Virginia Names 14 to Swimming and Diving All-ACC Academic Team
April 19, 2018
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving team had 14 student-athletes named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic team, as announced by the league office on Thursday (April 19).
The women’s team saw nine student-athletes earn the honor as seniors Caitlin Cooper (Atlanta, Ga.), Dina Rommel (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Jennifer Marrkand (Westford, Mass.), juniors Vivian Tafuto (Hummelstown, Pa.) and Kylie Towbin (New Canaan, Conn.), sophomore Morgan Hill (Olney, Md.), and freshmen Emma Seiberlich (Audubon, Pa.), Kyla Valls (Miami, Fla.) and Paige Madden (Mobile, Ala.) were named to the conference academic team.
Senior Luke Georgiadis (Jacksonville, Fla.), sophomores Joe Clark (Worcester Park, Great Britain) and Ted Schubert (Ashland, Va.), and freshmen Keefer Barnum (Louisville, Ky.) and Matthew Otto (Newark, Del.) earned the honor on the men’s side.
Tafuto earned All-ACC Academic honors for the third time in her career, while Marrkand, Clark and Georgiadis each tabbed their second academic conference honor.
During the season, Hill led the team as a five-time All-America honoree, while Cooper and Marrkand each recorded four All-America honors. Schubert finished the season as a two-time All-American, while Clark and Barnum captured their first national accolade.
Rommel, Tafuto and Valls earned All-America honors by aiding the Cavaliers in relays at the NCAA Championships. Rommel was a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay team, helping the team capture a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. She also finished first at the ACC Championships in the event. Tafuto swam with the 200-yard medley relay team, placing 15th on the national stage, while Valls competed with the 400-yard freestyle relay, tabbing a third-place finish.
Otto placed 20th in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA championships after finishing fourth in the event at the ACC championships. Seiberlich also captured a top-25 finish at the national meet, placing 23rd in the 200-yard backstroke.
In addition to the national success, Madden captured an ACC championship with the 800-yard freestyle relay. Towbin won the 3-meter board at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, advancing to the NCAA Championships in that event and the platform. Georgiadis earned All-ACC honors in the 200-yard freestyle with a second-place finish.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his or her academic career.
The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
2018 All-ACC Academic Women’s Swimming & Diving Team
Duke, Leah Goldman, Sr., Psychology
Duke, Mackenzie Willborn, Jr., Biomedical Engineering
Florida State, Ayla Bonniwell, So., Finance – Cond
Florida State, Molly Carlson, So., NFA-Psychology
Florida State, Tayla Lovemore, Sr., Environment & Society
Florida State, Blaire Mulka, Sr., Sport Management
Florida State, Natalie Pierce, Sr., International Affairs
Louisville, Mariia Astashkina, Fr., Undecided
Louisville, Rachael Bradford-Feldman, Jr., Early Elementary Education
Louisville, Avery Braunecker, So., Communication
Louisville, Sophie Cattermole, Jr., Sport Administration
Louisville, Mallory Comerford, Jr., Marketing
Louisville, Casey Fanz, So., Sport Administration
Louisville, Molly Fears, So., Biology
Louisville, Morgan Friesen, Fr., Exercise Science
Louisville, Alina Kendzior, Jr., Sport Administration
Louisville, Grace Oglesby, So., Early Elementary Education
Louisville, Arina Openysheva, Fr., Undecided
Louisville, Ashlyn Schoof, Fr., Exercise Science
