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‘Hoos Achieving
The Hoos Achieving Award recognizes a University of Virginia student-athlete who has exemplified the pursuit of “Uncompromised Excellence”. This student-athlete demonstrates hard work, determination, and extraordinary effort in many aspects of life.
University of Virginia student-athletes are recognized for their academic success and commitment to excellence. Each semester, the student-athletes who earn a 3.0 GPA and above are recognized during halftime of a football or basketball game. The Athletics Academic Affairs Office also selects a small group of student-athletes to be honored monthly with the Hoo’s Achieving Award. Finally, The University of Virginia is proud to have student-athletes who have earned Academic All American Honors as well as University of Virginia academic awards and scholarships.
Recent Award Winners
2009-2010
Men’s Basketball
- Jerome Meyinsse and Will Sherill – ACC All Academic Team
- Jerome Meyinsse – ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post Graduate Scholarship Award Winner
- Jerome Meyinsse – ACC’s Skip Prosser Award
- Jerome Meyinsse – VaSID Academic All-State Team
Baseball
- Danny Hultzen – 2010 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Second-Team
- Neal Davis, Danny Hultzen, Branden Kline, and Robert Morey – ACC All Academic Team
- Danny Hultzen – VaSID Academic All-State Team
Cross Country
- Catherine White – Honda Sports Award
- Catherine White – VaSID Academic All-State Team
- Stephanie Garcia, Morgane Gay, Catherine White – ACC All Academic Team
- Trey Miller – ACC All Academic Team
Field Hockey
- Lauren Elstein – Inaugural winner NCAA Elite 8
- Lauren Elstein – Second Team Academic All-District
- Paige Selenski – Honda Sports Award Finalist
- Lauren Elstein – All ACC Scholar Athlete
Football
- Pat Slebonik – ACC All Academic Team
Men’s Golf
- Will Collins – All-ACC Academic Team
- Team recogonized by Golf Coaches Association of America for having one of the nation’s best grade point averages. They received this honor by having a team GPA higher than 3.0.
Women’s Golf
- Whitney Neuhauser – ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post Graduate Scholarship Honorary Award
- Nicole Agnello and Lauren Greenlief – National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team
- Nicole Agnello, Lauren Greenlief, and Whitney Neuhauser – All-ACC Academic Team
Men’s Lacrosse
- Ken Clausen – Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- Ken Clausen – USILA Scholar All-American
- Ken Clausen – Ernest Ern Award Nominee
- Ken Clausen and Adam Ghitelman – All-ACC Academic Team
Women’s Lacrosse
- Brittany Kalkstein – Honda Sports Award Finalist
- Caity Whiteley, Liz Downs, and Josie Owen – All-ACC Academic Team
Men’s Swimming and Diving
- Daniel Johnson, Garrett Wren, Scot Robison, and Taylor Smith – All-ACC Academic Team
- Daniel Johnson and Taylor Smith – College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-Academic Team
- Scot Robison – All ACC Scholar-Athlete Nominee
Women’s Swimming and Diving
- Mei Christensen – ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post Graduate Scholarship Award Winner
- Jenna Harris – ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Post Graduate Scholarship Award Winner
- Team named to CSCAA Scholar All American Team for Fall 2009 semester
- Mei Christensen – ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Christine Olson, Kelly Flynn, Katya Bachrouche, Ellie Freeman, Kristen Moores, Liz Shaw, Mei Christensen, Jenna Harris, Katherine McDonnell, and Jen Narum – All-ACC Academic Team
- Mei Christensen – Second Team Academic All-District
- Christine Olson, Kristen Moores, Mei Christensen, and Katherine McDonnell – College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-Academic Team
- Mei Christensen – VaSID Academic All-State Team
- Mei Christensen – Selected as a Top 30 NCAA Woman of the Year
Men’s Soccer
- Hunter Jumper – All ACC Academic Team
Women’s Soccer
- Colleen Flanagan, Meghan Lenczyk, and Morgan Stith – All ACC Academic Team
- Colleen Flanagan – All ACC Scholar Athlete Nominee
Rowing
- Jennifer Cromwell, Sarah Borchelt, Victoria Burke, Inge Janssen, Summers Nelson, Nora Phillips, Sarah Pichardo, and Katrin Reinert – All ACC Academic Team
- Jennifer Cromwell – All ACC Rowing Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Sarah Borchelt, Summers Nelson (2nd Year for honor), and Nora Phillips – Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar Athletes for 2010
Track and Field
- Kevin Anding, Alex Bowman, Steve Delice, Sean Keveren, and Trey Miller – All ACC Academic Team
- Kevin Anding, Steve Delice, Sean Keveren, Matt Meyer, and Catherine White – U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Division I All-Academic Team
- Steve Delice – VaSID Academic All-State Team
- Robbie Andrews – VaSID Academic All-State Team
- Robbie Andrews – 2009-10 ACC Male Sportsmanship Award
- Kevin Anding – All ACC Indoor Track and Field Team
- Catherine White – All ACC Scholar Athlete Nominee
- Steve Delice – All ACC Scholar Athlete Nominee
Men’s Tennis
- Houston Barrick, Steven Eelkman Rooda, and Sanam Singh – All ACC Academic Team
Women’s Tennis
- Lindsey Hardenbergh – All ACC Academic Team
- Colleen Flanagan – All ACC Scholar Athlete Nominee
Volleyball
- Lauren Dickson – ESPN the Magazine Academic-All District Honors – Two time selection
- Lauren Dickson – VaSID Academic All-State Team
- Lauren Dickson – All ACC Scholar Athlete Nominee
- AJ Cushman, Lauren Dickson (3-time honoree), Sydney Hill (2 time honoree) – All ACC Academic Team
Wrestling
- Ross Gitomer – NWCA All-Academic Team
In addition, for the Spring 2010 semester, Virginia had 300 student athletes achieve Academic Honor Roll (gpa of 3.0 or better ). 138 student-athletes achieved Dean’s List honors, including 10 student-athletes that achieved a gpa of 4.0.