Gainesville, Fla. ----- University of North Carolina women's tennis player Kate Pinchbeck has been named the Southeast region's winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship. The award goes to a player who has exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements.

Pinchbeck, ranked 13th in the country entering this week's NCAA team championships in Gainesville, Fla., is 14-7 and plays No. 1 singles for the 11th-ranked Tar Heels.

Carolina faces No. 4 California today at the Ring Tennis Complex in the NCAA Tournament round of 16. Pinchbeck will also compete next week in the NCAA Singles Championship.