GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference and league commissioner John Swofford announced the league’s 60th Honor Roll, which recognizes academic excellence by student-athletes during the 2014-15 academic year.
Exactly 263 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 4,378 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2015-16 academic year.
Duke led all schools with 480 student-athletes recognized, and Notre Dame followed with 414. Boston College saw 390 student-athletes achieve Honor Roll acclaim.
The 2015-16 ACC Honor Roll includes one student-athlete – Duke’s Kelby Brown – who earned recognition for the sixth time.
Thirty-five student-athletes earned ACC Honor Roll status for the fifth time: Boston College’s Liv Westphal (track and field); Clemson’s Stephen Behr (golf); Duke’s Abby Beltrani (lacrosse), Laura Blazing (field hockey), Braxton Deaver (football), Maggie Deichmeister (volleyball), Wilson Fisher (soccer), Karli Johonnot (track and field), Kyle Moran (track and field), D.J. Reeves (football), Cody Robinson (football), Colleen Schmidt (cross country/track and field), Shaun Thompson (cross country/track and field, and Brendan Walsh (wrestling); Florida State’s Daneika Borthwick (tennis) and Michael Compton (baseball); Georgia Tech’s Samantha Becker (track and field); Miami’s Carina Cuculiza (golf), Luke Dubliler (track and field), Kara McComack (swimming and diving) and Erin McGovern (soccer); North Carolina’s Karley Rempel (cross country), Danielle Siverling (swimming and diving), Alex Utley (wrestling) and Lizzy Whelan (cross country); NC State’s Philip Carmon (soccer), Olivia Enright (cross country), Joanna Thompson (cross country) and Joe Thuney (football); Virginia’s Christian Lavorgna (track and field), John Pond (football) and Julia Sroba (soccer), and Wake Forest’s Kaitlyn Oliver (track and field), Aubrey Waggoner (track and field) and Hunter Williams (football).
The Honor Roll features 14 ACC Men’s 2015-16 Performers of the Year, including Clemson’s Seth Beer (baseball), Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon (basketball), Notre Dame’s Axel Kiefer (fencing), Notre Dame’s Jonah Shainberg (fencing), Duke’s Pascual Di Tella (fencing), Clemson’s Deshaun Watson (football), Duke’s Jeremy Cash (football), Florida State’s Hank Leiboda (golf), Notre Dame’s Matt Landis (lacrosse), Clemson’s Paul Clowes (soccer), Pitt’s Dominic Giordano (diving), Virginia’s Henry Wynne (indoor/outdoor track and field), NC State’s Jonathan Addison (indoor track and field), and Virginia’s Filip Mihaljevic (outdoor track and field).
A total of 22 ACC Women’s 2015-16 Performers of the Year were honored in Notre Dame’s Molly Seidel (cross country/indoor track and field), Boston College’s Olivia Adragna (fencing), Duke’s Jennifer Ling (fencing), Syracuse’s Alma Fenne (field hockey), Virginia’s Lauren Coughlin (golf), Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor (lacrosse), Notre Dame’s Barbara Sullivan (lacrosse), Virginia’s Makenzy Doniak (soccer), Florida State’s Alex Powers (softball), Virginia’s Colette Lucas-Conwell, Tessa Dikkers, Georgia Ratcliff, Heidi Long, Jennifer Reid, Alice Darry and Sam Casto (rowing), Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell (swimming), North Carolina’s Hayley Carter (tennis), Duke’s Megan Clark (indoor track and field), Florida State’s Kellion Knibb (outdoor track and field), and Louisville’s Katie George (volleyball) and Molly Sauer (volleyball).
The league saw 12 ACC Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll, including the Hokies’ David McFadden. Other honorees included Clemson’s Seth Beer (baseball), Notre Dame’s Anna Rohrer (women’s cross country), Clemson’s Bryson Nimmer (men’s golf) and Alice Hewson (women’s golf), Virginia Tech’s Lauren Duff (softball), Virginia’s Heidi Long (rowing), NC State’s Justin Ress (men’s swimming and diving), Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (women’s swimming and diving), Georgia Tech’s Bria Matthews (women’s indoor track and field), Florida State’s Shauna Helps (women’s outdoor track and field), and Louisville’s Molly Sauer (volleyball).
