Former North Carolina forward Tyler Zeller, last year's ACC Player of the Year and Academic All-American of the Year in men's basketball, has been chosen to receive the Patterson Medal. The award is based on career athletic achievement, as well as sportsmanship and leadership.

Katelyn Falgowksi, the National Player of the Year in field hockey, will also receive the award, the school announced.

Numerous basketball players have won the award, which dates back to 1924, including: Jack Cobb (1926), Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1968), Charles Scott (1970), Phil Ford (1978), Brad Daugherty (1986), Antawn Jamison (1998) and Tyler Hansbrough (2009).

“Tyler has succeeded at a high level both academically and as a basketball player, but he is an even finer young man,” basketball coach Roy Williams said in a prepared statement. “He overcame injuries in his first two seasons to become an All-America and ACC Player of the Year as a senior and was one of the top players in the country his last two seasons. He’s going to have an outstanding basketball career and then will be a success in whatever he chooses to do after his playing days have ended.”

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