March 31, 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 Thursday 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.

Maryland senior Laurel Jefferson was named to the 2006 All-ACC S Academic Cross Country Team. Jefferson is an English/French/History major from Silver Spring, Md.

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, Sophomore, Elementary Education
Mary Chind, Georgia Tech, Senior, Science, Technology & Culture
Kelly Clark, Virginia Tech, Freshman, University Studies
Erin Franklin, Wake Forest, Senior, Health and Exercise Science
Fiona Gentles, Virginia Tech, Freshman, Mechanical Engineering
Laura Hodges, Virginia, Graduate, Education
Amy Huss, Florida State, Senior, Economics
Laurel Jefferson, Maryland, Senior, English/French/History
Bona Jones, NC State, Freshman, First-Year College
Nichole Lister, Boston College, Sophomore, Environmental Geology
Emily McCabe, Duke, Graduate, Humanities
Madeline McKeever, Duke, Sophomore, Undeclared
Nish Kurian, Georgia Tech, Junior, Chemical Engineering
Elena Linn, Georgia Tech, Junior, International Affairs
Elle Pishny, Duke, Senior, Public Policy Studies
Katherine Read, Virginia, Junior, Religious Studies
Natalie Sherbak, Virginia Tech, Junior, Marketing
Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest, Senior, Mathematical Economics
Laura Stanley, Duke, Senior, Psychology
Brittany Tinsley, NC State, Sophomore, First-Year College
Abigail Wilshire, Florida State, Senior, Sport Management