The ACC recognized Scholar Athletes of the Year in each of its 27 sports earlier in the 2015-16 academic year – a group that included Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala.
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 (17)
Nick Anderson 1 – Baseball
Mac Caples 2 – Baseball
Connor Coward 2 – Baseball
Sam Fragale 3 – Baseball
Paul Hall, Jr. 1 – Baseball
Payton Holdsworth 1 - Baseball
Garrett Hudson 3 – Baseball
Cole Kragel 1 – Baseball
Ryan Lauria 1 – Baseball
Grant Maiorana 1 - Baseball
Andrew Mogg 3 – Baseball
Chris Monaco 1 – Baseball
Max Ponzurick 1 – Baseball
Tim Salvadore 1 – Baseball
Phil Sciretta 4 – Baseball
Joey Sullivan 2 – Baseball
Jon Woodcock 3 – Baseball
MEN’S BASKETBALL (4)
Greg Donlon 3 - Basketball
Matt Galloway 2 – Basketball
Jalen Hudson 1 - Basketball
Devin Wilson 2 – Basketball
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (7)
Erinn Brooks 1 - Basketball
Heidi Brown 1 – Basketball
Samantha Hill 3 – Basketball
Regan Magarity 2 – Basketball
Tara Nahodil 3 – Basketball
Vanessa Panousis 3 – Basketball
Dominique Powell 1 – Basketball
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (9)
Darren Barlow 2 - Cross Country
Juan Campos 3 - Cross Country
Vincent Ciattei 3 - Cross Country
Thomas Curtin 3 - Cross Country
Andrew Gaiser 3 - Cross Country
Andrew Goldman 1 - Cross Country
Daniel Jaskowak 3 - Cross Country
Brent Musselman 2 - Cross Country
Stuart Robertson 2 - Cross Country
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (15)
Emily Beatty 1 - Cross Country
Lauren Berman 1 - Cross Country
Jillian Everly 1 - Cross Country
Jennifer Fleming 1 - Cross Country
Hanna Green 3 - Cross Country
Anne Grumbine 1 - Cross Country
Katie Kennedy 1 - Cross Country
Shalonda Mitchell 3 - Cross Country
Abigail Motley 3 - Cross Country
Shannon Quinn 1 - Cross Country
Tessa Riley 2 - Cross Country
Alyssa Shupe 1 - Cross Country
Laura Sullivan 1 - Cross Country
Amanda Swaak 1 - Cross Country
Julie Wiemerslage 1 - Cross Country
FOOTBALL (19)
Woody Baron 1 – Football
Chuck Clark 2 – Football
Jack Click 1 – Football
Augie Conte 3 – Football
Tremaine Edmunds 1 - Football
Ken Ekanem 1 – Football
Brandon Facyson 2 – Football
Tyler Fitzgerald 2 – Football
Coleman Fox 1 – Football
Johnathan Galante 1 – Football
Eric Gallo 2 – Football
Casey Harman 1 – Football
Greg Jones 1 – Football
Connor Kish 1 – Football
Shai McKenzie 1 – Football
Colt Pettit 2 – Football
Sam Rogers 3 – Football
Michael Santamaria 2 – Football
Zach Treser 1 – Football
MEN’S GOLF (7)
Will Duma 1 - Golf
Ian Hildebrand 2 – Golf
Maclain Huge 4 – Golf
Drew Johnson 3 – Golf
Joey Lane 3 – Golf
