Official Site of the Tar Heels · Apr 27, 2018
GoHeels Exclusive: Realizing Her Potential
Makenna Jones sat inside a classroom at the Loudermilk Center for Excellence on Tuesday afternoon, repeating the same words she's told so many people over the last two years.
"You don't understand, I should not be here."
Just two days earlier, Makenna, a sophomore on the North Carolina women's tennis team, completed a perfect 14-0 season against the Atlantic Coast Conference. She didn't know it then. But a few hours earlier, she moved into the No. 7 spot in the latest national singles rankings.
Her success shouldn't come as much of a surprise. The daughter of two professional tennis players, she was considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net when she enrolled at UNC.