June 29, 2007
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2007 All-ACC Academic Women's Track & Field team announced Friday by Commissioner John D. Swofford. All 12 league schools are represented on the honors team.
To be eligible for 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. This year's team is comprised of 24 All-Conference performers, seven ACC individual champions and seven All-Americans.
ACC Champion Virginia Tech led all league schools with nine honorees on the women's academic squad, while Duke had seven selections and Virginia six. The Hokies, who captured their first ever ACC Women's Outdoor Track and Field title this past April, are led by a pair of All-American hurdlers Queen Harrison and ACC Freshman of the Year Kristi Castlin.
Wake Forest's Michelle Sikes capped a brilliant senior season by winning the national championship in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The ACC Track MVP, Sikes clocked a 15:16.76, setting a new NCAA meet record, breaking Stanford's Lauren Fleshman's time of 15:24.06 by more than 15 seconds. The Lakewood, Ohio native became the first Wake Forest female to win a national title in track, including both indoor and outdoor and is the first Demon Deacon to claim a title in the sport since Andy Bloom won the discus throw and shot put in 1996.
In addition to Harrison, Castlin and Sikes, other ACC student-athletes who earned All-American honors this past year were Duke's Liz Wort and Maddie McKeever, Florida State's Kandia Batchelor and Keyla Smith, Georgia Tech's Ashlee Kidd and Virginia's Katie Read.
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2007 All-ACC Women's Academic Track & Field Team |
| Victoria Allen, Florida State |
So. |
Apparel Design & Technology |
| Toni Aluko, Maryland |
Jr. |
Kinesiological Science |
| Caitlin Bailey, Boston College |
Fr. |
Biology |
| Kandia Batchelor, Florida State |
Jr. |
Management |
| Amy Bilmanis, Virginia |
So. |
Undeclared |
| Linda Buchholz, Clemson |
Fr. |
Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Mgt. |
| Kristi Castlin, Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
Political Science |
| Ashley Early, Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
Human Development |
| Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech |
So. |
Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise |
| Stephanie Garcia, Virginia |
Fr. |
Undeclared |
| Billie-Jo Grant, Virginia |
Gr. |
Educational Psychology-Social Foundations |
| Sherlenia Green, Virginia Tech |
Jr. |
Sociology |
| Gunild Kreb, Virginia Tech |
Sr. |
Curriculum and Instruction |
| Queen Harrison, Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
University Studies |
| Jemissa Hess, NC State |
Sr. |
Art Applications |
| Kasey Hill, Boston College |
Sr. |
Marketing |
| Debra Huss, Florida State |
Sr. |
Biological Science |
| Caroline Kennedy, Clemson |
Fr. |
Health Science |
| Ashlee Kidd, Georgia Tech |
Sr. |
Management |
| Georgia Kloss, North Carolina |
Sr. |
Fine Arts |
| Kayla Lawson, NC State |
Fr. |
Biological Sciences |
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| Elena Linn, Georgia Tech |
Jr. |
Economics & International Affairs |
| Madeline McKeever, Duke |
So. |
Biology |
| Sally Meyerhoff, Duke |
Sr. |
History |
| Kaitlin Nazario, Miami |
Jr. |
Elementary Education |
| Dania Pucurs, Duke |
Jr. |
Economics |
| Katie Read, Virginia |
Jr. |
Religious Studies |
| Tiana Riel, Boston College |
Jr. |
English |
| Kristina Roth, NC State |
Sr. |
Art Applications |
| Shannon Rowbury, Duke |
GS |
Humanities |
| Kara Scanlin, Virginia |
GS |
Education |
| Michelle Seibert, Duke |
So. |
Biological Anthro. & Anatomy |
| Natalie Sherbak, Virginia Tech |
So. |
Marketing Management |
| Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest |
Sr. |
Mathematical Economics |
| Ayla Smith, Virginia |
Fr. |
Undeclared |
| Keyla Smith, Florida State |
Jr. |
Marketing |
| Britni Spruill, Virginia Tech |
Jr. |
Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise |
| Debra Vento, Duke |
Sr. |
Psychology |
| Asia Washington, Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
Business |
| Liane Weber, Clemson |
Fr. |
Health Science |
| Elizabeth Wort, Duke |
Sr. |
Psychology |
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