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Academic All-Americans

Academic All-Americans

Gretchen Walsh was named the 2024-25 NCAA Division I Academic All-American of the Year across all sports and genders. She is the only Cavalier and the second ACC player ever to win the honor.

Below is the list of Virginia’s Academic All-Americans. Bold indicates individuals who were the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for their individual sports.

 

 
Year Athlete Sport Team
1966 Don Parker Football 2nd
  Fred Jones Football HM
  Ken Postas Football HM
1970 Steve Bryant Baseball 1st
1972 Tom Kennedy Football 1st
  Mike Judkins Baseball 3rd
1973 Jim Hobgood Men's Basketball 2nd
1975 Bob Meade Football 1st
1976 Wally Walker Men's Basketball 1st
1979 Pat Chester Football 2nd
1980 Val Ackerman Women's Basketball 2nd
  Lee Raker Men's Basketball HM
1981 Jeff Lamp Men's Basketball 1st
  Lee Raker Men's Basketball 1st
  Val Ackerman Women's Basketball 1st
1982 Ed Reynolds Football 2nd
  Kevin Clarke Baseball 3rd
1983 Kevin Clarke Baseball 3rd
  Jim Pagano Wrestling (At-Large) 3rd
  Cathy Grimes Women's Basketball HM
1984 Kevin Clarke Baseball 1st
  Mathias Bostrom Men's Swimming (At-Large) 3rd
  Martha Schmitt Women's Track & Field (At-Large) 3rd
1985 Judith Ellen Browne Softball 2nd
  Margaret Llvy Softball HM
1989 Robin Bergen Softball 2nd
  Lisa Palmer Softball 2nd
1990 Richard Sharff Baseball 2nd
1992 Tom Burns Football 1st
  Heather Burge Women's Basketball 2nd
  Tammi Reiss Women's Basketball 3rd
1993 Tom Burns Football 1st
  Dena Evans Women's Basketball 1st
  Heather Burge Women's Basketball 2nd
1994 Rob Cook Men's Cross Country (At-Large) 2nd
1995 Tiki Barber Football 1st
  Jenny Boucek Women's Basketball 3rd
1996 Tiki Barber Football 1st
  Mike Fisher Men's Soccer (At-Large) 1st
  Jenny Boucek Women's Basketball 2nd
  Jamie Hahn Softball 2nd
  Chris Garber Men's Swimming (At-Large) 3rd
1997 Mike Fisher Men's Soccer (At-Large) 1st
  Stephen Phelan Jr. Football 1st
  Heather Helen Hale Field Hockey (At-Large) 2nd
  Scott Lebovitz Men's Tennis (At-Large) 2nd
  Andriy Shapowal Men's Soccer (At-Large) 2nd
1998 Margaret Boutilier Women's Lacrosse (At-Large) 1st
  Andriy Shapowal Men's Soccer (At-Large) 1st
2000 Austin Ramirez Men's Swimming (At-Large) 2nd
  Amy Lynne Fromal Women's Lacrosse (At-Large) 3rd
2001 David Stone Baseball 3rd
  Kathleen Tracy Women's Soccer (At-Large) 3rd
2002 Mark Koontz Men's Lacrosse (At-Large) 2nd
  David Stone Baseball 2nd
  Megan Roesch Women's Swimming (At-Large) 3rd
2003 Lauren Aumiller Women's Lacrosse (At-Large) 3rd
2004 Gillian Hatch Women's Soccer 2nd
2005 Sarah Kirkwood Volleyball 2nd
2006 Sarah Kirkwood Volleyball 1st
2007 Sarah Kirkwood Volleyball 2nd
  Andrew Dumm Men's Cross Country 3rd
  Ben Rubeor Men's Lacrosse (At-Large) 3rd
  Leah Wigger Women's Golf (At-Large) 3rd
2008 Ben Rubeor Men's Lacrosse (At-Large) 2nd
2010 Danny Hultzen Baseball 2nd
2011 Danny Hultzen Baseball 1st
2012 Sarah Borchelt Rowing (At-Large) 1st
  Anna Corrigan Women's Track & Field 3rd
  Matt Snyder Wrestling (At-Large) 3rd
2013 Sarah Cowburn Rowing (At-Large) 1st
  Mark Amirault Men's Track & Field 3rd
  Matt Snyder Wrestling (At-Large) 3rd
2014 Danielle Colaprico Women's Soccer 2nd
2015 Makenzy Doniak Women's Soccer 2nd
  Courtney Swan Women's Lacrosse 3rd
2016 Micah Kiser Football 2nd
2017 Kurt Benkert Football 2nd
2019 Meghan McCool Women's Soccer 2nd
2020 Sammy Mueller Women's Lacrosse (At-Large) 2nd
  Carl Soderlund Men's Tennis (At-Large) 2nd
  Paige Madden Women's Swimming (At-Large) 3rd
  Ted Schubert Men's Swimming (At-Large) 3rd
  Jocelyn Willoughby Women's Basketball 3rd
2021 Paige Madden Women's Swimming (At-Large) 1st
  Carl Soderlund Men's Tennis (At-Large) 1st
  Michaela Meyer Women's Cross Country 2nd
  Owayne Owens Men's Track & Field 2nd
2022 Jake Gelof Baseball 1st
  Owayne Owens Men's Track & Field 1st
  Natasha Subhash Women's Tennis (At-Large) 2nd
2023 Lexi Cuomo Women's Swimming (At-Large) 1st
  Kate Douglass Women's Swimming 1st
  Jake Gelof Baseball 1st
  Ella Nelson Women's Swimming 1st
  Owayne Owens Men's Track & Field 1st
  Ben Vander Plas Men's Basketball 1st
  Derek Johnson Men's Track & Field 2nd
  Natasha Subhash Women's Tennis 2nd
  Iñaki Montes de la Torre Men's Tennis 2nd
  Gretchen Walsh Women's Swimming 2nd
2024 James Hopper Men's Tennis 1st
  Chris Rodesch Men's Tennis 1st
  Connor Shellenberger Men's Lacrosse (At-Large) 1st
  Alex Walsh Women's Swimming 1st
  Gretchen Walsh Women's Swimming 1st
  Malik Washington Football 1st
  Maxine Parker Women's Swimming 2nd
  Jeffrey von der Schulenburg Men's Tennis 2nd
  Natasha Subash Women's Tennis 3rd
  Will Anthony Men's Track & Field/Cross Country 3rd
  Nate Mountain Men's Track & Field/Cross Country 3rd
2025 Gretchen Walsh Women's Swimming 1st
  Alex Walsh Women's Swimming 1st
  Claire Curzan Women's Swimming 3rd
  Elaine Chervinsky Women's Tennis 1st
  Melodie Collard Women's Tennis 2nd
  Annabelle Xu Women's Tennis 3rd
  Jade Hylton Softball 2nd
  Will Daley Men's Track & Field/Cross Country 1st
  Gary Martin Men's Track & Field/Cross Country 1st
  Alex Sherman Men's Track & Field/Cross Country 3rd
2026 Claire Curzan Women's Swimming 1st
  Anna Moesch Women's Swimming 2nd
  Katie Grimes Women's Swimming 2nd


BOLD denotes Academic All-America of the Year for their sport or at-large category