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Three Tar Heels Win ITA National Awards

TEMPE, Ariz. – On Monday, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its national award winners.

Fiona Crawley has been named the ITA National Player of the Year, Anika Yarlagadda won the 2023 ITA Most Improved Senior Award and North Carolina head coach Brian Kalbas has been named the 2023 Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year.

In 2022-23, Crawley achieved what may have been the most successful collegiate season in women's tennis. Over the course of the year, Crawley won two grand slam singles events in the fall, she was ranked the No.