University of North Carolina Athletics
Five Tar Heels Tapped For All-ACC Academic
June 24, 2014 | Men's Lacrosse, Academics, Student-Athlete Development
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Five members of the University of North Carolina's 2014 men's lacrosse team were named Tuesday morning to the All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse Team, as announced by Commissioner John Swofford.
Four Tar Heel players were named to the All-ACC Academic Team for multiple years. Junior defenseman Jake Bailey and junior attackman Joey Sankey were both named to the team for the third time. Junior attackman Jimmy Bitter and senior short-stick defensive midfielder Ryan Creighton both earned their second nods.
The fifth Tar Heel on the All-ACC Academic Team was freshman midfielder Shane Simpson.
All six of the league's men's lacrosse programs are represented on the All-ACC Academic Team, led by Duke with seven selections. Notre Dame followed with six student-athletes on team, while North Carolina, Syracuse and Virginia each placed five on the team and Maryland with four.
Duke's Christian Walsh joined Wolf as a four-time All-ACC Academic honoree, while teammate Chris Hipps, North Carolina's Jake Bailey and Joey Sankey, and Virginia's Robert Emery and Owen Van Arsdale are all three-time selections.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.
The complete list of honorees follows:
2014 All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse Team
Jordan Wolf (4) Sr. History Duke
Deemer Class (2) So. Sociology Duke
Brendan Fowler (2) Sr. Sociology Duke
Casey Carroll GS MBA Duke
Christian Walsh (4) Sr. History Duke
Will Haus Jr. Sociology Duke
Chris Hipps (3) Sr. History Duke
Connor Cannizzaro Fr. Letters & Science Maryland
Matthew Dunn (2) So. Business Maryland
Michael Ikeda Jr. Family Science Maryland
Henry West So. Letters & Science Maryland
Jake Bailey (3) Jr. Journalism North Carolina
Jimmy Bitter (2) Jr. Journalism North Carolina
Ryan Creighton (2) Sr. Business Admin. North Carolina
Joey Sankey (3) Jr. Journalism North Carolina
Shane Simpson Fr. Undecided North Carolina
Douglas Hopkins Sr. Finance Notre Dame
James Marlatt Sr. Finance Notre Dame
Liam O'Connor Sr. Finance Notre Dame
Stephen O'Hara Sr. Finance Notre Dame
Sergio Perkovic Fr. Undeclared Notre Dame
John Scioscia Sr. Finance Notre Dame
Peter Macartney R-Jr. Accounting, Finance Syracuse
Derek Maltz Sr. Public Relations Syracuse
Brandon Mullins R-So. Finance Syracuse
Kevin Rice Jr. History Syracuse
Billy Ward Sr. Health & Exercise Science Syracuse
Robert Emery (3) Sr. Economics Virginia
Chris LaPierre GS Accounting Virginia
Joseph Lisicky GS Accounting Virginia
Ryan Tucker (2) Jr. History Virginia
Owen Van Arsdale (3) Sr. Commerce Virginia
(#) - Career All-ACC Academic Honors
