Howard, Kunkel Earn All-ACC Academic Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Boston College placed two swimmers - David Howard and Grace Kunkel - on the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving All-ACC Academic Swimming & Diving team as announced by the conference on Wednesday morning.

Fifty men and fifty women student-athletes from all 15 institutions are represented on this year's All-ACC Academic team. The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards was established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports.

Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career for undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.

Howard, a native of Fairport, New York, was BC's top finisher in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.46 at the ACC Championship, just shy of breaking his own school record. The senior swam the final leg of the first place 200 freestyle relay team at the Terrier Invitational.

A three-time All-ACC honor roll selection, Howard is studying biochemistry in the Morrissey School Arts and Sciences. He is also a math minor.

Kunkel, a native of Avon, Connecticut, was the team captain. She was a member of the record setting 200 medley relay team. Kunkel swam her fastest 50 freestyle at the 2017 ACC Championship in 24.06.

A 2015-16 ACC Honor Roll honoree, Kunkel is studying finance in the Carroll School of Management.

2017 ACC Men's Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year
Anton Ipsen, NC State

2017 All-ACC Academic Men's Swimming & Diving Team
David Howard, Sr., Biochemistry, Boston College
Nathaniel Hernandez, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
Roger Kriegl, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
Peter Kropp, Sr., Economics, Duke
Michael Miller, Sr., Psychology, Duke
Evan Moretti, So., Public Policy, Duke
@ Dylan Payne, Sr., Sociology, Duke
Max St. George, So., Economics, Duke
Aidan Faminoff, Fr., International Affairs, Florida State
# Dylan Grisell, Sr., Biological Science, Florida State
@ Connor Kalisz, Jr., Sports Management, Florida State
# Jason McCormick, Sr., Real Estate & Professional Sales, Florida State
Joe Plechy, Jr., Biological Science, Florida State
Tyler Roberge, Jr., Psychology, Florida State
Robert Borowicz, Sr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Omar Eteiba, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
# Noah Harasz, Jr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Brian Woodbury, Jr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Andrej Barna, Fr., Business, Louisville
# Trevor Carroll, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
@ Carlos Claverie, Jr., Marketing, Louisville
Daniel Fecteau, So., Sports Administration, Louisville
Jarrett Jones, Fr., Mathematics, Louisville
Matthias Lindenbauer, Sr., Civil Engineering, Louisville
Nolan Smith, Sr., Biology, Louisville
# Grigory Tarasevich, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Louisville
Joshua Quallen, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
# Jack Nyquist, Jr., Biology, North Carolina
Lucas Popp, Sr., Exercise and Sport Sciences, North Carolina
# Soren Dahl, Sr., Communications & Political Science, NC State
# Ryan Held, Jr., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, NC State
# Anton Ipsen, Jr., Industrial Engineering, NC State
@ Justin Ress, So., Mechanical Engineering, NC State
# Andreas Schiellerup, Sr., Biological Sciences & Biochemistry, NC State
@ Kevin Bradley, Sr., Accountancy, Notre Dame
Joseph Coumos, Sr., English & History, Notre Dame
@ Reed Fujan, Sr., Management Consulting, Notre Dame
James Lichtenstein, Sr., Finance, Notre Dame
Daniel Speers, So., Mathematics, Notre Dame
@ Robert Whitacre, Jr., Management Consulting, Notre Dame
Dominic Giordano, Sr., Humanities, Pitt
Zach Lierley, Sr., Accounting & Finance, Pitt
Brian Lovasik, So., Rehabilitation Science, Pitt
Joseph Clark, Fr., Arts & Sciences Undeclared, Virginia
Bryce Shelton, Fr., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia
Austin Quinn, Sr., Economics, Virginia
Mauro Castro Silva, Jr., Marketing, Virginia Tech
% Brandon Fiala, Sr., Finance, Virginia Tech
Ian Ho, So., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
@ Benjamin Schiesl, So., Business, Virginia Tech

2017 ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year
Alexia Zevnik, NC State

2017 All-ACC Academic Swimming & Diving Team
Grace Kunkel, Sr., Finance and Operations, Boston College
# Sarah Braun, Sr., Elementary Education, Clemson
Danielle Reitsma, Sr., Health Science, Clemson
Hunter Aitchison, So., Neuroscience & Biology, Duke
# Leah Goldman, Jr., Psychology, Duke
# Maddie Rusch, Sr., Sociology, Duke
Ashley Shanley, Sr., Psychology, Duke
Ayla Bonniwell, Fr., Finance, Florida State
Molly Carlson, Fr., Psychology, Florida State
Cassidy Gebhardt, So., Marketing, Florida State
Natalie Pierce, Jr., International Affairs, Florida State
Andrea Demick, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
Madeline Paschal, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
Andrea Acquista, Sr., Nursing, Louisville
@ Mallory Comerford, So., Marketing, Louisville
@ Andrea Cottrell, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
@ Abigail Houck, Sr., Sport Administration, Louisville
Grace Oglesby, Fr., Early Elementary Education, Louisville
@ Marah Pugh, Jr., Finance, Louisville
@ Alex Sellers, Sr., Bioengineering, Louisville
Angela Algee, Sr., Management, Miami
@ Wallace Layland, Jr., Sports Administration, Miami
Marcela Maric, So., Psychology, Miami
Julia Schippert, Sr., International Finance & Marketing, Miami
Caroline Baldwin, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science, North Carolina
# Abigail Fisher, Sr., Nutrition, North Carolina
Caty Hulsey, Sr., Business Administration, North Carolina
Kayla Brumbaum, Sr., Communications, NC State
% Natalie Labonge, Sr., Communication & Foreign Language, NC State
Hannah Moore, Jr., Nutrition, NC State
Rachel Muller, Sr., Mathematics Education, NC State
Lotta Nevalainen, Sr., Communications and International Studies, NC State
% Alexia Zevnik, Sr., Biological Sciences & Business, NC State
Abigail Dolan, Fr., English, Notre Dame
Catherine Mulquin, Sr. Accountancy, Notre Dame
Erin Sheehan, Fr., Pre-Professional, Notre Dame
# Kinga Cichowska, Sr., Finance, Pitt
Katherine Fernander, Jr., Biological Sciences & Business, Pitt
@ Meme Sharp, Jr., Communication, Pitt
% Kaitlyn Jones, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia
Jennifer Marrkand, Jr., INTER-Media Studies, Virginia
# Shannon Rauth, Sr., Sociology, Virginia
Laura Simon, Sr., Psychology and Economics, Virginia
# Leah Smith, Sr., INTER-Media Studies, Virginia
@ Vivian Tafuto, So., Economics and Statistics, Virginia
# Ellen Thomas, Sr., INTER-Media Studies and Italian, Virginia
Caroline Buscaglia, Sr., Political Science, Virginia Tech
# Margaret Gruber, Sr., Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech
@ Jessica Hespeler, Sr., Human Nutrition Food and Exercise, Virginia Tech
Ashlynn Peters, So., Business, Virginia Tech

@ – Two-time honoree
# - Three-time honoree
% - Four-time honoree

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