July 31, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. – ACC Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year Kelsie Chaudoin of Virginia leads the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team announced Thursday by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Chaudoin, a senior from Germantown, Tenn. who is majoring in Architecture, has been selected to both the 2007 and 2008 All-ACC Academic teams and was chosen a first-team All-American this year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA), helping to lead Virginia to a fifth-place national finish. A three-time member of the ACC’s Crew of the Year for Virginia (2006-08), Chaudoin is a Dean’s List student and a four-time member of the ACC’s Honor Roll. She is the inaugural choice for ACC Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

A total of three All-Americans, 14 CRCA Scholar-Athletes and seven CRCA All-Region honorees are featured on the 2008 All-ACC Academic Rowing Team. The 35 rowers were selected from a pool of 148 nominees from the ACC’s six schools who sponsor rowing—Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia—an impressive average of almost 25 nominees per school.

To be nominated for the ACC All-Academic team, student-athletes must have recorded a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average in the winter semester and have maintained a 3.0 career GPA at their respective schools.

The three CRCA All-Americans were Chaudoin, Elizabeth McIntee of North Carolina, a senior from Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and Suzanne Van Fleet of Clemson, a senior from Exton, Pa. Chaudoin and Van Fleet were named to the CRCA All-American first team, while McIntee was a second-team selection.

A total of nine rowers repeated from last year’s All-ACC Academic team, including Chaudoin, Van Fleet, McIntee, Tracy Maciolek (Howell, N.J.) of Boston College, Nicole Rau (Wyoming, Mich.) of Clemson, Laura Cordner (Melbourne, Australia) of Miami, Ruby Woodside (Natick, Mass.) of North Carolina as well as Virginia’s Mary Eddy (Arlington, Va.) and Caitlin Mixter (Oakton, Va.).

For the third consecutive year Virginia, which captured its ninth straight ACC Rowing title this past year, led or tied for the lead among all schools matching Clemson with eight selections each. Miami had seven honorees followed by North Carolina with five, Duke with four and Boston College with three.

Mixter, who this year became the first coxswain to be named to the All-ACC Rowing Team for the third time, was one of 10 All-ACC honorees who also earned selection to the All-ACC Academic team. Joining Mixter were Chaudoin, and Bridget Wandelt (Fairfax, Va.) of UVa; Maciolek of Boston College; Van Fleet of Clemson; Cordner and Kelly Amsler (Redmond, Wash.) of Miami; Alex Japhet (Everett, Wash.) of Duke; and McIntee and Woodside of North Carolina.

The 14 CRCA scholar-athletes who were also selected for the ACC All-Academic team, included Maciolek of Boston College; Van Fleet, Megan Bendik (Marietta, Ga.), Ford Heiner (Oak Ridge, Tn.), Nicole Rau (Wyoming, Mich.) and Mairi Trimboli (Ludlow, Vt.) of Clemson; Woodside and Katherine Wood (Cornelius, N.C.) of North Carolina; and Mixter, Eddy, Wandelt, Stephanie Bohlen (Boiling Springs, Pa.), Allison Brennan (Dartmouth, N.S.) and Diane Leigh (Maitland, Fla.) of Virginia.

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Rowing Team
Name	Class	Degree	School	Hometown
Kelly Amsler	Senior	Marketing	Miami	Redmond, Wash.
Lindley Barrow	Sophomore	Environmental Sci.	North Carolina	Wallace, N.C.
Megan Bendik	Junior	Health Science	Clemson	Marietta, Ga.
Stephanie Bohlen	Junior	Neuroscience	Virginia	Boiling Springs, Pa.
Schafer Bomstein	Senior	Foreign Affairs	Virginia	Washington, D.C.
Allison Brennan	Senior	Psychology	Virginia	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Kelsie Chaudoin	Senior	Architecture	Virginia	Germantown, Tenn.
Sara Couch	Junior	Political Science & Econ.	Duke	London, Ky.
Laura Cordner	Senior	Anthropology	Miami	Melbourne, Australia
Catie Cornett	Senior	Psychology	Clemson	Piedmont, S.C.
Mary Eddy	Senior	Human Biology	Virginia	Arlington, Va.
Ford Heiner	Senior	Marketing	Clemson	Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Alex Japhet	Freshman	Undecided	Duke	Everett, Wash.
Elizabeth Keyser	Junior	History	Boston College	Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Bethany Krawec	Senior	Exercise Physiology	Miami	St.Catherines, Ontario
Michele Lancto	Junior	Psychology	Duke	Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Diane Leigh	Senior	Chemistry	Virginia	Maitland, Fla.
Whitney Lomax	Senior	Art History	Boston College	Villanova, Pa.
Tracy Maciolek	Junior	Secondary Education	Boston College	Howell, N.J.
Caitlin Mixter	Senior	Religious Studies	Virginia	Oakton, Va.
Elisabeth McIntee	Senior	Peace, War & Defense	North Carolina	Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Michelle Nance	Junior	Language & Int. Trade	Clemson	Simpsonville, S.C.
Louise Parry	Junior	International Studies	Miami	Melbourne, Australia
Nicole Rau	Junior	Biological Sciences	Clemson	Wyoming, Mich.
Elyse Roenick	Senior	Psychology	Clemson	Palm Harbor, Fla.
Emily Rothfield	Sophomore	History & Political Sci.	Duke	Hawthorn, Australia
Nicola Saner	Junior	Economics	Miami	Cape Town, South Africa
Mairi Trimboli	Sophomore	Economics	Clemson	Ludlow, Vt.
Karilyn Van Aken	Junior	Exercise Physiology	Miami	Thorold, Ontario
Suzanne Van Fleet	Senior	Early Childhood Ed.	Clemson	Exton, Pa.
Bridget Wandelt	Graduate	Environmental Sci.	Virginia	Fairfax, Va.
Emily Wingrove	Sophomore	Undeclared	Miami	Gloucester, Va.
Kathryn Winz	Senior	History	North Carolina	Raleigh, N.C.
Katherine Wood	Junior	Business Adm.	North Carolina	Cornelius, N.C.
Ruby Woodside	Junior	Chemistry	North Carolina	Natick, Mass.