Ryan Mondy 2 – Golf
Dan Woodbury 2 – Golf
WOMEN’S GOLF (3)
Elizabeth Bose 1 – Golf
Amanda Hollandsworth 1 – Golf
Whitney Stevenson 1 – Golf
LACROSSE (21)
Kelsey Allen 2 – Lacrosse
Mary Claire Byrne 2 – Lacrosse
Tara Feehan 3 – Lacrosse
Charlie Fix 1 – Lacrosse
Kelly Glatthorn 1 – Lacrosse
Gracee Hendrix 3 – Lacrosse
Kristen Kohles 2 – Lacrosse
Kristine Loscalzo 2 – Lacrosse
Haley Lukefahr 2 – Lacrosse
Meghan Macera 4 – Lacrosse
Tristan McGinley 1 – Lacrosse
Paige Murray 1 – Lacrosse
Carly Primo 2 – Lacrosse
Xani Shultis 2 – Lacrosse
Hannah Sieger 4 – Lacrosse
Jessi Thon 2 – Lacrosse
Brittney VanVeldhuisen 2 – Lacrosse
Colleen Ward 2 – Lacrosse
Molly Wentz 1 - Lacrosse
Emily Wilson 1 – Lacrosse
Maddy Wollmuth 2 – Lacrosse
MEN’S SOCCER (8)
Merlin Baus 1 - Soccer
James Compton 3 – Soccer
Morten Lamps 1 – Soccer
Daniel Lauretano 4 – Soccer
Alessandro Mion 2 – Soccer
Gino Rossi 1 – Soccer
Forrest White 2 – Soccer
Rodrigo Zampieri 2 - Soccer
WOMEN’S SOCCER (25)
Alia Abu El Hawa 1 – Soccer
Jen Boyles 1 – Soccer
Candace Cephers 3 – Soccer
Jordan Coburn 4 – Soccer
Morgan Conklin 3 – Soccer
Madi Conyers 2 – Soccer
Sydney Curtis 3 – Soccer
Anissa Dadkhah 1 – Soccer
Kristina Diana 1 – Soccer
Bria Dixon 2 – Soccer
Blayne Fink 3 – Soccer
Megan Goudy 1 - Soccer
Laila Gray 1 – Soccer
Kelsey Irwin 1 - Soccer
Alani Johnson 1 – Soccer
Kari Johnston 2 – Soccer
Caroline Kerns 1 – Soccer
Delia Maresco 3 – Soccer
Ashley Meier 4 – Soccer
Kallie Peurifoy 3 – Soccer
Kaylyn Smith 2 – Soccer
Courtney Stutts 4 – Soccer
Murielle Tiernan 3 – Soccer
Heather Timothy 1 – Soccer
Michelle White 2 – Soccer
SOFTBALL (16)
Mikaela Aiken 1 – Softball
Breanna Davenport 2 – Softball
Lauren Duff 1 - Softball
Casey Gerhard 1 – Softball
Vanessa Gonzalez 3 – Softball
Kinsey Johnson 1 – Softball
Ashley Kowalski 1 – Softball
Olivia Lattin 1 – Softball
Jessie Mehr 1 – Softball
Kelsey Mericka 4 – Softball
Caitlyn Nolan 1 – Softball
Kiara Ota 3 – Softball
Whitney Saunders 1 – Softball
Katey Smith 4 – Softball
Maggie Tyler 4 – Softball
Chelsea Whitcomb 2 - Softball
MEN’S SWIMMING (17)
Drake Becksted 2 – Swimming
Mauro Castro-Silva 1 – Swimming
Peter Conzola 2 – Swimming
Michael Craddock 1 – Swimming
Justin Edwards 1 – Swimming
Steffen Erickson 1 – Swimming
Brandon Fiala 3 – Swimming
Ian Ho 1 – Swimming
Nicholas McGarry 1 – Swimming
Christopher Outlaw 1 – Swimming
Robert Owen 2 – Swimming
Harrison Pierce 1 – Swimming
Ben Schiesl 1 – Swimming
Adam Stacklin 2 – Swimming
Logan Stevens 3 – Swimming
Zach Switzer 2 – Swimming
Michal Szuba 3 – Swimming
WOMEN’S SWIMMING (24)
Jessica Arnold 1 – Swimming
Gabrielle Bishop 3 – Swimming
