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Where are they now?
Matt Hedges - Throughout his collegiate athletics career, Matt Hedges was a two-time Horizon League Defender of the Year at Butler and 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Defender of the Year at North Carolina. Now, Hedges is a professional soccer player for FC Dallas and a member of the U.S. men’s national soccer team. After three seasons at Butler, Hedges transferred to North Carolina his senior year, where he scored six goals and led the team’s defense in holding opponents to a .69 goals against average during the 2011 season. The Tar Heels’ impressive season resulted in the team winning the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.
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What people are saying
“Student-athletes are successful in the classroom and in competition because of the university-wide emphasis on balancing academics and athletic success. They learn to set priorities so they can balance the time demands. They seem to have an innate drive to be successful in all of their endeavors and leave campus prepared to excel in life.”
- Christine Hailey, College of Engineering Dean and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
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