CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Wednesday afternoon, the ACC announced that 10 Hokies were named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team. This ties last year's mark as the highest number of All-ACC Academic honorees for the Hokies in the Marci Byers and ACC eras. Tech earned a 3.39 GPA in the fall of 2023.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team's contests. Hanna Borer, Elayna Duprey, Ava Francis and Sydney Petersen were also named to the 2022 All-ACC Academic Team, while the remaining six receive the honor for the first time.
In addition, for the fifth year in a row, Virginia Tech was named a recipient of the USMC/AVCA Academic Award heading into the 2023 season, having a team average of 3.30 or higher during the 2022 season.
Position | Name | Hometown | Major |
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L/DS | Olivia Angell | Brentwood, Tenn. | Sustainable Biology |
OH | Elizabeth Aylward | Nashville, Tenn. | Psychology |
S | Hanna Borer | Lewis Center, Ohio | Criminology |
L/DS | Sierra Cates | Temecula, Calif. | Biology |
OH/RS | Elayna Duprey | Alexandria, Va. | Sports Media & Analytics |
OH | Ava Francis | Plain City, Ohio | Criminology |
MB | Cara Lewis | Bowie, Md. | Sociology |
RS | Hailey Pearce | Charlotte, N.C. | Business |
MB | Sydney Petersen | Snohomish, Wash. | Public Health |
MB | Jasmine Robinson | Chesapeake, Va. | Human Development |
The full list of All-ACC Academic honorees can be found here.