Virginia Tech leads All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Virginia Tech led all schools with three players named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball team. Brittany Cook (r-Jr., guard, Narrows, Va.), Laura Haskins (Jr., guard, Alexandria, Va.) and Amber Hall (Jr., forward, Tallahassee, Fla.) were selected for excellence in the classroom. Eleven student-athletes were recognized following their academic accomplishments, as announced 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 his academic career.

Wake Forest notched two on the team to place second among ACC schools. Hokie junior Brittany Cook, who recorded a 2007-08 league-high mark of 36 points against Miami on Feb. 11, finished the regular season as the ACC's leading scorer, averaging 18.2 points per game.

Four freshmen were named to this year's academic team, including Boston College's Carolyn Swords, Georgia Tech's Alex Montgomery, Miami's Epiphany Woodson and Wake Forest's Camille Collier. Each of the

newcomers have made considerable athletic and academic contributions to their respective teams this season as the Eagles' Swords and Yellow Jackets' Montgomery were each league Rookie of the Week honorees.

Five of the recipients earn the accolade for the second consecutive year, while Maryland's Crystal Langhorne is the only three-year honoree in the awards' history.

2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team

^ denotes second-year honoree
** denotes third-year honoree