GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference and league commissioner John Swofford announced the league’s 59th Honor Roll, which recognizes academic excellence by student-athletes during the 2014-15 academic year.
Exactly 238 student-athletes at Virginia Tech made the Honor Roll, which is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade-point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year. The conference recognized a record 4,147 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year.
Duke led all schools with 478 student-athletes recognized. Boston College followed with 416 honorees, and Notre Dame saw 414 student-athletes achieve Honor Roll acclaim.
Twenty-six student-athletes earned ACC Honor Roll status for the fifth time, including Virginia Tech’s Devin Carter (wrestling), Courtney Dobbs (cross country), Shannon Mayrose (soccer) and Alex Watt (cross country). The rest of the group included Clemson’s Kevin Pohle (baseball); Duke’s Erica Brand (track & field), Kelby Brown (football), Phil Fairleigh (track & field/cross country), Dillon Haviland (baseball), Chris Mengel (tennis), Mike Rosenfeld (baseball), Jessie Rubin (track & field/cross country), Shannon Sullivan (track & field/cross country) and Meghan Thomas (soccer); Florida State’s Elizabeth Ichite (track & field/cross country); Georgia Tech’s Anders Albertson (golf), Alec Clifford (track & field/cross country) and Ollie Schniederjans (golf); North Carolina’s Kristin Aloi (gymnastics), Acacia Cosentino (gymnastics), Lianne Farber (track & field/cross country) and Mike Jacobs (cross country); NC State’s Ivan Sanchez Gomez (tennis), Tyler Purvis (football) and Jule Rich (track & field), and Wake Forest’s Jordan Garside (football).
A total of 25 ACC Women’s 2014-15 Performers of the Year were honored, including Virginia Tech’s Kaylea Arnett (women’s diving). The rest of this list included Boston College’s Olivia Adragna (fencing co-epee) and Liv Westphal (cross country); Duke’s Megan Clark (indoor field), Leona Maguire (golf), Elizabeth Williams (basketball defensive) and Kesley Williams (volleyball setter); Florida State’s Dagny Brynjarsdottir (soccer), Colleen Quigley (outdoor track) and Lacey Waldrop (softball pitcher); Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell (swimming); Miami’s Savanah Leaf (volleyball); North Carolina’s Ece Taner (volleyball defensive), Jamie Loeb (women’s tennis) and Gillian Litynski (fencing sabre); Notre Dame’s Barbara Sullivan (lacrosse defensive), Emilee Koerner (softball), Ashley Severson (fencing co-epee) and Lee Kiefer (foil); Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor (lacrosse offensive); Virginia’s Erin Briggs (rowing crew), Tessa Dikkers (rowing crew), Georgia Ratcliff (rowing crew) and Lizzy Youngling (rowing crew); and Wake Forest’s Georgia Holland (field hockey defensive).
The Honor Roll features 13 ACC Men’s 2014-15 Performers of the Year in Clemson’s Matthew Crownover (baseball pitcher); Duke’s Sean Davis (soccer midfielder); Georgia Tech’s Schniederjans (golf); Miami’s Samuel Dorman (diving); NC State’s John Addison (outdoor field) and Nick Gwiazdowski (wrestling); Notre Dame’s Garrett McGrath (fencing epee), Ariel DeSmet (fencing foil) Jonathan Fitzgerald (fencing sabre), Patrick Hodan (soccer offensive) and Matt Landis (lacrosse defensive); Syracuse’s Martin Hehir (cross country) and Kevin Rice (lacrosse offensive).
The league saw 10 ACC Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll: Duke’s Justin Guterding (men’s lacrosse) and Maguire (women’s golf), Florida State’s Chelsea Jarvis (indoor track & field) Louisville’s Brendan McKay (baseball) and Tim Kubel (men’s soccer), Miami’s Brad Kaaya (football), North Carolina’s Caroline Alcorta (women’s cross country) and Megan Buckingham (women’s soccer), NC State’s Anton Ipsen (men’s swimming and diving) and Virginia’s Rachel Vander Kolk (women’s lacrosse).
