Hokie ClubGREENSBORO, N.C. - NCAA Platform Diving Champion and Atlantic Coast Conference Diver of the Year Brittany Viola of Miami headlines the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team, as announced Thursday by Commissioner John D. Swofford. Joining Viola on the 40-member academic squad include four NCAA All-Americans in ACC Swimmer of the Year Jessica Botzum (Virginia Tech), Hannah Krimm (Georgia Tech), ACC Freshman of the Year Elizabeth Shaw (Virginia) and Sara Smith (Virginia Tech).
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.
Each of the league's 11 schools that sponsor swimming and diving were represented on the team, as Clemson tied a league-high seven selections to lead all ACC schools. Florida State and Virginia Tech each received six picks, while Virginia collected five, North Carolina notched four and Georgia Tech had three.
With two nods apiece were Boston College, Duke, Maryland and Miami. NC State rounded out the academic squad with one representative.
This year's team boasts 21 All-ACC performers with 12 crowned ACC champions and 16 returning academic honorees. In addition, seven student-athletes earned NCAA All-America Honorable Mention and two were honored with the league's Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship (Florida State's Abbie King and Virginia Tech's Botzum).
Below is a complete list of recipients named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team.
2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming & Diving Team
(Alphabetical by last name)
| Name | School | Class | Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Ale | NC State | So. | Sport Management |
| Alexandra Allen | Clemson | So. | Nursing |
| Abby Barney * | Virginia Tech | So. | Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise |
| Britta Boesing * | Miami | Jr. | Sport Administration |
| Jessica Botzum * | Virginia Tech | Sr. | Biology |
| Julie Brummond * | Duke | So. | Undeclared |
| Caroline Byron * | Boston College | Jr. | Human Development |
| ElizaBeth Byrum | Virginia Tech | Sr. | Apparel, Housing and Resource Management |
| Mei Christensen | Virginia | So. | Undeclared |
| Patricia DeScenza | Maryland | So. | Education |
| Stephanie England * | Georgia Tech | Sr. | Chemical and Biomedical Engineering |
| Laura Filip | North Carolina | Grad. | Journalism and Mass Comm./Comm. Studies |
| Ellen Freeman | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Claire Galdun | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Stephanie Glover * | Virginia | Sr. | Economics |
| Katura Harvey | North Carolina | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Georgia Holderness * | Florida State | So. | Child Development |
| Danielle Kazilionis | Clemson | Sr. | Marketing |
| Abbie King * | Florida State | Sr. | Child Development |
| Agatha Kwasnik | Georgia Tech | So. | Biomedical Engineering |
| Hannah Krimm * | Georgia Tech | So. | Science, Technology and Culture |
| Cassandra Larussa * | Clemson | Jr. | Marketing |
| Jorden McHorney | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Communication |
| Aleia Monden | Florida State | Fr. | Exercise Science |
| Megan Newell | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Psychology |
| Katrina Obas | Clemson | So. | Health Science |
| Michelle Parkhurst * | Clemson | Jr. | Sociology |
| Rachel Regone * | Clemson | Jr. | Health Science |
| Nina Rossi | Maryland | So. | Education |
| Elizabeth Savage | Clemson | Fr. | Engineering |
| Elizabeth Shaw | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Erica Schiffler | North Carolina | Jr. | Biology |
| Kathryn Skaggs | Florida State | Sr. | Sport Management |
| Katie Sirounis | Florida State | So. | Business |
| Sara Smith * | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Biology |
| Megan Steeves * | North Carolina | So. | Undeclared |
| Ashley Twichell | Duke | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Lowri Tynan | Florida State | Fr. | Interior Design |
| Mari Wunschel | Boston College | Sr. | Marketing |
| Brittany Viola * | Miami | So. | Broadcasting |
* - Repeat All-ACC Academic honorees