Aug. 11, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A total of 274 North Carolina student-athletes have been named to the 2008-09 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced recently by ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford. The 53rd-annual edition of the list includes a record 2,772 student-athletes from the 12 conference schools.
The ACC Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes that participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year.
Duke led the conference in total selections with 418. Boston College followed with 392. North Carolina was third with 274 honorees, while Maryland was fourth with 271. Virginia saw 224 student-athletes earn spots on the list, followed by Clemson (209), Virginia Tech (190), NC State (178), Georgia Tech (175), Florida State (165), Wake Forest (146) and Miami (128).
The 2008-09 Academic Honor Roll features 24 ACC Players of the Year. Those student-athletes include Boston College's Mark Herzlich (football defensive); Clemson's Meg Bendek, Brittany Cummings , Jessica Leidecker, Michelle Nance and Grace Wolff (rowing crew members); Duke's Chante Black (women's basketball defender), Amanda Blumenherst (women's golf) and Ned Crotty (men's lacrosse); Florida State's Jean-Yves Aubone (men's tennis), Charles Clark (men's track), Sarah Hamilton (softball pitcher), Susan Kuiijken (women's cross country) and Kim Williams (women's field); Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden (women's lacrosse), Katie O'Donnell (field hockey offensive) and Susie Rowe (field hockey defensive); Miami's Reuben Ross (men's diving); NC State's Kristin Davies (women's diving); Virginia's Mei Christensen (women's swimming); Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison (women's track and field); and Wake Forest's Michael Bingham (men's indoor track), Ike Opara (men's soccer defensive) and Natalie Sheary (women's golf).
The 12 ACC Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll include Duke's Mallory Cecil (women's tennis); Florida State's Tiffany McCarty (women's soccer); Georgia Tech's Kelsi Weseman (softball), Miami's Lane Carico (volleyball), NC State's Russell Wilson (football offensive), Virginia's Morgane Gay (women's track and field), Danny Hultzen (baseball) and Tony Tchani (men's soccer); Virginia Tech's Will Mulherin (men's track), Abigail Schaffer (women's indoor track) and Luke Somen (men's tennis) and Wake Forest's Anna Nosenko (women's cross country).
Tar Heels named to the 2008-09 ACC Academic Honor Roll
(Number is years on the list)
North Carolina (274): Christina Abruzzini 3 - Fencing; Ryan Adeleye 2 - Soccer ; Jordan Allyne 1 - Golf; Shardae Anderson 1 - Track; Shelby Austin 1 - Rowing; Brock Baker 4 - Track; Marie Balboa 1 - Rowing; Anna Ballance 2 - Fencing; Patrick Barrett 1 - Golf; Laura Barry 3 - Basketball; Colin Bates 3 - Baseball; Aubrette Biegel 3 - Swimming & Diving; Connor Blair 1 - Track; Timothy Blaisdell 2 - Fencing; Shelbey Bleke 1 - Volleyball; Caroline Boneparth 3 - Soccer; Caley Booth 2 - Track; Mary Borgo 3 - Fencing; Megan Bosica 1 - Lacrosse; Addie Bracy 2 - Track; Austin Bradyhouse 3 - Swimming & Diving; Andy Brake 1 - Swimming & Diving; Jocelyn Brault 3 - Lacrosse; Teryn Brill 1 - Field Hockey; Danielle Brock 1 - Track; Heather Brooks 2 - Volleyball; Katie Brooks 4 - Lacrosse; Laura Broomfield 1 - Basketball; Breanna Brown 3 - Softball; Taylor Brown 1 - Gymnastics; Hank Browning 1 - Swimming & Diving; Casey