CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina attackers Katie Hoeg and Jamie Ortega have been named Inside Lacrosse's National Players of the Year, as announced by the magazine on Wednesday.
The duo joins Kara Cannizzaro, the winner of the 2013 Honda Sports Award, as the only players in UNC's 25-season history to win a national player of the year award. Hoeg and Ortega also become the first pair of players, let alone teammates, to share the honor from Inside Lacrosse, which started awarding postseason honors in 2014.
"What an honor, and very appropriate," said head coach Jenny Levy.