Four Tar Heels Named Winners of UNC’s 2024 Patterson Medal

Tar Heels Named Winners of UNC’s 2024 Patterson Medal Posted by Michael Koh | July 10, 2024 | ACC, UNC Sports The University of North Carolina has revealed the 101st Patterson Medal winners. The medal is the most prestigious athletics prize presented by the institution.

Armando Bacot in men’s basketball, Austin Greaser in men’s golf, Fiona Crawley in women’s tennis, and Vance Honeycutt in baseball are among the 2024 class’s top athletes.

Armando Bacot is the most prolific rebounder in the long history of Carolina men’s basketball, breaking the record previously owned by Tyler Hansbrough in 2023 and ending his five-year career with 1,715. In addition, Bacot holds the school records for double-doubles (87) and offensive rebounds (593), while ranking second in points with 2,347.

Only Hansbrough scored more as a Tar Heel. Bacot is one of just two Tar Heels ever to average a double-double over his entire collegiate career and is only the fourth to win UNC’s Team MVP award three times. Bacot shattered UNC’s single-season rebounding record with 511 boards in 2021-22, leading Carolina on an unforgettable run to the NCAA championship game.

That season saw Bacot tie David Robinson’s single-season NCAA record for double-doubles with 31 and become the first player ever to record six double-doubles in NCAA Tournament play. He earned first team All-ACC honors three times and is tied with Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan for the most double-doubles in ACC history. Bacot is the 31st UNC men’s basketball player to win the Patterson Medal.

“I can’t think of a better person to win the Patterson Medal than Armando,” said head coach Hubert Davis. “I tell our guys all the time that to be a UNC men’s basketball player you have to be elite in three areas – on the court, off the court and in the classroom. Armando checked all three boxes throughout his career, and I’m so happy he’s being celebrated and recognized for that.”