Burns 3 - Field Hockey; Michael Burns 3 - Lacrosse; Trinity Bursey 1 - Basketball; Curtis Byrd 2 - Football; Andrew Cekuta 2 - Wrestling; May-Lynne Chen-Contino 3 - Fencing; Taylor Chumney 2 - Lacrosse; Meghan Clarke 1 - Lacrosse; Sarah Cook 1 - Rowing; Jonathan Cooper 1 - Football; Logan Corey 1 - Lacrosse; Lauren Cosentino 1 - Lacrosse; Rebecca Crabb 1 - Soccer; Sydney Crane 4 - Golf; Alexander Cremer 1 - Track; Andrew Crone 1 - Tennis; Jessica Crumpler 1 - Rowing; Adam Cunningham 2 - Track; John Curtiss 1 - Track; Tommy D'Alessandro 3 - Lacrosse; Chad Dalton 2 - Soccer ; Kelly Davies 2 - Volleyball; Corban Davis 1 - Fencing; Jarrett Davis 1 - Soccer ; Kimmy Davis 4 - Swimming & Diving; Zack Dawson 3 - Track; Zach DeVault 2 - Swimming & Diving;
Corey Donohoe 2 - Lacrosse; Brian Doran 2 - Track; Andi Drabot 3 - Rowing; Elizabeth Drazdowski 3 - Field Hockey; Carly Dressler 3 - Rowing; Dennis Drury 1 - Wrestling; Bill Dworsky 3 - Soccer ; Lowell Dyer 3 - Football; Alya Elsayed-Ali 1 - Rowing; Whitney Engen 3 - Soccer; Kristi Eveland 3 - Soccer; Amber Falcone 2 - Lacrosse; Katelyn Falgowski 1 - Field Hockey; Meg Fanjoy 1 - Tennis; Shinann Featherston 1 - Tennis; Kevin Federico 2 - Lacrosse; Brie Felnagle 1 - Track; Jocelyn Ffriend 1 - Tennis; Ryan Flanagan 2 - Lacrosse; Taylor Fogleman 2 - Tennis; Tyler Ford 1 - Track; Riley Foster 2 - Field Hockey; Morgan Fox 1 - Volleyball; Alyssa Francona 2 - Softball; Laura Frings 1 - Rowing; Bryant Gaines 1 - Baseball; Jase Gehring 1 - Fencing; Benjamin Gellis 3 - Fencing; Pell George 4 - Lacrosse; Gabby Gioia 2 - Track; Jay Goss 1 - Fencing; Sophie Grabinski 2 - Tennis; Kelsey Grich 1 - Rowing; Alex Grigorenko 2 - Fencing; Robert Grimmett-Norris 2 - Swimming & Diving; Alex Hamilton 1 - Swimming & Diving; Tyler Hansbrough 1 - Basketball; Kelvin Hardesty 1 - Track; Ashlyn Harris 4 - Soccer; Hanes Harris 4 - Tennis; Tyler Harris 1 - Swimming & Diving; Caroline Hartmann 2 - Swimming & Diving; Katura Harvey 2 - Swimming & Diving; Gali Hashmonay 1 - Rowing; Ali Hawkins 3 - Soccer; Cara Hayes 1 - Track; Daniel Helena 1 - Wrestling; Haley Hemm 1 - Tennis; Whitney Hileman 2 - Rowing; Ashley Hill 3 - Track; Kaci Hollingsworth 1 - Swimming & Diving; Ashley Howard 2 - Swimming & Diving; Joe Howard 2 - Lacrosse; Dylan Hubbard 2 - Fencing; Chris Hunt 2 - Lacrosse; Jeremy Hyder 4 - Track; Mike Ingersoll 1 - Football; Alex Ismail 2 - Swimming & Diving; Sean Jackson 1 - Lacrosse; Kristina Jacob 3 - Gymnastics;
Jeff James 3 - Swimming & Diving; Stephanie Jansma 4 - Volleyball; Krista Jasper 2 - Gymnastics; Ryan Johnson 2 - Soccer ; Courtney Johnston 1 - Volleyball; Kyle Jolly 1 - Football; Flynn Jones 1 - Swimming & Diving; Katie Keel 1 - Swimming & Diving; Emmit Kellar 2 - Lacrosse; Daniel Keller 2 - Track; Alex Kenley 4 - Swimming & Diving; JeeHo Kim 1 - Fencing; Monica Kim 1 - Fencing; Abby Kimball 3 - Track; Jackie Kintzer 1 - Field Hockey; Meghan Klingenberg 2 - Soccer; Christine Knauer 3 - Softball; Ryan Kotowski 1 - Lacrosse; Victor Leclere 1 - Swimming & Diving; Elizabeth Lindley 1 - Gymnastics; Melissa Litschi 2 - Fencing; Michelle Lutz 1 - Track; Linzee Mabrey 3 - Tennis; Chase MacFarland 4 - Golf; Peter Mangum 1 - Football; Helen Marino 3 - Fencing; Sarah Martin 1 - Rowing; Jordan Mays 1 - Rowing; Rashanda McCants 2 - Basketball; Lindsay McIlvain 4 - Swimming & Diving; Brittany McKinney 1 - Softball; Jason McLaughlin 1 - Swimming & Diving; Megan McMullin 3 - Rowing; Louise McNutt 2 - Field Hockey; Blair