Carolina Alumni Review - March/April 2007

Change in the Fast Lane

Cleveland Cavaliers. When a back injury led him to retire in 1995,

NASCAR is known for its

Southern white fans, but like a lot of old stereotypes, this one could change. Helping NASCAR accomplish this shift is NBA star Brad

PHOTO COURTESY ESPN

Daugherty ’ 86, host of the Pit

Studio Show on ESPN and part of the

NASCAR Drive for Diversity.

Daugherty followed his success on the UNC basketball court with five

NBA All-Star games for the

Former NBA star Brad Daugherty ’ 86 is now host of the Pit Studio

^Daugherty ^moved ^his ^attention ^toShow on ESPN and part of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity. the race track.

He’d grown up in Black Mountain, watching races with his dad and helping his uncle work on old cars and hot rods. He and his best friend, Robert Pressley, would take a break from shooting hoops to work with Pressley’s dad on his race cars and to help at the races.

know what we were doing, but Robert won a race at the National at Rougemont, won 13 or 14 Busch races, and the rest is history.”

“When I made it in the NBA, I had achieved my dreams,” Daugherty explains, “so I decided to help Rob pursue his dream. We built a Busch Grand National car in 1988. We went out, as rookies, didn’t

SPORTS

Since then, Daugherty, who received the GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award in 2004, has helped a number of racers get their start, and now he’ll help NASCAR in its struggle to become more inclusive. “It’s not a stick-and-ball sport,” he says. “An urban kid can pick up a ball, and it doesn’t cost anything but time. With racing, you need to understand the culture and the technology. Still, I’m disappointed that there aren’t more opportunities for minorities. It’s time for the sport to grow and come into the 21st century.”

She Played On

Carla Overbeck ’ 90 was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006 by Tony DiCicco, the head coach who watched her captain the U.S. Women’s team to victory at the first Women’s World Cup in 1991.

at UNC and continued to star as a professional athlete. Then, in 2000, she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disease that causes hyperactive thyroid.

“Carla set the standard for our team,” DiCicco told the audience. “As captain she was determined to make the team a family and, because of it, we were a better team.” DiCicco also noted that Overbeck’s ability to draw people together rests on her drive. She was one of two players to play every minute of the 1995 Women’s World Cup, 1996 Olympics and the 1999 Women’s World Cup. In 1996, as captain of the team that took the Olympic gold, Overbeck played in 63 consecutive international games, a record for any U.S. national team player.

Several years before her illness, she played professional soccer during the beginning of a pregnancy. She trained for the 2000 Olympics with the same determination. “It was hard for me,” Overbeck recalls. “I was trying to train at an elite level, but I was just dragging.” The medication helped her play all out on a team that came home with the silver medal.

A hard player since she began on the Dallas Sting at the age of 11, Overbeck was a member of four NCAA championship teams

Overbeck does not dwell on her ongoing battle with Graves’ disease. Retired from professional soccer, she continues to work as an assistant coach at Duke. She sees her role as a guide and an inspiration to the women who will continue to grow in strength and skill in a sport that is now officially the domain of elite athletes, male or female.

HEALTH CARE
Hope for Addiction
and Depression

Often when his research hits the news, Ivy Carroll ’ 61 (PhD) finds himself apologizing to family members who want to know where they can find a new medication he’s investigating.

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