Thirty-Two Cavaliers Earn All-ACC Academic Team Honors
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field program earned 32 All-ACC Academic Team honors the Atlantic Coast Conference office announced on Friday (June 21).
The Cavaliers placed a total of 32 student athletes (16 women, 16 men) on the All-ACC Academic teams. Of this season’s recipients, a total of 17 Cavaliers have previously earned the honor with Kayla Bonnick, Jacob Lemmon, Nate Mountain and Wes Porter earning the third All-ACC Academic team accolade of their outdoor season careers.
Academic requirements for selection to the team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and/or the NCAA Outdoor Championships during the most recent season.
Women’s All-Academic Selections (16)
Emily Alexandru, Virginia, Sociology with a minor in History*
Margot Appleton, Virginia, Cognitive Science*
Kayla Bonnick, Virginia, Speech Communication Disorders**
Brooke’Lyn Drakeford, Virginia, Kinesiology
Ariel Fletcher, Virginia, Undeclared
Maggie Hock, Virginia, Master’s in Commerce
Camryn Menninger, Virginia, Commerce with a minor in Leadership and Wellbeing
Janae Profit, Virginia, Double major in African-American Studies and Media Studies*
Gabriella Recce, Virginia, Chemical Engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering
Celia Rifaterra, Virginia, Undeclared
Samantha Romano, Virginia, Undeclared*
Alahna Sabbakhan, Virginia, Master’s in Public Health*
Esther Seeland, Master’s in Kinesiology*
Elsa Spoor, Virginia, Undeclared
Caroline Timm, Virginia, Mater’s in Educational Psychology
Anna Workman, Virginia, Biomedical Engineering*
Men’s All-Academic Selections (16)
Will Anthony, Virginia, Physics and Mathematics
Liam Bellamy, Virginia, Commerce*
Jack Eliason, Virginia, American Studies*
John Fay, Virginia, Foreign Affairs
Jacob Hunter, Virginia, Master’s in Educational Psychology*
Andrew Jones, Virginia, Kinesiology
Alex Leath, Virginia, Undeclared
Jacob Lemmon, Virginia, Master’s in Commerce**
Gary Martin, Virginia, Undeclared*
Nate Mountain, Virginia, Commerce**
Conor Murphy, Virginia, Psychology
Wes Porter, Virginia, Commerce**
Justin Rogers, Virginia, Kinesiology*
Alex Sherman, Virginia, Applied Studies*
Heldi Valikaj, Virginia, Computer Science
Justin Wachtel, Virginia, Commerce
* – number of career outdoor All-ACC Academic Team honors