Paige Madden Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 21 Earn All-ACC Academic
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Senior Paige Madden was named the ACC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Virginia men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams had 21 student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic teams, the conference office announced on Wednesday (April 14).
Madden earned her second consecutive ACC Scholar-Athlete Award. An ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner, Madden was recently named a Honda Sports Award Finalist for swimming & diving. Madden is a two-time ACC Swimmer of the Year and of the Meet. She led Virginia to its first-ever NCAA Championship title in 2021 after capturing three individual races and one relay title, the most of any swimmer at the meet. She holds 14 CSCAA All-America honors and is a 13-time ACC Champion. Recently, she was named the 2021 Weaver-James-Corrigan ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Award recipient.
Madden is one of 12 Cavaliers to be named to the women’s 2021 All-ACC Academic Team. She joins sophomore Lexi Cuomo (Clifton, Va.), sophomore Maddie Donohoe (Annandale, Va.), sophomore Kate Douglass (Pelham, N.Y.), senior Caroline Gmelich (Rumson, N.J.), freshman Abby Harter (Broadlands, Va.), freshman Anna Keating (Vienna, Va.), junior Julia Menkhaus (Charlotte, N.C.), junior Jessica Nava (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), sophomore Ella Nelson (Nashville, Tenn.), senior Kyla Valls (Miami, Fla.) and Alex Walsh (Nashville, Tenn.).
The men’s team had nine student-athletes named to the 2021 All-ACC Academic Team with senior Keefer Barnum (Louisville, Ky.), freshman Matt Brownstead (Port Matilda, Pa.), freshman Will Cole (Prospect, Ky.), sophomore Sean Conway (Round Hill, Va.), sophomore Max Edwards (Winston-Salem, N.C.), junior Justin Grender (Cincinnati, Ohio), sophomore August Lamb (Charlottesville, Va.), senior Matt Otto (Newark, Del.) and sophomore Jack Wright (Wexford, Pa.) earning the honor.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September of 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their careers, as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
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.
2020-21 Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Paige Madden, Virginia, Sr., Kinesiology, Health & Wellbeing
2020-21 All-ACC Academic Women’s Swimming & Diving Team
Sarah Foley, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Maddi Pullinger**, Duke, Jr., Evolutionary Anthropology
Catherine Purnell, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Emma Shuppert**, Duke, So., Biology
Ali Watson**, Duke, So., Neuroscience
Ellie Winslow, Duke, Sr., Public Policy
Phoebe Griffiths, Florida State, Fr., NFA-Management
Jenny Halden, Florida State, Fr., Pre-Industrial Engineering
Ginevra Molino, Florida State, Fr., Pre-Biological Science
Rebecca Moynihan, Florida State, Sr., Biological Science
Anna Bradescu, Georgia Tech, Fr., Mathematics
Brooke Switzer, Georgia Tech, So., Biomedical Engineering
Gabi Albiero, Louisville, Fr., Marketing
Diana Dunn**, Louisville, Jr., Civil Engineering
Abigail Hay**, Louisville, So., Accounting
Paige Hetrick, Louisville, Fr., Exercise Science
Alena Kraus***, Louisville, Jr., Art
Christiana Regenauer**, Louisville, So., Exercise Science
Tatiana Salcutan, Louisville, Fr., Communications
Ashlyn Schoof**, Louisville, Sr., Exercise Science
Maria Sumida, Louisville, Jr., Marketing
Tristen Ulett, Louisville, Fr., Exercise Science
Kaylee Wheeler***, Louisville, Jr., Biology
Liberty Williams, Louisville, Fr., Early Elementary Education
Mia Vallée**, Miami, So., Marine Biology & Ecology
Amy Dragelin, North Carolina, So,, Media & Journalism
Lilly Higgs**, North Carolina, Jr., Exercise Science
Sophie Lindner***, North Carolina, Jr., Management & Society
Heidi Lowe**, North Carolina, Jr., Public Health – Biostatistics
Aranza Vazquez, North Carolina, Fr., Exercise Science
Kylee Alons***, NC State, Jr., Industrial Engineering
Abby Arens, NC State, Fr., Life Sciences
Katharine Berkoff, NC State, So., Microbiology
Olivia Calegan***, NC State, Sr., Biological Sciences
Sophie Hansson***, NC State, Jr, Business Management
Yara Hierath, NC State, Fr., Psychology
Kate Moore***, NC State, Sr., Industrial Engineering
Emma Muzzy***, NC State, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Andrea Podmanikova, NC State, Jr., Sport Management
Julia Poole****, NC State, Sr., Business Management
