Media Guide - North Carolina

2006 • All-State four years • All-Conference
four years • Team captain his senior year •
Ranked as high as 70th in the nation and third
in the South in 16s • Suffered an elbow injury
limiting his playing time • Southern Closed
Doubles Champion in 16s.
Off Court with Maclane:
Full Name: Maclane Scott Wilkison
Academic Major: Business (Economics)
Athlete You Most Admire: Michael Jordan
Person Who Has the Greatest Influence
on Your Athletic Career: My dad
Favorite Magazine: Sports Illustrated
Favorite Food : Pineapple
Favorite TV Show: Southpark
Favorite Website: InsideCarolina.com
City I’ve Never Been to but Want to Visit:
Rome
Entertainment Figure I’d Most Like To
Have Dinner With: Will Ferrell
Maclane Wilkison’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 2-4 2-4
Career Totals 2-4 2-4
TAR HEEL
TENNIS
KARL
WISHART
Senior
Baden-Baden,
Germany
General: Stands 6-3 tall • Three time member
of the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Born in
Great Britain and currently living in Switzerland
• Born July 18, 1985 • Son of Jim and Margaret
Wishart • Has one brother, Andrew, 22.
Fall 2007: Won the UNC Fall Invitational B singles
title with a three set victory over teammate
Andrew Crone and a 6-4, 6-4 victory over
Davidson’s Ethan Jaffe in the final • Qualified
for the ITA Mideast Regional in Charlottesville
• Reached the UNC Fall Invitational B Flight
Doubles Final with Kyle Baker.
As a Junior: Compiled a 6-2 singles record in
dual matches • Signature victory was a 3-6,
6-1, 6-2 match clinching victory over Kevin
Fleck in UNC’s 4-3 thriller at Clemson • Put
Carolina up 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over
Miami’s Barnabas Carrega • Claimed the
UNC Fall Invitational Flight B doubles title with
partner Chris Kearney over teammates Heinrich
and Plyler • Reached the A Flight Singles
Final , defeating USC’s Pedro Campos before
falling to Maryland’s Boris Fetbroyt in three
sets • Was a Main Draw selection for the ITA
Regional.
As a Sophomore: Won two dual matches
against Quincy Hawley of N.C. A&T and Kevin
Killeavy of Georgetown, No. 6 singles spot •
Recorded a 2-2 singles record at the seasonopening
Napa Valley Challenge • Won the
UNC Fall Invitational B Flight singles, defeating
Radford’s Brandon Johnson in the final •
Defeated William & Mary’s Kavi Sud in the first
round of the ITA Mideast Region Championships
before falling to #99 Henrique Cancado
of ODU in the round of 64 • Teamed with
Will Plyler to win three doubles matches at the
UNC Fall Invitational.
As a Freshman: Advanced to the finals of the
Groot Memorial Invitational with a 6-2, 6-0 win
over NC State’s Mason Schermerhorn • Captured
the A-B Flight Championship of the USC
Fall Invitational with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victory over
Virginia Tech’s Adel Abbas.
Prep: Graduated in June 2004 from K.L. Grab
in Baden-Baden • Won 2004 Regional Tennis
Championship • Played as No.1 local player at
TCRW in Baden-Baden • At 18, he ranked in
the top 300 on the German national men’s tennis
• Captain of high school soccer team • Also
played golf • Achieved a high overall average
(1.8) in German Abiter, finishing with distinction
and a merit prize.
Off Court with “Karlovic”:
Full Name: Karl Simon Wishart
Academic Major: Biochemistry
Hobbies: Soccer, music
Athlete You Most Admire: Roger Federer
Biggest Sports Thrill: Hitting with Bjorn
Borg and Guillermo Villas
Person Who Has Had The Greatest Influence
on Your Athletic Career: Mom and
Dad
Favorite Book: The Selfish Gene
Favorite Magazine: Sport Bild
Favorite TV Show: Prison Break
Favorite Movie: Bad Santa
Favorite Website: www.skysports.com
Favorite Pastime: Browsing the web
City I’ve Never Been To But Want To Visit:
Tokyo
Entertainment Figure I’d Most Like To
Have Dinner With: Jennifer Anniston
Karl Wishart’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 8-2 2-3
2006-07 14-7 4-2
2005-06 9-3 3-3
2004-05 8-2 2-4
Career Totals 39-14 11-12
The 2008 Tar Heels
Quick Facts In Carolina Tennis History
° Carolina has won 25 Atlantic Coast Conference
championships in school history. That
includes 23 outright championships and two
shared championships. UNC’s 25 league
crowns are more than twice as many as the
next two schools combined. Duke has won
12 leagues championships and Clemson has
captured 11. Only four other schools have
won league championships with Virginia having
three, Maryland two, NC State two (one
outright and one shared) and South Carolina
(one shared).
° Six different Tar Heel head coaches have
won league championships led by Don
Skakle who led UNC teams to 16 outright
championships and two shared titles. Other
than Skakle, other UNC head coaches to
lead Carolina to ACC championships have
been Allen Morris, John Kenfield, Vladimir
Cernik, Sam Paul and Ham Strayhorn.
° North Carolina has appeared in 17 NCAA
Team Tournaments, posting an all-time reord
of 11-17. Since the founding of the ACC,
UNC has either made the NCAA Team Tournament
or finished in the final points standings
at the NCAA Championships 26 times.
° In the ACC’s annual regular-season standings,
Carolina has finished No. 1 in 1954 (4-
0), 1955 (5-0), 1956 (6-0), 1958 (6-0), 1959
(7-0), 1960 (7-0), 1961 (7-0), 1962 (7-0),
1963 (7-0), 1965 (7-0), 1966 (7-0), 1967 (7-
0), 1968 (7-0), 1970 (7-0), 1972 (6-0), 1973
(6-0), 1974 (6-0), 1975 (6-0), 1976 (6-0),
1977 (6-0), 1991 (6-0), 1992 (8-0), 1996 (8-
0), 2004 (7-1).
° In 43 years of ACC Tournament participation,
North Carolina finished first 16 times,
second seven times,third eight times, fourth
two times, fifth seven times, sixth once, seventh
once and eighth once. Since 1965,
UNC has finished outside of the upper division
of the ACC only two times in 43 years.
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