University of North Carolina Athletics
North Carolina's Yael Averbuch Named ACC Scholar-Athlete for Women's Soccer
February 28, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Feb. 28, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina's Yael Averbuch has been named the 2007 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's soccer, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced today.
The Scholar-Athlete Award was established this past September to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sport. Candidates for the award must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 during the last two semesters.
Averbuch, a psychology major, has played a pivotal role for the Tar Heels in each of her three years including the 2006 NCAA national championship season. In 2007, she helped lead UNC to its third straight ACC Championship title and 18th in the past 19 years. The Tar Heels also continued their NCAA streak, returning to the national postseason tournament for the 26th consecutive year. The junior midfielder was tabbed a first team All-ACC and consensus All-America selection for the second straight year. Averbuch, the 2006 National Player of the Year and ACC Player of the Year, is currently a member of the U.S. Women's National Team.
A native of Upper Montclair, N.J., Averbuch earned Academic All-America distinction and Academic All-District recognition from CoSIDA in 2007. She also collected her third All-ACC Academic accolade this year, one of seven ACC student-athletes who have been recognized every year since the award's inception in 2005-06.
North Carolina was the only school represented on the 2007 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, as Averbuch and Anna Rodenbough were named recipients for the national honor.
