Media Guide - North Carolina

The 2008 Tar Heels
over Vanderbilt with a 10-8 victory in the
tiebreak to clinch the doubles point • Also
clinched the doubles pts. at #20 NC State with
a 9-7 victory over McGee and Weinacker and
versus FSU with a 8-6 win over Abougzir and
Mixson.
Prep: A five-star blue chip recruit according to
tennisrecruiting.net • Signed letter of intent with
Carolina over three West Coast schools •
Graduated from Righetti High School in Santa
Maria, Calif. on June 9, 2006 • Member of his
high school tennis team • Team captain and
Most Valuable Player • Doubles finalist in boys
16s at Kalamazoo Nationals • Easter Bowl Singles
Quarterfinalist in boys 18s • Member of
Southern California Junior Davis Cup Team
Champion.
Stefan Hardy’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 5-3 6-2
2006-07 22-7 23-8
Career Totals 27-10 29-10
TAR HEEL
TENNIS
TRISTAN
HEINRICH
Senior
Boise, Idaho
General: Stands 6-3 tall • Is a Morehead-Cain
Scholar • Two-time winner of the Athletic Director’s
Scholar Athlete Award • Taught geography
and English to underprivileged children in
Ecuador • Completed an internship at an investment
banking firm in New York • Son of
Shirley Heinrich • Has one brother, Ethan.
Fall 2007: Qualified for the ITA Mideast Regional
in singles for the second straight year,
winning three matches in one day • Defeated
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Duke’s Alain Michel at the Duke Winter Invitational
• Won doubles matches playing with Taylor
Fogleman and Clay Donato • Has a 5-3
career record in three set matches.
As a Junior: Captured Flight B singles title at
NC State Fall Invitational, defeating High
Point’s Jim Trussler in the finals • Advanced to
the main draw singles of ITA Mideast Regional
with two wins in qualifying • Finalist in the C
Flight Singles and B Flight Doubles (with Will
Plyler) of the UNC Fall Invitational • Played in
two dual matches nabbing wins over Howard
and Boston College.
As a Sophomore: Advanced to the finals of
the Wolfpack Invitational • Was 3-1 at the UNC
Fall Invitational • Lost to W&M’s Kavi Sud in
three sets in the 2nd rd. of Qualifying for the
ITA Mideast Regional • Teamed with Taylor
Fogleman at #3 doubles in the Georgetown
match • Named a 2006 ITA Scholar Athlete.
As a Freshman: Posted a 7-1 overall singles
record • Won his singles flight at the Groot Memorial
Invitational, defeating South Carolina’s
Thomas Stoddard in the final 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 •
Won the consolation finals of the USC Fall Invitational,
defeating, Campbell’s Gabriel Delarue,
6-0, 6-0.
Prep: Graduated in May 2004 from Boise High
School • Was number one in tennis singles at
Boise High all four years • Won three State
Singles Championships (2002-2004) • Member
of two team State Championships (2003-
2004) • Is a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC •
Recipient of Coca-Cola Scholar award •
Served as Key Club President in high school
and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Tristan Heinrich’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 6-3 3-2
2006-07 11-3 5-5
2005-06 6-3 3-2
2004-05 7-1 1-2
Career Totals 30-10 12-11
Off Court with Tristan:
Full Name: Tristan Thomas Heinrich
Academic Majors: Economics and Political
Science
Hobbies: Basketball, piano
Person With Greatest Influence On Athletic
Career: Jim Moortgat, former tennis
coach
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Magazine: The Economist
Favorite Food: Steak and Potatoes
Favorite TV Show: Sportscenter
Favorite Website: espn.com
City I’ve Never Been To But Want To Visit:
Paris
TAR HEEL
TENNIS
CHRIS
KEARNEY
Sophomore
Irvine, Calif.
General: ACC Freshman of the Year in 2007,
the first Tar Heel to earn the honor since 1999
•Second on team in singles (24) and doubles
victories (28) • Attended same high school as
Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart • Born
November 18, 1987 in Newport Beach, California
• Son of Kevin and Stacy Kearney • Has
one sister, Jordyn, 11.
Fall 2007: Finished the fall ranked #3 in the
country with partner Taylor Fogleman after
wininng the ITA Mideast Regional and advancing
to the Semifinals of National Indoors • Won
six matches to become the first Tar Heel team
to win a Region Doubles title since Brad
Pomeroy and Geoff Boyd in 2004 • Defeated
Shabaz/Singh, 9-8(5), from Virginia at the
Boar’s Head Club in Charlottesville to take the
title • Defeated the #7 (Ohio St) and #15 (Oklahoma)
ranked doubles teams to reach the
semifinals in Columbus, Ohio. • Limited in singles
action, winning two matches in the qualifying
rounds at the All-American
Championships.
As a Freshman: Named All-ACC • Clinched
Chris Kearney’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 2-2 8-2
2006-07 24-9 28-7
Career Totals 26-9 36-9
Off Court with “Colonel”:
Full Name: Christopher Harrison Kearney
Academic Major: Business
Post School Ambition: Pro tennis player
Hobbies: Golf
Athlete Most Admired: Roger Federer
Person With Greatest Influence On Athletic
Career: My dad
Favorite Magazine: ESPN The Magazine
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite TV Show: Entourage
Favorite Website: johnmccain.com
Entertainment Figure I’d Most Like To
Have Dinner With: Tiger Woods