Alyssa Bodin 3 – Swimming
Alice Boutant 2 – Swimming
Ashley Buchter 3 – Swimming
Lauren Buckworth 2 – Swimming
Caroline Buscaglia 3 – Swimming
Auriane De Premilhat 3 – Swimming
Fiona Donnelly 1 – Swimming
Katie Gillespie 4 – Swimming
Adriana Grabski 1 - Swimming
Danielle Griggs 1 – Swimming
Maggie Gruber 3 – Swimming
Holly Harper 4 – Swimming
Jessica Hespeler 2 – Swimming
Savannah Padgett 2 – Swimming
Weronika Paluszek 3 – Swimming
Sydney Pesetti 1 – Swimming
Ashlynn Peters 1 – Swimming
Leah Piemonte 3 – Swimming
Leah Rogers 1 – Swimming
Laura Schwartz 2 – Swimming
M.J. Ulrich 2 – Swimming
Logan Williams 2 – Swimming
MEN’S TENNIS (10)
Andreas Bjerrehus 4 – Tennis
George Cartledge 1 – Tennis
Amerigo Contini 3 – Tennis
Jai Corbett 3 – Tennis
Aaron Gomez 2 – Tennis
Jason Kros 1 – Tennis
Mariana Marchon Barcellos Silva 2 – Tennis
Freddy Mesmer 2 – Tennis
Rafael Ribas 3 – Tennis
Edoardo Tessaro 1 – Tennis
WOMEN’S TENNIS (7)
Sloan Barton 1 – Tennis
Katherine Butler 2 – Tennis
Elena Cerezo-Codina 1 – Tennis
Caroline Daxhelet 1 – Tennis
Francesca Fusinato 3 – Tennis
Raluca Mita 2 – Tennis
Sansitha Nandakumar 2 – Tennis
MEN’S TRACK (21)
Connor Atkinson 1 - Track
Jared Bane 1 – Track
Marek Barta 2 – Track
James Carver 1 – Track
Kevin Cianfarini 2 – Track
Collin Hahn 1 – Track
Chet Hebden 2 – Track
Brad Johnson 1 – Track
Austin Kolko 1 – Track
Tomas Kruzliak 1 – Track
Torben Laidig 2 – Track
Collin McKenny 2 – Track
Alexander Merritt 2 – Track
Jaka Muhar 3 – Track
Mackenzie Muldoon 2 – Track
Dante Price 2 – Track
Daniel Rau 2 – Track
Chris Short 1 – Track
James Steck 3 – Track
Jack Strollo 1 – Track
Manuel Ziegler 1 - Track
WOMEN’S TRACK (12)
Courtney Blanden 2 – Track
Erica Hjerpe 1 – Track
Emma King 3 – Track
Sabine Kopplin 3 – Track
Erin Lash 1 – Track
Kristen Lee 3 – Track
Nora McKiver 1 – Track
Hannah Meador 1 – Track
Emily Miller 1 – Track
Olivia Privitera 3 – Track
Teagan Rasche 1 – Track
Erinn Schaal 3 – Track
VOLLEYBALL (10)
Ashley Battle 1 – Volleyball
Kennedy Bryan 4 - Volleyball
Stacey Christy 2 – Volleyball
Cara Cunningham 1 – Volleyball
Katie Krueger 3 – Volleyball
Briana Lanktree 2 – Volleyball
Amanda McKinzie 3 – Volleyball
Rhana Mitchell 1 - Volleyball
Rhegan Mitchell 1 – Volleyball
Lindsey Owens 3 – Volleyball
WRESTLING (11)
Solomon Chishko 2 – Wrestling
Dylan Cook 1 – Wrestling
Zach Epperly 2 – Wrestling
Austin Gabel 2 - Wrestling
Jared Haught 3 – Wrestling
Mattheos Lozier 2 – Wrestling
David McFadden 1 – Wrestling
Brendan Ryan 1 – Wrestling
Brandon Taylor 2 – Wrestling
Brooks Wilding 1 – Wrestling
Zach Zavatsky 2 - Wrestling
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