157 Canes Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The University of Miami was represented by 157 student-athletes on the 58th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll announced Thursday.
The Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year. The conference recognized a record 3,967 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2013-14 academic year.
Hurricanes recognized included five-time honoree Garrett Nygren (track & field) and four-time honorees Lindsi Arrington (track & field), Carina Cuculiza (golf), Brooke Dovell (track & field), Brittany Dubins (women’s tennis), Bassim El-Sabawi (track & field), Julia Giampaolo (volleyball), Breanna Hayton (rowing), Alex Johnson (volleyball), Katherine Nicholson (swimming), Sean Pezzulo (track & field), Javi Salas (baseball), AJ Salcines (baseball), Tara Schwitter (soccer), Jordan Tolson (football), Thea Vock (diving) and William Waldon (track & field).
Headlining this year’s list are three student-athletes that are six-time ACC Honor Roll recipients: Duke’s Kenny Anunike (football), Georgia Tech’s Elizabeth Lacksen (track and field) and NC State’s Emily Pritt (cross country/track and field).
Thirty-two student-athletes earned ACC Honor Roll status for the fifth time: Boston College’s Corinne Boyles (ice hockey) and Jacob Sinkovec (football); Duke’s Juliet Bottorff (track and field/cross country), Ross Cockrell (football), Kim DeCesare (soccer), Devon Gagliardi (field hockey), Michael Moverman (cross country/track and field), Perry Simmons (football) and Todd Zafirovski (basketball); Florida State’s Philip Doumar (football) and Jessica Nori (softball); Georgia Tech’s Bo Andrews (golf); Maryland’s Christine Knauss (field hockey) and Sean O’Leary (track and field); Miami’s Garrett Nygren (track and field); North Carolina’s Meghan Drake (field hockey), Michelle Ikoma (gymnastics), Meredith Magjuka (gymnastics) and Ashley Miess (track and field); NC State’s Caroline Ellington (golf), Rachel Fincham (gymnastics), Ryanna Henderson (cross country/track and field), Ethan Ogburn (baseball), Meagan Proper (soccer) and Amy Roderer (rifle); Virginia’s Elizabeth Brightwell (golf), Jonathan Fausey (wrestling), Whit Mayberry (baseball) and Barbara Strehler (cross country/track and field), and Wake Forest’s Garret Drogosch (track and field), Thomas Finneran (track and field) and Andrew Lubahn (soccer).
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