Three Miami Players Earn 2006 All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team Honors
Feb. 27, 2007
Coral Gables, Fla. – The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) named junior Michelle Bruin, junior Ciara Michel, and senior Jill Robinson to the ALL-ACC Academic Volleyball Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
For the second consecutive season, Bruin, a sports administration major, has been honored by the ACC for All-Academic team. The Chapel Hill native was also named to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team for the second year in a row.
In addition to this season’s honor, local Miami native Ciara Michel majoring in psychology, also earned ALL-ACC second team for her performance throughout the 2006 season.
Capturing her first conference academic team honor, Jill Robinson, a sports administration major from Merced, Calif. was also named to the 2004-2005 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
With a total of 32 student-athletes earning academic honors, at least one player from each of the conference’s 12 schools is represented on this year’s team.
Duke led all schools with six academic selections, followed by Virginia with four. Six schools (Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina and Virginia Tech) received three nods apiece, while Clemson picked up two. Maryland, NC State and Wake Forest each placed one student-athlete on the team.
2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Volleyball Team
Name, Class, School, Major
!*Allison Anderson, Sr., Boston College……….Political Science
#Brianna Barry, Fr., Florida State……………Sport Management
! Michelle Bruin, Jr., Miami………………….Sports Administration
Sue Carls, So., Duke………………………..Undeclared
Amanda Cloyd, Jr., Virginia Tech……………..Human Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Allison Davis, Fr., NC State…………………Engineering
Lauren Dickinson, Fr., Virginia………………Undeclared
*Katie Esbrook, Sr., Virginia Tech……………Human Nutrition, Food & Exercise
!Beth Gillming, Jr., Maryland………………..Education
!Sarah Griffin, Sr., Florida State……………Finance
*Ali Hausfeld, Jr., Duke…………………….Biology
*Tealle Hunkus, Sr., Duke……………………Public Policy Studies
Stephanie Jansma, So. North Carolina………….Business
!*Emily Kirkwood, Sr., Virginia………………Art History
!*Sarah Kirkwood, Jr., Virginia………………Cognitive Science
!Allie Kupec, Sr., Virginia Tech……………..Communications
Leslie Mansfield, Jr., Clemson……………….Elementary Education
* Ciara Michel, Sr., Miami……………………Psychology
*Rachael Moss, Fr., Duke…………………….Undeclared
!*Natalie Mullikin, Jr., Wake Forest………….Health and Exercise Science
Allie Niekamp, So., Georgia Tech……………..Management
Dorota Niemczewska, Sr., Boston College……….Finance
Jourdan Norman, So., Duke……………………Undeclared
!Lindsay Osco, Sr., Virginia…………………Math
Megan Owens, Fr., North Carolina……………..Undeclared
Lauren Prussing, So., North Carolina………….Sociology
Jill Robinson, Sr., Miami……………………Sport Administration
Abby Showers, Sr., Georgia Tech………………Management
Jenny Shull, Jr., Duke………………………Sociology
!Jessica Skower, Sr., Florida State…………..Sport Management
!*Ulrike Stegemann, Jr., Georgia Tech…………Management
Meg Steiner, Jr., Clemson……………………Biological Sciences
! Repeat All-ACC Academic honorees
* All-ACC performer
# ACC All-Freshman
