July 7, 2016
ACC announces Honor Roll for 2015-16 academic year
In all, 263 Virginia Tech student-athletes make the list

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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