March 29, 2007
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Seven All-Conference honorees including five All-Americans secured spots on the 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Women's Cross Country Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.
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 her academic career.
Student Athletes earning All-ACC honors this past fall were Boston College's Mallory Champa, Duke's Emily McCabe and Maddie McKeever, NC State's Bona Jones and Brittany Tinsley, Virginia's Katie Read and Wake Forest's Michelle Sikes. In addition, Champa, McCabe, McKeever, Jones and Sikes earned All-America recognition.
Repeaters from last year's academic team include Maryland's Laurel Jefferson, Boston College's Nichole Lister, Duke's Laura Stanley, Florida State's Abigail Wilshire, Wake Forest's Sikes and NC State's Tinsley.
The 2006 All-ACC Academic Women's Cross Country team is as follows:
| Name |
School |
Class |
Major |
| Mallory Champa |
Boston College |
So. |
Elementary Education |
| Mary Chind |
Georgia Tech |
Sr. |
Science, Technology & Culture |
| Kelly Clark |
Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
University Studies |
| Erin Franklin |
Wake Forest |
Sr. |
Health and Exercise Science |
| Fiona Gentles |
Virginia Tech |
Fr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Laura Hodges |
Virginia |
Gr. |
Education |
| Amy Huss |
Florida State |
Sr. |
Economics |
| Laurel Jefferson |
Maryland |
Sr. |
English/French/History |
| Bona Jones |
NC State |
Fr. |
First-Year College |
| Nichole Lister |
Boston College |
So. |
Environmental Geology |
| Emily McCabe |
Duke |
Gr. |
Humanities |
| Madeline McKeever |
Duke |
So. |
Undeclared |
| Nish Kurian |
Georgia Tech |
Jr. |
Chemical Engineering |
| Elena Linn |
Georgia Tech |
Jr. |
International Affairs |
| Elle Pishny |
Duke |
Sr. |
Public Policy Studies |
| Katherine Read |
Virginia |
Jr. |
Religious Studies |
| Natalie Sherbak |
Virginia Tech |
Jr. |
Marketing |
| Michelle Sikes |
Wake Forest |
Sr. |
Mathematical Economics |
| Laura Stanley |
Duke |
Sr. |
Psychology |
| Brittany Tinsley |
NC State |
So. |
First-Year College |
| Abigail Wilshire |
Florida State |
Sr. |
Sport Management |
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