Here is a complete listing of the Virginia Tech student-athletes who made the Honor Roll (the number beside the student-athlete’s name is the number of times the student-athlete made the Honor Roll in his her career):
Baseball (16)
Ryan Burns 2.............. Baseball
Matt Dauby 2..... Baseball
Connor Coward 1....... Baseball
Tyler Fitzgerald 1...... Baseball
Sam Fragale 2........... Baseball
Brendon Hayden 1.... Baseball
Garrett Hudson 2...... Baseball
Sean Kennedy 1........ Baseball
Sean Keselica 1........ Baseball
Andrew Mogg 2......... Baseball
Erik Payne 1............... Baseball
Luke Scherzer 1......... Baseball
Phil Sciretta 2............ Baseball
Joey Sullivan 1..... Baseball
Ryan Tufts 1............... Baseball
Jon Woodcock 2 … Baseball
Men’s basketball (5)
Christian Beyer 2... Basketball
Greg Donlon 2........ Basketball
Ahmed Hill 1.......... Basketball
William Johnston 4 Basketball
Devin Wilson 1...... Basketball
Women’s basketball (6)
Rachel Camp 1....... Basketball
Kelsey Conyers 3.... Basketball
Samantha Hill 2.... Basketball
Regan Magarity 1.. Basketball
Tara Nahodil 2....... Basketball
Vanessa Panousis 2 Basketball
Men’s cross country (10)
Darren Barlow 2 Cross Country
Juan Campos 3.. Cross Country
George Carter 2. Cross Country
Vincent Ciattei 2 Cross Country
Thomas Curtin 2 Cross Country
Andrew Gaiser 2 Cross Country
Neil Gourley 2... Cross Country
Daniel Jaskowak 2 Cross Country
Brent Musselman 1 Cross Country
Daniel Rau 1...... Cross Country
Women’s cross country (10)
Courtney Dobbs 5 Cross Country
Hanna Green 2.. Cross Country
Marie Johnston 1 Cross Country
Hilary Krein 1..... Cross Country
Paige Kvartunas 2 Cross Country
Shalonda Mitchell 2 Cross Country
Abigail Motley 2 Cross Country
Tessa Riley 1..... Cross Country
Katarina Smiljanec 3 Cross Country
Alex Watt 5......... Cross Country
Football (19)
Dewayne Alford 2...... Football
Michael Brainard II 2 Football
Michael Brewer 1...... Football
Chuck Clark 1.............. Football
Kalvin Cline 1............. Football
Michael Cole 3........... Football
J.C. Coleman 2.............. Football
Josh Eberly 1............... Football
Andrew Ford 1............ Football
Eric Gallo 1................. Football
Eddie D'Antuono 1.... Football
Carson Wise 1............ Football
C.J. Reavis 1.................. Football
Colt Pettit 1............ Football
Matt Hill 1........... Football
Sam Rogers 2.............. Football
Michael Santamaria 1 Football
Wyatt Teller 1............. Football
Josh Trimble 3............ Football
Men’s golf (6)
Ian Hildebrand 1............... Golf
Maclain Huge 3................. Golf
Drew Johnson 2............. Golf
Joey Lane 2.................... Golf
Ryan Mondy 1..................... Golf
Dan Woodbury 1........... Golf
Lacrosse (24)
Kelsey Allen 2............ Lacrosse
Meg Bartley 2.... Lacrosse
Jack Boissonneault 2.... Lacrosse
Cawley Bromley 3...... Lacrosse
Mary Claire Byrne 1.................. Lacrosse
Laney Clarke 3.............. Lacrosse
Maddie Doan 1........ Lacrosse
Tara Feehan 2............ Lacrosse
Gracee Hendrix 2....... Lacrosse
Kristen Kohles 1........ Lacrosse
Kristine Loscalzo 1.... Lacrosse
Claiborne Lucas 2...... Lacrosse
Haley Lukefahr 1....... Lacrosse
Meghan Macera 3..... Lacrosse
Carly Primo 1.............. Lacrosse
Xani Shultis 1.. Lacrosse
Hannah Sieger 3........ Lacrosse
Rachel Skay 4............. Lacrosse
Amanda Uliano 1...... Lacrosse
Brittney VanVeldhuisen 1 Lacrosse
Colleen Ward 1.......... Lacrosse
Megan Will 4............. Lacrosse
Sammi Wilson 2.. Lacrosse
Maddy Wollmuth 1.. Lacrosse
Men’s soccer (12)
James Compton 2.......... Soccer
Patrick Conroy 1.............. Soccer
Jonathan Cruickshank 1 Soccer
Graydon Hester 1........... Soccer
Daniel Lauretano 2............ Soccer
Ben Lockler 1.................. Soccer
Alessandro Mion 1........ Soccer
Gino Rossi 1................... Soccer
André Thomas 1............. Soccer
Collin Verfurth 1............ Soccer
Forrest White 1.............. Soccer
Rodrigo Zampieri 1....... Soccer
Women’s soccer (22)
Jordyn Brock 1................. Soccer
Candace Cephers 2........ Soccer
Jordan Coburn 3............. Soccer
Morgan Conklin 2.......... Soccer
Sydney Curtis 2............... Soccer
Bria Dixon 1.................... Soccer
Blayne Fink 2.................. Soccer
Caroline Kelly 3.............. Soccer
