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22  Michael Bucy
	Class: Senior Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. High School: Sanderson Height / Weight: 6-3 / 195 Position: Midfielder Club Team: Capital Area Soccer League

General Info — Very reliable, heady player … Has a knack for making the big play … One of the nation’s top scholar-athletes, Bucy is a two-time Academic All-America … Among the most experienced players in the ACC ... Very involved with public service on campus, having organized the UNC Children’s Dance Marathon in both 1999 and 2000 ... Received the Tatum Award in April 2000 for athletic performance and University and community service ... Also awarded the ACC Top Six for Service Award given for community service.

Junior (1999) — Named a first-team GTE Academic All-America after earning third-team honors in 1998 … Tied for the ACC lead in assists with 10 … Led the conference in assists per game (0.50) … Tied for second on the Tar Heel team in scoring behind Chris Carrieri with 20 points (five goals and 10 assists) … Scored a game-winning goal on a header in Carolina’s 2-1 win over Clemson … Assisted Matt Laycock on the game-winning goal in overtime in the ACC Tournament first round against Clemson … Named UNC’s team MVP at the Nike Carolina Classic after tallying two goals and two assists for a career-high six points in Carolina’s win over Alabama-Birmingham … Also had two assists against UNC Asheville … Tallied eight points in a five-game stretch from Oct. 17 – Oct. 30, scoring two goals and recording four assists … Received the Mercer Reynolds Tar Heel Award given to Carolina’s most dedicated player … Participated in the third annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference in the summer of 1999, taking part in dialogue on issues critical to the student-athlete … Earned the 2000 UNC Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award for men’s soccer … Named to the first-team All-South Scholar-Athlete squad by the NSCAA … Named to the ACC Honor Roll and the Dean’s List in 1999-2000.

Sophomore (1998) — Third on the team in goals scored and points … Tied for fourth on the squad in assists … Scored five goals and tallied four assists for 14 points on the season … Third on the team with 34 shots on goal … Scored game-winners against Dayton and Davidson … Had two goals and an assist in the win at Winthrop on Sept. 23 … Tallied a goal and an assist in the win over San Francisco on Sept. 6 … Also scored goals versus Dayton and Davidson … Recorded assists versus Cornell and High Point … Appeared in all 19 games and started 18 … Contributed to an improved Carolina defense that allowed 10 fewer goals than it had the previous season … Named to the Nike Wake Forest Classic All-Tournament Team … Named a Third-Team GTE Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the most prestigious academic honors a student-athlete can earn on an annual basis … Also named to the GTE Academic All-District III team … Named the North Carolina Bar Association Tar Heel Scholar Athlete of the Week on Nov. 6 … ACC Honor Roll and Dean’s List honoree.

Freshman (1997) — Started the final 15 games of the season ... Showed remarkable poise and maturity on the field for a freshman ... Led the Tar Heels with three game-winning goals ... Scored game-winners against UNC Asheville (Oct. 1), Appalachian State (Oct. 29) and Wake Forest (Nov. 2) ... Scored with 12:15 remaining in the second overtime to defeat Wake ... Named to Soccer America’s Men’s Team-of-the-Week Nov. 4 after scoring the decisive goals against the Mountaineers and the Demon Deacons ... A fine student who was named to the Dean’s List and the ACC Honor Roll as a freshman.

Prep — Helped lead Sanderson High School to the N.C. state championship in 1996 as a team co-captain ... MVP of the state championship game ... First-team all-state and all-South selection as a junior and senior ... Also played four years of varsity tennis ... Played four years of CASI soccer, leading his club to state titles in 1994, ‘95 and ‘96 ... N.C. State choice for four years ... Chosen the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s top male student athlete for 1996-97.

Personal — Attending Carolina on a Morehead Scholarship, the highest academic grant offered at UNC ... Plays club soccer with the Raleigh Capitals … Michael Ryan Bucy is the son of Kiyosi Isihara and Eileen McGinity ... Born May 22, 1979 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ... Majoring in business administration.

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