| Erin Cox |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Neward, Del.
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| High School:
St. Mark's
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| Position:
Back
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A third-year starter for the Tar Heels' During the summer of 2000, played
in the United Airlines Field Hockey League - Majoring in biology and is a
member of the Delta Delta Sigma honor fraternity - Serves as an ACT Mentor,
helping freshman student-athletes adjust to college - Has been named
Wachovia Woman of the Week, and has earned spots on the Dean's List and ACC
Honor Roll
1999: Earned second-team NFHCA All-South Region honors - Recipient of the
team's Marjorie Moses Schwab Unsung Hero Award - Started all 22
games -Totaled 10 assists, second on the team - Scored the first goal of her
career in the Oct. 15 game against Virginia Commonwealth - Participated in
the USFHA Elite Summer League
1998: Started all 21 games - Registered seven assists, second on the team,
and one defensive save
1997: Played in 11 games and started three at forward
1996: A redshirt during her first season at UNC
At St. Mark's High School: Member of the Under-18 U.S. National Team -
First-team All-State - Four-year letterwinner and team captain as a senior -
Member of the U.S. Under-16 select team in 1995 and a Junior Olympic
participant on the Under-15 team in 1994 - Received the Outstanding Field
Hockey Player Award at St. Mark's - Member of the Delaware Senior All-Star
team in 1995 - Three-year participant in the USFHA National Futures
Tournament " Also played two years of lacrosse and one year of softball
Personal: Born June 22, 1978 in Wilmington, Del. - Daughter of Dr. Tom and
Donna Cox - Has one sister, Laura (16)
More on Erin: Favorite UNC class has been oceanography, "because of the
professor's stories and teaching style" - Favorite things about UNC are the
school spirit and the large number of athletic events that go on - Favorite
part of being a varsity athlete is playing a game in front a full stadium -
Most important thing she has learned from being a varsity athlete is time
management - Her pregame routine involves tying her bandana around her
head - If she could play another sport at UNC, it would be soccer - The UNC
athlete she most admires is Matt Kull, "for his determination, work ethic
and love of the game" - She works for the Matthew Kull Foundation, which
honors Kull, a UNC lacrosse player who succumbed to cancer in January of
2000 - The person who has had the greatest impact on her athletic career is
her mother, "who drove me to all my practices, games and camps" - In 10
years, hopes to be a dentist and be raising a family
| Year | GP-GS | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1997 | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21-21 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1999 | 22-22 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Career | 54-46 | 1 | 17 | 19 |
