br />
Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It<br />
was the third NCAA Singles Championship in Virginia history, as Shane joined twotime<br />
champion Somdev Devvarman (2007 and 2008). This year’s title match was the<br />
first NCAA singles final between two players from the ACC and the first between two<br />
players from the same conference since 2002.<br />
14 <strong>2014</strong>-<strong>15</strong> ACC <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> / NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
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