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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech’s Inga Beermann and Martha Blakely have been named to the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis ACC All-Academic Team, as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters. Ten student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic team were also voted All-ACC in April, and seven earned ITA All-America honors.

All-ACC honorees also named to the All-ACC Academic Team included Duke’s Cecil and Zsilinszka, Florida State’s Katie Rybakova and Noemie Scharle, Georgia Tech’s Amanda McDowell, Miami’s Vallverdu, Cohen, Eichkorn and Michaela Kissell, North Carolina’s Katrina Tsang, and Wake Forest’s Sasha Kulikova.

2009 All-ACC Women’s Tennis Academic Team

Name, School Year Major
**Estefania Balda , Clemson Sr. Management
Ina Hadziselimovic, Clemson Jr. Parks, Rec & Tourism Management
Mallory Cecil, Duke Fr. Undeclared
Amanda Granson, Duke Jr. History
*Melissa Mang, Duke Sr. Psychology
Jessica Robinson, Duke Sr. History
*Reka Zsilinszka, Duke So. History
*Katie Rybakova, Florida State So. English Education
*Ania Rynarzewska, Florida State Sr. Communications
Noemie Scharle, Florida State Fr. Hospitality Management
**Amanda McDowell, Georgia Tech Jr. Economics and International Affairs
*Maggie MacKeever, Maryland Jr. Kinesiology
Julia Cohen, Miami So. Undeclared
*Bianca Eichkorn, Miami Jr. International Finance
Michaela Kissell, Miami Jr. Sports Administration
#**Laura Vallverdu, Miami Jr. Psychology
Sophie Grabinski, North Carolina Sr. Communication Studies
*Katrina Tsang, North Carolina Jr. Political Science/Philosophy
*Neils Barringer, NC State Sr. Mathematics Education
*Amanda Rales, Virginia Sr. Foreign Affairs
Martha Blakely, Virginia Tech Fr. Chemistry
***Inga Beermann, Virginia Tech Sr. Architecture
Sasha Kulikova, Wake Forest Jr. Mathematical Economics
**Christian Tara, Wake Forest Sr. Mathematics

#ACC Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
*Repeat All-ACC Academic Team Selection
**Three-time All-ACC Academic Team Selection
***Four-time All-ACC Academic Team Selection

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