Louisville, Lainey Visscher, So., Liberal Studies
Miami, Alicia Blagg, R-Fr., Criminology
Miami, Wally Layland, Sr., Sports Administration
North Carolina, Maddie Baker, Fr., Undeclared
North Carolina, Caroline Baldwin, Sr., Sports Administration
North Carolina, Caroline Hauder, Fr., Undeclared
North Carolina, Maddie Smith, Fr., statistics and analytics
NC State, Tamila Holub, Fr., Life Sciences
NC State, Anna Jahns, Jr., Civil Engineering
NC State, Madeline Kline, So., Life Sciences
NC State, Lexie Lupton, Jr., Sport Management
NC State, Hannah Moore, Sr., Nutrition Science
NC State, Ky-Lee Perry, So., Middle Grades Education
NC State, Julia Poole, Fr., Business Management
NC State, Anna Shumate, Fr., Exploratory Studies
Notre Dame, Abbie Dolan, So., English, Spanish
Notre Dame, Lauren Heller, So., Psychology
Notre Dame, Sofia Revilak, Jr., Political Science
Pitt, Lina Rathsack, Sr., Natural Science
Pitt, Meme Sharp, Sr., Communication and Rhetoric
Virginia, Caitlin Cooper, Sr., Psychology
Virginia, Morgan Hill, So., Undeclared
Virginia, Paige Madden, Fr., Kinesiology
Virginia, Jennifer Marrkand, Sr., Media Studies
Virginia, Dina Rommel, Sr., Sociology
Virginia, Emma Seiberlich, Fr., Undeclared
Virginia, Vivian Tafuto, Jr., Economics
Virginia, Kylie Towbin, Jr., Commerce
Virginia, Kyla Valls, Fr., Undeclared
Virginia Tech, Adriana Grabski, Sr., Communication Studies
Virginia Tech, Maggie Gruber, R-Sr., Business Information Technology
Virginia Tech, Ashlynn Peters, Jr., Finance
Virginia Tech, Joelle Vereb, Fr., Human Nutrition Food & Exercise
2018 All-ACC Academic Men’s Swimming & Diving Team
Duke, Nathaniel Hernandez, So., Biology
Duke, Judd Howard, Jr., Economics
Duke, Evan Moretti, Jr., Public Policy
Duke, Teddy Zeng, Fr., Undeclared
Florida State, Griffin Alaniz, Jr., Marketing – BS
Florida State, Joshua Davidson, Fr., Pre-Mechanical Engineering
Florida State, Tyler Roberge, Sr., Psychology
Florida State, Nate Samson, So., Pre-Biochemistry
Florida State, Cameron Thatcher, So., Finance
Georgia Tech, Caio Pumputis, Fr., Business Administration
Louisville, Nicolas Albiero, Fr., Exercise Science
Louisville, Andrej Barna, So., Business
Louisville, Carlos Claverie, Sr., Marketing
Louisville, Daniel Fecteau, Jr., Sport Administration
Louisville, Zach Harting, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Louisville, T.C. Smith, Fr., Business
Louisville, Nikolaos Sofianidis, Fr., Business
North Carolina, Greg Duncan, Fr., Environmental science
NC State, James Bretscher, Jr., Business Management
NC State, Danny Erlenmeyer, So., Business Management
NC State, Daniel Graber, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
NC State, Ryan Held, Sr., Fisheries and Wildlife Science
NC State, Anton Ipsen, Sr., Industrial Engineering
NC State, Gil Kiesler, Fr., Engineering
NC State, Eric Knowles, Fr., Engineering
NC State, Jack McIntyre, Fr., Business Management
NC State, Jacob Molacek, So., Psychology
NC State, Justin Ress, Jr., Applied Math
NC State, Hennessey Stuart, Sr., Civil Engineering
NC State, Andreas Vazaios, Jr., Psychology
Notre Dame, Joe Coumos, Sr., English, History
Notre Dame, John Montesi, So., none
Notre Dame, Aaron Schultz, So., Mechanical Engineering
Notre Dame, Steven Shek, Jr., Finance
Notre Dame, Rob Whitacre, Sr., Management Consulting
Virginia, Keefer Barnum, Fr., Undeclared
Virginia, Joe Clark, So., Undeclared
Virginia, Luke Georgiadis, Sr., Commerce
Virginia, Matthew Otto, Fr., Undeclared
Virginia, Ted Schubert, So., Cognitive Science
Virginia Tech, Ian Ho, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech, Harrison Pierce, Sr., Finance
Virginia Tech, Ben Schiesl, Jr., Management