Two Hurricanes Earn All-ACC Academic Recognition

May 9, 2012

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Two University of Miami swimming and diving student-athletes were among those recognized by the Atlantic Coast Conference today as All-ACC Academic award recipients.

Freshman diver Kara McCormack and senior swimmer Dana Hatic were both named to their first All-ACC Academic teams, as announced by the conference on Wednesday. McCormack, a mathematics major, hails from Austin, Texas, while Hatic, a journalism and political science double major, is from nearby Coral Springs.

To be eligible for All-ACC Academic Team 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.

McCormack and Hatic add their names to a long list of academic award winners from the swimming and diving program at Miami, including recent graduates and standout divers Brittany Viola and Reuben Ross, 

For the complete release and full All-Academic honoree list from the Atlantic Coast Conference, click HERE.