History

Player Highlights

Five former club members were in training with the U.S. National Team preparing for the 1996 Olympics, and two UNC alumni, John Keller, and Steven Penn, were starting members of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team Handball Team. Chrysandra Watts was a starter on the Women's Olympic Team and eventually served as a team captain.

CTHC goalie Tim Ammer trained and played with the USA Men's National Team from 1993-1994 and from 1995-1996. He played with the USA National Team in the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburgh, Russia, and was named first alternate for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.

In the summer of 2000 three Carolina players, Glenn Brooks, Robert Mayfield, and Jon-Breck Sampson, represented the United States in the Pan American games in Brazil. The USA Pan-Am team qualified for the 2001 World Championships in France, where Mayfield served as the Assistant Coach, while Sampson and CTHC player Bill Bigham were members of the National Team.

Carolina players Oye Orija and Charles Schuettinger represented the United States at the 2001 Jr. Pan-Am Games in Atlanta. In August 2002 Sampson and Wade Sutton were named to the USA Team Handball Pan-Am Championship Team. During the summer of 2003 Sampson, Kevin Williams and Blake Cloninger trained with the U.S. National Team. Sampson and Williams were named to the 2003 USA Pan American Games Team. Williams secured the starting spot at right wing. In the Bronze Medal Game in Santa Domingo, Williams helped the USA team to victory, scoring four goals. In the summer of 2004 Williams also participated in the Pan-Am Games in Chile.

In 2005 Alex McGlynn represented Carolina on the Junior National Team in Sweden and Denmark. Playing backcourt positions, he helped lead the team to two Silver Medal finishes in the B Final. McGlynn was named the “2005 USOC Male Athlete of the Year” for Team Handball and was a member the Men's National Team.

In 2018, Aaron Hamm was selected to play for the U21 National Team and played in Chicago and Kosovo in the International Handball Federation Trophy Tournament. In 2019, Hamm competed and contributed significantly in the backcourt and on defense in the World Championships held in Vigo, Spain.

The summer of 2022 saw Carolina Team Handball sophomore Connor Reed play with the USA Junior National Team in Mexico City. Reed contributed in all four matches scoring an international goal, and helped the U.S. Junior National Team qualify for the 2023 Junior World Championships in Germany and Greece in the summer of 2023. At the 2023 Junior World Championships Reed contributed to the USA Junior National Team securing playing time and demonstrating a strong defensive presence.

At the 2024 Collegiate National Championships (CNC) sophomore Jonathan Nwokwji was voted the tournament's Most Valuable Goalie Award. His consistent stellar play was characterized by point blank saves and several penalty shot saves.

Also in the 2024 CNC, senior Jackson Tumbarello was voted to the Division I All Tournamant Team. Tumbarello was a force in the backcourt and demonstrated his versatility by running as goalie and court player in the seven man offense.