Danielle King 3.............. Soccer
Kari Johnston 1.............. Soccer
Kelsey Loupee 4............. Soccer
Delia Maresco 2............ Soccer
Shannon Mayrose 5...... Soccer
Ashley Meier 3............... Soccer
Kallie Peurifoy 2............ Soccer
Alex Schweitzer 1....... Soccer
Kaylyn Smith 1................ Soccer
Courtney Stutts 4............ Soccer
Murielle Tiernan 2........ Soccer
Michelle White 1........... Soccer
Jodie Zelenky 4............ Soccer
Ellie Zoepfl 4.......... Soccer
Softball (12)
Breanna Davenport 1. Softball
Vanessa Gonzalez 2.. Softball
Kelly Heinz 3................ Softball
Bailey Liddle 1............ Softball
Kylie McGoldrick 4...... Softball
Kelsey Mericka 4......... Softball
Kiara Ota 2................... Softball
Michelle Prong 1......... Softball
Caroline Schoenewald 1 Softball
Katey Smith 4....... Softball
Maggie Tyler 2............. Softball
Chelsea Whitcomb 1.. Softball
Men’s swimming and diving (15)
Drake Becksted 1... Swimming
Ben Borgert 2........... Swimming
Kyle Butts 4........... Swimming
Harrison Cefalo 4... Swimming
Peter Conzola 1....... Swimming
Eric Delmonte 1...... Swimming
Brandon Fiala 2...... Swimming
C.J. Fiala 1..... Swimming
Jack Gigliotti 1........ Swimming
Kevin Hunt 2............ Swimming
Morgan Latimer 4... Swimming
Adam Stacklin 1...... Swimming
Logan Stevens 2...... Swimming
Zach Switzer 1......... Swimming
Michal Szuba 2..... Swimming
Women’s swimming and diving (25)
Kaylea Arnett 1....... Swimming
Katie Bean 2... Swimming
Gabrielle Bishop 2 Swimming
Alyssa Bodin 2........ Swimming
Alice Boutant 1....... Swimming
Ashley Buchter 2..... Swimming
Caroline Buscaglia 2 Swimming
Auriane de Premilhat 2 Swimming
Katie Gillespie 3.... Swimming
Maggie Gruber 2.. Swimming
Holly Harper 3... Swimming
Kelly Henry 1........... Swimming
Jayme Katis 4.......... Swimming
Blaire Kinsey 3........ Swimming
Savannah Padgett 1 Swimming
Weronika Paluszek 2 Swimming
Margaret Parcell 2.. Swimming
Leah Piemonte 2.... Swimming
Katie Rogers 4......... Swimming
Emily Ryczek 2......... Swimming
Mackenzie Stewart 1 Swimming
Kelli Stockton 3....... Swimming
M.J. Ulrich 1.... Swimming
Emma Villarreal 1.. Swimming
Logan Williams 1... Swimming
Men’s tennis (8)
Andreas Bjerrehus 2.... Tennis
Jai Corbett 2................... Tennis
Aaron Gomez 1.............. Tennis
Hunter Koontz 4............ Tennis
Freddy Mesmer 1..... Tennis
Joao Monteiro 2............ Tennis
Florian Nicoud 2........... Tennis
Rafael Ribas 2.............. Tennis
Women’s tennis (4)
Katherine Butler 1........ Tennis
Francesca Fusinato 2... Tennis
Mariana Silva 1......... Tennis
Laura Ramthun 2.......... Tennis
Men’s track and field (16)
Marek Barta 1................... Track
Griffin Carmichael 1........ Track
Michael Carter 1.............. Track
Kevin Cianfarini 1............ Track
Kevin DeWillie 4.............. Track
Alex Ellison 1................... Track
Chet Hebden 1................. Track
WIll Kendall 1.................. Track
Torben Laidig 1................ Track
Jeffrey Linta 1................... Track
Collin McKenny 1............. Track
Alexander Merritt 1.................... Track
Jaka Muhar 2.................... Track
Dante Price 1.................... Track
James Steck 2................... Track
Chris Uhle 3.......... Track
Women’s track and field (10)
Courtney Blanden 1......... Track
Johnna Dominick 2.......... Track
Emma King 2..................... Track
Sabine Kopplin 3............. Track
Kristen Lee 2..................... Track
Christine London 1.......... Track
Mackenzie Muldoon 1.... Track
Olivia Privitera 2.............. Track
Erinn Schaal 3.................. Track
Sarah Swantko 1.............. Track
Volleyball (9)
Kennedy Bryan 2..... Volleyball
Kathryn Caine 3....... Volleyball
Kyra Coundourides 1 Volleyball
Jordan Fish 2........... Volleyball
Katie Krueger 2... Volleyball
Briana Lanktree 1... Volleyball
Amanda McKinzie 2 Volleyball
Rhana Mitchell 1.... Volleyball
Lindsey Owens 2.... Volleyball
Wrestling (9)
David Bergida 2....... Wrestling
Devin Carter 5.......... Wrestling
Solomon Chishko 1. Wrestling
Jared Haught 2......... Wrestling
Brooks Morrison 1... Wrestling
Jerry Ronnau 2..... Wrestling
Brandon Taylor 1..... Wrestling
David Wesley 1........ Wrestling
Zack Zavatsky 1........ Wrestling
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