ACC announces Honor Roll for 2013-14 academic year

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference and Commissioner John Swofford announced the league’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2013-14 academic year, and Virginia Tech saw 232 of its student-athletes recognized for their work in the classroom.

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.

Tech’s 232 student-athletes recognized ranked sixth among ACC schools, but third among public universities. Duke led all schools with an ACC-record 494 student-athletes recognized, eclipsing its own mark of 474 set last year. Boston College followed with 402 honorees, and Notre Dame saw 397 student-athletes achieve Honor Roll status following its first year of ACC membership.

North Carolina saw 347 student-athletes recognized, followed by Virginia with 305 and the Hokies.

The 2013-14 Academic Honor Roll features 30 ACC Players of the Year. Fall sport honorees include Florida State’s Jameis Winston (football), NC State’s Andrew Colley (men’s cross country), Florida State’s Colleen Quigley (women’s cross country), Notre Dame’s Harrison Shipp (men’s soccer offensive), Duke’s Emily Sklar (volleyball) and Duke’s Ally McCurdy (volleyball defensive).

Winter sports ACC Players of the Year/Honor Roll recipients include Virginia Tech’s Kaylea Arnett, who finished third in the 1-meter diving event at the NCAA Championship. She also earned honorable mention All-America status in two other events.

Other winter sports ACC Players of the Year recognized included Duke’s Elizabeth Williams (women’s basketball defensive), Duke’s Bottorff (women’s indoor track), Maryland’s Thea LaFond (women’s indoor field), Duke’s Nick McCrory (men’s diving), Notre Dame’s Emma Reaney (women’s swimming) and NC State’s Nick Gwiazdowski (wrestling).

Spring sports ACC Players of the Year honored included Tech’s Martina Schultze, who finished third in the pole vault event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and seventh at the NCAA’s indoor meet.

Other spring sports Players of the Year recognized were Florida State’s DJ Stewart (baseball), Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans (men’s golf), Duke’s Celine Boutier (women’s golf), Duke’s Jordan Wolf (men’s lacrosse), Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor (women’s lacrosse offensive), Notre Dame’s Megan Douty (women’s lacrosse defensive), Virginia’s Alex Domijan (men’s tennis), Florida State’s Maddie O’Brien (softball), Florida State’s Lacey Waldrop (softball pitcher), Duke’s Bottorff (women’s outdoor track), and six members of the Virginia First Varsity Eight (rowing): Sarah Jordan, Constanze Duell, Chandler Lally, Georgia Ratcliff, Brandy Herald and Elle Murray.

The league saw nine ACC Freshmen of the Year named to the honor roll: Florida State’s Winston (football), Virginia’s Thomas Madden (men’s cross country), Boston College’s Zeiko Lewis (men’s soccer), Virginia’s Jasmine Burton (volleyball), Maryland’s Connor Cannizzaro (men’s lacrosse), North Carolina’s Sydney Holman (women’s lacrosse), Maryland’s Zoe Stukenberg (women’s lacrosse) North Carolina’s Hayley Carter (women’s tennis) and Virginia’s Ratcliff (rowing).

Here are the following Virginia Tech student-athletes to make the Honor Roll (note – the number next to the name indicates how many times that athlete has made the Honor Roll in his/her career):