Sirena Rowe***, NC State, Sr., Environmental Science and Agroecology
Coleen Gillilan**, Notre Dame, So., Computer Science
Madeline LaPorte, Notre Dame, Jr., Neuroscience & Behavior
Bayley Stewart**, Notre Dame, Sr., Neuroscience & Behavior
Kelly Straub**, Notre Dame, Sr., Science Pre-Professional
Luciana Thomas**, Notre Dame, Jr., Political Science
Annie Wiese**, Notre Dame, Jr., Political Science
Amy Read, Pitt, Jr., Communication: Rhet and Communications
Lexi Cuomo**, Virginia, So., Chemical Engineering
Maddie Donohoe**, Virginia, So., Undeclared
Kate Douglass**, Virginia, So., Statistics
Caroline Gmelich**, Virginia, Sr., Biology
Abby Harter, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Anna Keating, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Paige Madden****, Virginia, Sr., Kinesiology, Health & Wellbeing
Julia Menkhaus**, Virginia, Jr., Commerce
Jessica Nava**, Virginia, Jr., Commerce
Ella Nelson**, Virginia, So., Undeclared
Kyla Valls***, Virginia, Sr., Media Studies
Alex Walsh, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Teagan Moravek**, Virginia Tech, Jr., Human Development
Sarah Shackelford, Virginia Tech, So., Biological Sciences
Chase Travis, Virginia Tech, Fr., Human Development
Joelle Vereb***, Virginia Tech, Sr., Human Nutition Food and Exercise
Loulou Vos, Virginia Tech, Jr., Biomedical Engineering
2020-21 Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, Sr., Exercise Science
2020-21 All-ACC Academic Men’s Swimming & Diving Team
Seamus Harding, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Izaak Bastian***, Florida State, Jr., Athletic Training
Josh Davidson****, Florida State, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Mason Herbet, Florida State, Fr. , Pre-Mechanical Engineering
Jakub Ksiazek***, Florida State, Jr., Finance
Max McCusker**, Florida State, Jr., Economics
Kyle Barone, Georgia Tech, Jr, Computer Science
Caio Pumputis, Georgia Tech, Snr, Business Administration
Batur Unlu, Georgia Tech, Fr, Biomedical Engineering
Nicolas Albiero****, Louisville, Sr., Exercise Science
Tanner Cummings**, Louisville, Jr., Psychology
Mihalis Deliyiannis***, Louisville, Sr., Finance
Michael Eastman, Louisville, Jr., Computer Information Systems
Colton Paulson, Louisville, Jr., Sport Administration
Nikolaos Sofianidis****, Louisville, Sr., Marketing
Jack Wever, Louisville, Jr., Marketing
Mitchell Whyte, Louisville, Jr., Computer Information Systems
Kyle Worrell, Louisville, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Valdas Abaliksta**, North Carolina, Sr., Economics
Anton Down-Jenkins, North Carolina, Jr., Media & Journalism
Alex Hart**, North Carolina, Soph., EXSS – Sports Admin
Boyd Poelke, North Carolina, Fr., Business
Noah Bowers, NC State, So., Business Management
Zach Brown***, NC State, Jr., Business Management
Erge Gezmis**, NC State, Sr., Business Management
John Healy, NC State, Jr., Statistics
Noah Henderson, NC State, So., Mechanical Engineering
Giovanni Izzo, NC State, Jr., Sport Management
Eric Knowles****, NC State, Sr., Materials Science Engineering
Rafal Kusto**, NC State, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Luke Miller, NC State, Fr., Exploratory Studies
Michael Moore, NC State, Fr., Exploratory Studies
James Plage, NC State, Fr., Business Management
Luke Sobolewski**, NC State, Sr., Chemical Engineering
Kacper Stokowski, NC State, So., Communications
Hunter Tapp**, NC State, So., Accounting
Josh Bottelberghe**, Notre Dame, Jr., Computer Science
Alec DeLong, Notre Dame, So., Finance
Sadler McKeen**, Notre Dame, Sr., Finance
Liam Smith, Notre Dame, Fr., Finance
Cason Wilburn, Notre Dame, So., Environmental Engineering
Cooper Van Der Laan, Pitt, So., Undeclared
Keefer Barnum****, Virginia, Sr., American Studies (BA), Music (BA)
Matt Brownstead, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Will Cole, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Sean Conway**, Virginia, So., Systems Engineering
Max Edwards**, Virginia, So., Undeclared
Justin Grender**, Virginia, Jr., Statistics
August Lamb**, Virginia, So., Undeclared
Matt Otto***, Virginia, Sr., Commerce
Jack Wright**, Virginia, So., Undeclared
Taj Cole, Virginia Tech, So., Environmental Econ: Mgt and Policy
Filippo Dal Maso**, Virginia Tech, Jr., Architecture
Thomas Hallock**, Virginia Tech, Sr., Aerospace Engineering
Keith Myburgh, Virginia Tech, Jr., Computer Science
Ananias “AJ” Pouch, Virginia Tech, So., Criminology
Sam Tornqvist, Virginia Tech, Sr., Business Information Technology
Forest Webb, Virginia Tech, So. , Business
*denotes number of career All-ACC Academic honors