Boston College Athletics
ACC Honors 392 Eagles on Academic Honor Roll
August 06, 2009 | Boston College Athletics
Aug. 6, 2009
A total of 392 Boston College student-athletes have been named to the 53rd annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, noting academic excellence by student-athletes for the 2008-09 academic year. Boston College was second in the league in the total number of honorees to Duke, which placed 418 student-athletes on the team.
The Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes that participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year. This year saw a record 2,772 student-athletes honored for their hard work in the classroom.
Following Duke and BC, North Carolina was third with 276 honorees, while Maryland was fourth with 271. Virginia saw 224 student-athletes earn spots on the list, followed by Clemson (209), Virginia Tech (190), NC State (178), Georgia Tech (175), Florida State (165), Wake Forest (146) and Miami (128).
The 2008-09 Academic Honor Roll features 24 ACC Players of the Year. Those student-athletes include Boston College's Mark Herzlich (football defensive); Clemson's Meg Bendek, Brittany Cummings , Jessica Leidecker, Michelle Nance and Grace Wolff (rowing crew members); Duke's Chante Black (women's basketball defender), Amanda Blumenherst (women's golf) and Ned Crotty (men's lacrosse); Florida State's Jean-Yves Aubone (men's tennis), Charles Clark (men's track), Sarah Hamilton (softball pitcher), Susan Kuiijken (women's cross country) and Kim Williams (women's field); Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden (women's lacrosse), Katie O'Donnell (field hockey offensive) and Susie Rowe (field hockey defensive); Miami's Reuben Ross (men's diving); NC State's Kristin Davies (women's diving); Virginia's Mei Christensen (women's swimming); Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison (women's track and field); and Wake Forest's Michael Bingham (men's indoor track), Ike Opara (men's soccer defensive) and Natalie Sheary (women's golf).
The 12 ACC Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll include Duke's Mallory Cecil (women's tennis); Florida State's Tiffany McCarty (women's soccer); Georgia Tech's Kelsi Weseman (softball), Miami's Lane Carico (volleyball), NC State's Russell Wilson (football offensive), Virginia's Morgane Gay (women's track and field), Danny Hultzen (baseball) and Tony Tchani (men's soccer); Virginia Tech's Will Mulherin (men's track), Abigail Schaffer (women's indoor track) and Luke Somen (men's tennis) and Wake Forest's Anna Nosenko (women's cross country).
