May 26, 2005

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina student-athletes Courtney Bumpers (gymnastics), Katy Tran (field hockey) and Dave Werry (men's lacrosse) have earned Academic All-District honors, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Bumpers and Tran were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III University Division Women's At-Large second team and Werry was named to the equivalent men's second team.

To be nominated for the honor, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Voting by CoSIDA members determines a first team and a second team, with first team selections becoming eligible for Academic All-America honors.

At-large selections come from the sports of bowling (women's), crew (women's), fencing, field hockey (women's), golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball (men's), water polo and wrestling (men's). The University Division District III is made up of Division I school in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Courtney Bumpers

Bumpers, a junior from Stone Mountain, Ga., is an environmental science major and carries a 3.5 GPA. A three-time All-America selection, she was the 2005 NCAA Champion in the floor exercise after earning a perfect 10.0 in the finals. She also was the EAGL (East Atlantic Gymnastics League) co-champion in the all-around as UNC claimed the 2005 title. Bumpers, who tied for the NCAA floor title in 2004, is the recipient of an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award and has been selected to represent UNC at the NCAA Leadership Conference this summer. On campus, she is involved in the freshman student-athlete mentoring program and Habitat for Humanity.

Tran is from Grantville, Pa., and working toward a double major in biology and exercise and sport science. A senior academically but a junior athletically after taking a redshirt season in 2002, she has a GPA of 3.5. She started all 23 games at goalkeeper last season for the ACC Champion Tar Heels, who finished the season 21-2.. Tran earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference and All-ACC Tournament honors and was named All-South Region while leading the ACC with a goals-allowed average of 0.77 per game.

A recipient of the ACC Top Six Award for Service, Tran leads UNC's freshman mentoring program for student-athletes and is also involved with the the Get Kids in Action program and the Adopt-A-Classroom program. A two-time member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad, she is the recipient of a 2005 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award.

Dave Werry

Werry, a junior from Oshawa, Ontario, is working toward a double major in economics and political science and carries a 3.75 GPA. A midfielder for UNC, he was Tar Heels' back-up face-off man in 2005, appearing in 10 games and starting two. He won 30 of 76 faceoffs (.395 percent).

Werry is a participant in the Honors Program and is attending North Carolina on a Morehead Scholarship, the most prestigious academic grant awarded at UNC. Very active in community service, he started and runs a program called Carolina Dreams, in which patients from UNC Children's Hospital attend sporting events with Tar Heel student-athletes. He is also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

Among ACC teams, Georgia Tech had four student-athletes honored, while UNC and Duke were next with three each. In addition to Bumpers, Tran and Werry, conference student-athletes honored were: Megan Bradley (Miami, women's tennis, first team), Roberto Castro (Georgia Tech, men's golf, first team), Seth Hoffman (NC State, men's swimming, first team), Tommy Rappold (Clemson, men's swimming, first team), Kelly Anderson (Georgia Tech, women's tennis, second team), Johanna Bischof (Duke, field hockey, second team), Emily Breen (FSU, women's swimming, second team), Kathryn Ness (Duke, women's swimming, second team), Nathan Bragg (Duke, men's fencing, second team), Mike Faust (Virginia Tech, wrestling, second team), Neil Savage (Virginia Tech, wrestling, second team), Chan Song (Georgia Tech, men's golf, second team), Doug Steward (Virginia, men's tennis, second team) and Nicholas Thompson (Georgia Tech, men's golf, second team).