For all the talk UNC receives about being a basketball school, which it definitely is, there’s other programs who enjoy even more success.
The most historically dominant athletics program in Chapel Hill is the UNC women’s soccer team, who owns the all-time NCAA record with 21 national titles. Carolina nearly captured the 2022 championships but hasn’t won it all since 2012.
It’s not uncommon to see former Tar Heels on the National Team – Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tobin Heath, to name a few.
How about Cindy Parlow Cone? She played with Hamm, was the National Player of the Year from 1996-1998, plus she helped Carolina capture the 1996 and 1997 NCAA Titles.
Now 25 years removed from collegiate soccer, Parlow won a prestigious collegiate honor – the 2024 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.
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This award recognizes former student-athletes – 25 years after their collegiate careers end.
Cone’s stats backed up her historic UNC status, with 68 career goals and 53 assists. She continued on to enjoy a successful career with the USWNT, scoring 75 goals in 158 games while helping her national teammates win the 1999 World Cup, 1996 and 2004 Olympic Gold Medal games.
Cone was an assistant at Carolina from 2007-2012, coaching her players to titles in 2008, 2009 and 2012. Right now, she is president of the United State Soccer Federation.
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