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The fourth head coach in Carolina Softball history, Papa won Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season titles and Coach-of-the-Year honors five times and led the Tar Heels to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances.
Elizabeth Culton's grandfather made his mark on Carolina in 1972 when he was an assistant athletics director the year the University established its first seven varsity women's sports. She is now building her own legacy as an All-American gymnast at Carolina.
At around 9 years old, Elizabeth Culton attended her first North Carolina gymnastics meet with her parents, both of whom are Tar Heel alumni. Awestruck, she leaned over to her grandfather, Bill Cobey, one of UNC’s past athletic directors, and said the wishful words that would one day come true. “I told him I wanted...