University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Tar Heels Named To All-ACC Academic Team
July 5, 2006 | Women's Lacrosse
July 5, 2006
by ACC Media Relations
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference has released the 2006 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse team, announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford. North Carolina posted four of its student-athletes to the squad: junior Brooke Dieringer, sophomore Jamie Hanssen, sophomore Erica LaGrow and junior Melissa McCarthy.
All six league schools competing in women's lacrosse are represented on the inaugural team, including nine student-athletes who received all-conference accolades. The Duke Blue Devils led all schools with nine honorees on this year's team. The Virginia Tech Hokies placed six student-athletes on the academic squad, followed by Boston College with five selections. Maryland, Carolina and Virginia rounded out the inaugural team with four honorees apiece.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
Players earning All-Conference honors this past spring were Duke's Katie Chrest, Leigh Jester, Michelle Menser and Kristen Waagbo, Maryland's Delia Cox, Carolina's McCarthy, Virginia's Tyler Leachman and Nikki Lieb and Virginia Tech's Lindsay Pieper.
The Blue Devils' Katie Chrest, the recipient of the ACC Player of the Year for the second year in a row and a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, led the league in goals per game with 3.05 and was third in points per game at 3.95. With 64 goals in her senior campaign, Chrest became Duke's all-time leading scorer with 216 goals, surpassing Tricia Martin's previous record of 161 career goals. The senior attackman leaves Duke as the school career leader in points (287) and shots (528) and second in assists with 71.
Virginia's Nikki Lieb was tabbed Defensive Middie of the Year by Inside Lacrosse. Lieb, a first-team All-American and a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, led the Cavaliers to their third conference championship and second in the last three years. The senior psychology major started all 19 games for Virginia leading the team in draw controls (43) and caused turnovers (22) and second on the team in groundballs (44).
In addition, Maryland's Delia Cox was named a second-team CoSIDA Academic District II All-American. Cox led the Terps in goals (60), points (82), shots (141) and shots on goal (105), while ranking second in assists with 22. Cox was also honored as a second-team All-American by IWLCA.
The 2006 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse team is as follows:
2006 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team
Laura Anderson, Duke
Lizette Blohm, Boston College
Katie Chrest, Duke
Delia Cox, Maryland
Brooke Dieringer, UNC
ritt Faulkner, Virginia Tech
Meghan Ferguson, Duke
Jacqueline Gray, Virginia Tech
Christina Griel, Virginia Tech
Kaitlin Hancock, Duke
Emily Hannigan, Boston College
Jamie Hanssen, UNC
Meghan Huether, Duke
Leigh Jester, Duke
Stephanie Jones, Virginia Tech
Elizabeth Kadison, Boston College
Erica LaGrow, UNC
Meredith Lazarus, Virginia
Tyler Leachman, Virginia
Nikki Lieb, Virginia
Melissa McCarthy, UNC
Michelle Menser, Duke
Ginger Miles, Virginia
Meghan Moorman, Maryland
Aiyana Newton, Duke
Lindsay Pieper, Virginia Tech
Kathryn Princiotta, Maryland
Mollie Reese, Maryland
Kathryn Schilling, Virginia Tech
Kristen Waagbo, Duke
Katherine Wagoner, Boston College
rooke Wilson, Boston College
