Tar Heels Place 262 On ACC Academic Honor Roll

August 13, 2010 | General

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Aug. 13, 2010

UNC on the 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll (PDF Format)

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A total of 262 North Carolina student-athletes have been named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll for 2009-10, announced Friday by ACC Commissioner John Swofford. The 54th annual list includes more than 2,700 student-athletes from the 12 conference schools.

The Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year. The conference acknowledged 2,761 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2009-10 academic year.

Duke led the league with 424 selections. Boston College followed with 363. Maryland was third with 277 honorees, while North Carolina came in fourth with 262. Virginia had 246 student-athletes on the list, followed by Florida State with 216. Clemson and Virginia Tech each had 209 student-athletes recognized. NC State (168), Georgia Tech (155) and Wake Forest (149) and Miami (83) rounded out the list.

The 2009-10 Academic Honor Roll features 27 ACC Players of the Year. Those student-athletes include Clemson's Patricia Mamona (women's outdoor field); Duke's Lindy Duncan (women's golf) and Abby Johnston (women's diving); Florida State's Brianna Barry (volleyball), Susan Kuijken (women's cross country), Tiffany McCarty (women's soccer offensive) and Kim Williams (women's indoor field); Georgia Tech's Irina Falconi (women's tennis), Gal Nevo (men's swimming) and Jen Yee (softball); Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden (women's lacrosse), Hudson Taylor (wrestling) and Emma Thomas (field hockey defensive); North Carolina's Mateo Sossah (men's indoor field); Virginia's Jennifer Cromwell, Katrin Reinert, Desiree Burns, Martha Kuzzy, Helen Tompkins, Nora Phillips, Summers Nelson (rowing crew members), Mei Christensen (women's swimming), Emil Heineking (men's cross country), Danny Hultzen (baseball pitcher), Ben Kohles (men's golf) and Monica Wright (women's basketball and women's basketball defensive); and Virginia Tech's Alexander Ziegler (men's outdoor field).

The league has eight Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll including Duke's Juliet Bottorff (women's cross country), Lindy Duncan (women's golf), Brinson Paolini (men's golf), Marcus Stroman (baseball) and Andrew Wenger (men's soccer); Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann (women's lacrosse); North Carolina's Marcus Holman (men's lacrosse); and NC State's Marissa Kastanek (women's basketball).

North Carolina student-athletes on the 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll:

Eddie Ababio 2 Soccer; Michelle Ahn 1 Golf; Jordan Allyne 2 Golf; Joe Alter 1 Fencing; Maryam Amuda 1 Rowing; Shelby Austin 2 Rowing; Rena Avramidis 1 Rowing; Kyle Baker 1 Tennis; Colin Bates 4 Baseball; Shannon Beamon 1 Fencing; Brittany Bennett 1 Fencing; Erin Berg 1 Rowing; Alexandra Biggers 1 Rowing; Shelbey Bleke 2 Volleyball; Isabel Blue 1 Rowing; Caroline Boneparth 4 Soccer; Marion Boulicault 1 Fencing; Alexandra Box 1 Rowing; Austin Bradyhouse 4 Swimming/Diving; Andy Brake 2 Swimming/Diving; Jessica Breland 1 Basketball; Teryn Brill 2 Field Hockey; Kelsey Brinkman 1 Field Hockey; Layne Brodie 1 Swimming/Diving; Heather Brooks 3 Volleyball; Rebecca Brooks 1 Swimming/Diving; Amber Brooks 1 Soccer; Taylor Brown 2 Gymnastics; Casey Burns 4 Field Hockey; Anastasia Bury 1 Rowing; Curtis Byrd 3 Football; Tyler Caldwell 1 Football; Kara Cannizzaro 1 Lacrosse; Kristen Carr 1 Lacrosse; Katie Cavins 1 Rowing; Andrew Cekuta 3 Wrestling; Emily Chapin 1 Rowing; May-Lynne Chen-Contino 4 Fencing; Taylor Chumney 3 Lacrosse; Matt Conte 1 Lacrosse; Sarah Cook 2 Rowing; Candace Cooper 1 Swimming/Diving; Logan Corey 2 Lacrosse; Ashley Cox 1 Rowing; Seth Crabtree 1 Fencing; Alex Cremer 2 Track; Alex Crisp 1 Football; Jessica Crumpler 2 Rowing; Adam Cunningham 3 Track