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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Two members of the Virginia Tech women’s track & field team were selected to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Women’s track & field team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford. Clemson senior Liane Weber was named the ACC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year and highlights the 2011 All-ACC Academic Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Team, which includes 22 All-ACC honorees.

To be eligible for All-ACC Academic Team consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.

Kelly Phillips (r-Sr., Blacksburg, Va.) has been selected to the All-ACC Academic team for the four times and recently was named to the named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s Track & Cross Country First Team. Phillips was the winner of the Elite 88 award at the NCAA Indoor National Championships which recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reach the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers.

Phillips is a two-time ACC indoor pole vault champion as is the recipient of the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan graduate scholarship. The co-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Council, she was selected to the All-ACC Academic team for the fourth time. She posted a season-best 12-11.75 (3.96m) in winning the Liberty Twilight women’s pole vault competition. Phillips qualified for the NCAA East Regional finishing 13th 12-7.5 (3.83). During the indoor season, Phillips was a second team All-American after placing ninth at the national meet. She won the ACC Indoor Championships after setting a new school record two weeks earlier at the VT Elite Meet of 14-1.25 (4.30m).

Natalie Woodford (So., Roanoke, Va.) was a member of the 1,600m relay (3:37.57) team that qualified for the NCAA East Regional and also set personal records in the 400m dash (55.81) and 400m hurdles (1:05.09) during the outdoor season. She ran the lead leg on the school record-setting 1,600m indoor relay team at the ACC Championships (3:38.16) and set personal-bests in the 200m (25.82) and 400m (55.89) events.

Also highlighting this year’s team are six four-time All-ACC Academic Team honorees, including Caitlin Bailey of Boston College, Kim Williams of Florida State, Joanna Wright of Georgia Tech, Gabby Gioia of North Carolina, Ayla Smith of Virginia and Kelly Phillips of Virginia Tech. Williams and Phillips represented the ACC as members of the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America First Team. Five more student-athletes garnered the third accolade of their career, including Caroline King of Boston College, Patricia Mamona and Kim Ruck of Clemson, Miranda Wilson of Miami and Ashley Verplank of North Carolina. An additional eight collected their second honor.

For more information on ACC Track & Field, visit theACC.com.

2011 All-ACC Academic Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Team
Name Yr. Major School
Caitlin Bailey (4) Gr. Managemen Boston College
Caroline King (3)* Jr. Communications Boston College
Hope Krause Sr. Human Development/Elementary Education Boston College
Stephanie Buffo Sr. Health Science Clemson
Karine Farias (2) So. Marketing Clemson
Christy Gasparino Fr. Health Science Clemson
Alyssa Kulik (2)* Jr. Psychology/Spanish Clemson
Patricia Mamona (3)* Sr. Health Science Clemson
Kim Ruck (3)* Jr. Health Science Clemson
Lauren Terstappen * Fr. Health Science Clemson
Liane Weber !(2)* Sr. Health Science Clemson
Juliet Bottorff * So. Neuroscience Duke
Erica Brand * Fr. Undeclared Duke
Amy Matulewicz (2) Sr. Sociology Duke
Destiny Roseman Fr. Undeclared Duke
Cydney Ross Jr. Public Policy Duke
Emily Schwitzer Sr. Evolutionary Anthropology Duke
Kate Van Buskirk (2)* Sr. Cultural Anthropology Duke
Brittany Whitehead Jr. Psychology Duke
Michelle Jenije * Jr. Sport Management Florida State
Jessica Parry * So. Biological Science Florida State
Marecia Pemberton (2)* So. Psychology Florida State
Chelsea Whalen Fr. Sport Management Florida State
Kim Williams (4)* Sr. Sport Management Florida State
Amanda Winslow (2)* So. Sport Management Florida State
Kayla McKeirnan Sr. Management Georgia Tech
Leslie Njoku Sr. Building Construction Georgia Tech
Joanna Wright (4) Sr. Biology Georgia Tech
Kristen Batts * Sr. Community Health Maryland
Megan Novinger * Sr. Criminology Miami
Miranda Wilson (3) Sr. Psychology Miami
Danielle Brock (2) Jr. Exercise and Sport Science North Carolina
Gabby Gioia (4)* Sr. English North Carolina
Christine Johnson * Sr. Business Administration North Carolina
Ashley Verplank (3)* Jr. Psychology North Carolina
Andie Cozzarelli * Jr. Civil Engineering NC State
Lillian Greibesland Fr. Psychology NC State
Anna Corrigan Jr. Systems Engineering Virginia
Stephanie Garcia * Sr. English Virginia
Morgane Gay * Jr. Biology Virginia
Lyndsay Harper Sr. Art-Studio Art Virginia
Dallas Rose So. Statistic Virginia
Ayla Smith (4) Sr. Kinesiology Virginia
Kelly Phillips (4) Sr. Biology Virginia Tech
Natalie Woodford So. Psychology Virginia Tech
Sarah Brobeck Jr. Chemistry Wake Forest


! denotes 2011 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year
(x) denotes number of career All-ACC Academic Team selections
* denotes 2011 All-ACC team member

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