Meiggs 1 - Rowing; Ashley Miller 2 - Swimming & Diving; Brad Mitchell 2 - Swimming & Diving; Jenna Moore 1 - Swimming & Diving; Mandy Moraca 1 - Soccer; Annie Moran 1 - Fencing; Tyler Morton 1 - Lacrosse; Elizabeth Mott 1 - Track; Kasey Munson 2 - Rowing; Stephanie Murad 3 - Softball; Jeff Muscatello 1 - Lacrosse; Kevin Nadeau 1 - Fencing; Sarah Neal 1 - Rowing; Michelle Newman 1 - Track; Meredith Newton 2 - Lacrosse; Christine Nguyen 1 - Gymnastics; Anna Noguchi 1 - Rowing; Caleb Pardue 3 - Fencing; Brock Park 1 - Swimming & Diving; Chelsea Parks 3 - Lacrosse; Lindsay Paterniti 2 - Rowing; Kevin Piegare 2 - Lacrosse; Margaret Pentrack 1 - Golf; Marie Pesacreta 1 - Swimming & Diving; Chip Peterson 3 - Swimming & Diving; Gavin Petracca 2 - Lacrosse; James Petracca 1 - Lacrosse; Emmalie Pfankuch 1 - Soccer; Zack Pianalto 1 - Football; Nicole Pitcavage 1 - Rowing;
Sam Pompei 3 - Track; Callie Pottinger 2 - Track; John Powell 4 - Fencing; Nicole Powell 1 - Basketball; Katy Pritchett 4 - Swimming & Diving; Lauren Prussing 4 - Volleyball; Vinny Pryor 1 - Swimming & Diving; Andrew Pyke 2 - Lacrosse; Morgan Randall 3 - Football; Will Randolph 3 - Fencing; Laura Reichert 4 - Tennis; Alexa Revord 1 - Track; Anna Roberts 2 - Softball; Brittany Robinson 1 - Softball; Kristi Roblin 1 - Rowing; Anna Rodenbough 4 - Soccer; Jarrett Rodrigues 2 - Fencing; JoAnne Rogers 1 - Rowing; Michael Rollins 1 - Track; Andrew Rotz 2 - Track; Laura Ruscoe 1 - Swimming & Diving; Jenn Russell 1 - Lacrosse; Patti Sanders 2 - Fencing; Yi-Khy Saw 3 - Swimming & Diving; Jennifer Sawicki 2 - Fencing; Erica Schiffler 2 - Swimming & Diving; Rachel Schneider 3 - Gymnastics; Kate Scholl 2 - Field Hockey; Emma Shaw 1 - Rowing; Jeremy Shaw 3 - Wrestling; Colin Sherwood 2 - Lacrosse; David Skwerer 1 - Fencing; Parker Smith 2 - Track; Sterling Smith 3 - Soccer; David Solarz 3 - Swimming & Diving; Chandler Sours 4 - Rowing; Mark Staines 1 - Lacrosse; Megan Steeves 3 - Swimming & Diving; Morgan Stengel 4 - Track; J.B. Tanner 2 - Basketball; Sarah Tanner 1 - Swimming & Diving; Kelly Taylor 3 - Lacrosse; Kristen Taylor 3 - Lacrosse; Ryan Taylor 1 - Football; Chandler Thomas 1 - Swimming & Diving; Kate Thomas 2 - Golf; Joel Thompson 1 - Fencing; Hannah Thurman 2 - Fencing; Emily Troup 3 - Softball;
Katrina Tsang 3 - Tennis; Emily Urquhart 1 - Rowing; Kirk Urso 1 - Soccer ; Jennifer Valby 2 - Gymnastics; Andrius Valiunas 1 - Fencing; Britt van Beek 2 - Field Hockey; Christine Vaughen 2 - Volleyball; Javier Velez 3 - Soccer ; Ashley Verplank 1 - Track; Jessica Wacker 4 - Fencing; Mark Waddle 2 - Fencing; Malai Walker 1 - Track; Brittany Walsh 2 - Rowing; Adam Warren 4 - Baseball; Joshua Washburn 1 - Football; Monica Welsh-Loveman 2 - Soccer; Jacob Wescoe 1 - Soccer ; Kelli Wheeler 1 - Softball; Allie White 1 - Golf; Audrey Whitmeyer-Weathers 2 - Rowing; Maclane Wilkison 3 - Tennis; Kaitlin Williamson 2 - Fencing; Katherine Williamson 2 - Rowing; Michael Wilson 1 - Swimming & Diving; Shannon Wilson 2 - Rowing; David Winer 2 - Fencing; Paige Wolf 2 - Rowing; Chris Woltz 1 - Wrestling; Katie Wood 4 - Rowing; Rachel Wood 1 - Soccer; Ruby Woodside 3 - Rowing; Jack Wooten 2 - Basketball; Kara Wright 3 - Gymnastics; Sarah York 1 - Fencing; Caitlin Young 1 - Lacrosse; Henry Zaytoun III 2 - Golf; Bobby Ziechmann 1 - Fencing; Kevin Ziechmann 1 - Fencing; Tyler Zeller 1 - Basketball; Laura Zimmerman 1 - Lacrosse; Grant Zimmerman 3 - Lacrosse; David Zolno 2 - Swimming & Diving; Chelsea Zurl 1 - Rowing
