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Carolina Honors Athletic Director's Scholar-Athletes
February 27, 2024 | Academics
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Twenty-seven outstanding Tar Heels were announced and honored on Monday night as UNC's 2023-24 Athletic Director's Scholar-Athletes, an award that recognizes selected Tar Heel student-athletes for outstanding academic achievement.
All have represented their teams with distinction, balancing the demands of participating in a varsity sport while also excelling academically. Most of the honorees are seniors, but in some cases an outstanding junior is selected.
Women's track and field senior McKenna Brunick earned the honor for the second year in a row.
The 2023-24 honorees are:
Ahmad Al-Qaq, Men's Soccer
Patrick Anderson, Men's Cross Country
Natalia Aseguinolaza, Women's Golf
Reilly Casey, Women's Lacrosse
Ty Castro, Men's Track and Field
McKenna Brunick, Women's Track and Field
RJ Davis, Men's Basketball
Dorrit Eisenbeis, Field Hockey
Emerson Elgin, Women's Soccer
Christopher Holliday, Football
Lydia Houle, Rowing
Jacob Knapp, Baseball
Jack Loftus, Men's Lacrosse
Sofia Molho, Women's Fencing
Alec Mulvaney, Men's Fencing
Peter Murphy, Men's Tennis
Sasha Neglia, Women's Cross Country
Marisol Nugent, Wrestling
Carson Overbeck, Volleyball
Kiannah Pierce, Softball
Boyd Poelke, Men's Swimming and Diving
Chris Salazar, Wrestling
Elizabeth Scotty, Women's Tennis
Jamie Shearer, Gymnastics
Ryan Smith, Men's Golf
Alyssa Ustby, Women's Basketball
Kat Ward, Women's Swimming and Diving
All have represented their teams with distinction, balancing the demands of participating in a varsity sport while also excelling academically. Most of the honorees are seniors, but in some cases an outstanding junior is selected.
Women's track and field senior McKenna Brunick earned the honor for the second year in a row.
The 2023-24 honorees are:
Ahmad Al-Qaq, Men's Soccer
Patrick Anderson, Men's Cross Country
Natalia Aseguinolaza, Women's Golf
Reilly Casey, Women's Lacrosse
Ty Castro, Men's Track and Field
McKenna Brunick, Women's Track and Field
RJ Davis, Men's Basketball
Dorrit Eisenbeis, Field Hockey
Emerson Elgin, Women's Soccer
Christopher Holliday, Football
Lydia Houle, Rowing
Jacob Knapp, Baseball
Jack Loftus, Men's Lacrosse
Sofia Molho, Women's Fencing
Alec Mulvaney, Men's Fencing
Peter Murphy, Men's Tennis
Sasha Neglia, Women's Cross Country
Marisol Nugent, Wrestling
Carson Overbeck, Volleyball
Kiannah Pierce, Softball
Boyd Poelke, Men's Swimming and Diving
Chris Salazar, Wrestling
Elizabeth Scotty, Women's Tennis
Jamie Shearer, Gymnastics
Ryan Smith, Men's Golf
Alyssa Ustby, Women's Basketball
Kat Ward, Women's Swimming and Diving
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