Bichette, Grab Named To All-ACC Academic Team

Boston College fencers Renee Bichette and Ethan Grab were named to the 2016-17 Atlantic Coast Conference Fencing All-ACC Academic team as released by the conference this morning.

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award was established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the award 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. To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete, regardless of classification, must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.

Bichette, a native of Winter Park, Florida, advanced to her third NCAA Championships. She qualified as a freshman, sophomore and senior years. Bichette, a nursing major, finished sixth with a 9-6 record at the ACC Championship in the epee event last month.

Grab, a junior, qualified for the NCAA's for the first time this season. A native of Brookline, Mass., Grab placed seventh in the men's epee at the NCAA Regionals. He was also first in the epee event at New England Championship where the men took first place. Grab is in the Carroll School of Management as an economics major.

2016-17 All-ACC Academic Women's Fencing Team
Renee Bichette, Sr., Boston College (Nursing)
Camille Esnault, So., Duke (Neuroscience)
Julia Lee, Sr., Duke (Public Policy)
Rita Somogyi, Sr., Duke (Chemistry)
Rhiannon Harvey, So., Duke (Biology)
Jackie Litynski, Fr., North Carolina (Public Policy)
Lee Kiefer, Sr., Notre Dame (Pre-Professional)
Sabrina Massialas, So., Notre Dame (Sociology, Environmental Science)
Tara Hassett, So., Notre Dame (Marketing)
Amanda Sirico, Jr., Notre Dame (Design)
Claudia Kulmacz, Jr., Notre Dame (Management Consulting)

2016-17 All-ACC Academic Men's Fencing Team
Ethan Grab, Jr., Boston College (Economics)
Pascual Di Tella, Jr., Duke (Political Science & Philosophy)
Jonathan Schwartzman, Fr., Duke (Undeclared)
Eoin Gronningsater, Fr., Duke (Undeclared)
Agoston Walter, Fr., Duke (Undeclared)
Jason Xu, So., North Carolina (Business Administration)
Ariel Simmons, Fr., Notre Dame (none)
Axel Kiefer, So., Notre Dame (Pre-Professional)
Jonathan Fitzgerald, Jr., Notre Dame (Arabic, Peace Studies)
Jonah Shainberg, Jr., Notre Dame (Management Consulting)
Virgile Collineau, Sr., Notre Dame (Economics)

Bichette, Grab Named To All-ACC Academic Team

Players Mentioned

Renee Bichette

Ethan Grab

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