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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech men’s track & field team was well represented on the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic men’s track & field team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Hunter Hall (Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind.), Rene Strauss (So., Winterlingen, Germany), Matthias Treff (Jr., Burgthann, Germany) and Alexander Ziegler (So., Dischingen, Germany) were all named to the academic squad. Hall, Treff and Ziegler were named to the team for the second time, while Strauss is a first-time honoree.

Hall, a communications major, earned second team All-American honors at the NCAA Championships with an 11th-place finish (17-2.5/5.25m). He won seven pole vault competitions during the season, including a tie for first at the NCAA East Regional. Hall posted a personal-best (17.8.5/5.40m) at the Sea Ray Relays. During the indoor season, Hall earned another All-America honor placing sixth at the NCAA Championships and was third at the ACC Championships.

Strauss, a sociology major, placed fifth in the ACC Outdoor Championships high jump competition (6-9.5/2.07m) and sixth in the javelin (195-8/59.65m). He was fourth in ACC Indoor Championships heptathlon (5,282 points) and seventh in the high jump (6-8.75/2.05m). He won the heptathlon shot put at the ACC Championships (45-4.5/13.83m).


Treff, a industrial systems engineering major, set a new school and all-time ACC record in the javelin (255-6/77.88m) as the runner-up at the NCAA Championships, earning his first All-America honor. He earlier won his second ACC javelin title with a throw of 239-6/73.01m.

Ziegler, a management major and the 2010 ACC Male Field Performer of the Year, won the national title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on his final toss, a season-best 238-6 (72.69m). He has earned All-America honors four times and was one of only two competitors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, along with teammate Marcel Lomincky, to throw past 70 meters all season. During the indoor season, Ziegler earned his second-consecutive ACC weigh throw title (70-4.5/21.45m).

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 his academic career.

2011 All-ACC Academic Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Team
Name Yr. Major School
Ty McCormack Fr. Language & International Trade Clemson
Miller Moss (4)* Gr. Parks, Rec., & Tourism Management Clemson
Tanner Anderson * Fr. Undeclared Duke
John Austin (4)* Gr. Management Studies Duke
Michael Barbas (3)* Jr. Neuroscience Duke
Curtis Beach * So. Psychology Duke
Josh Lund * Sr. Computer Science Duke
Ryan McDermott (4)* Sr. Political Science Duke
Michael Moverman So. Biology Duke
David Piccirilli Sr. Political Science Duke
Tony Shirk Jr. Environmental Science/Policy Duke
Bo Waggoner (2) Sr. Mathematics/Computer Science Duke
David Ambler * So. Public Relations Florida State
Brian Chibudu (4) Sr. Statistics Florida State
Charles Clark * Sr. Sport Management Florida State
David Forrester Jr. Biological Science Florida State
Michael Fout (2) Jr. Psychology Florida State
Tremaine Grant So. Information Technology Florida State
Andrew Jacobs (3) Sr. Risk Management & Insurance Florida State
Matthew Leeder (2) Sr. Psychology Florida State
Nicholas Maedel Sr. Sport Management Florida State
Ciaran O’Lionaird !* Sr. Sport Management Florida State
Subbu Sivanesan Sr. Management Georgia Tech
Duncan Thompson Jr. Computer Engineering Georgia Tech
Jarenn Stewart Jr. Kinesiology Maryland
Jeremy Gerlach Jr. Political Science North Carolina
Chadd Pierce So. Communication Studies North Carolina
Parker Smith (3)* Sr. Management and Society North Carolina
Andrew Colley So. Business Administration NC State
Adam Henken * Sr. Sociology NC State
Brian Himelright Jr. Technology, Engineering and Design Education NC State
Andrew Revelle Sr. Environmental Science Virginia
Hunter Hall (2) Sr. Communication Virginia Tech
Rene Stauss Jr. Sociology Virginia Tech
Matthias Treff (2)* Sr. Industrial Systems Engineering Virginia Tech
Alexander Ziegler (2)* So. Management Virginia Tech
Marcus Dillon (2) Sr. Biology/French Studies Wake Forest
Nathaniel Guthals So. Health & Exercise Science Wake Forest
Paul Loeser (2) Jr. Biology/Spanish Wake Forest
Michael Wooten Jr. Finance Wake Forest

! denotes 2011 ACC Men’s 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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