Comerford, Vazaios Tabbed as ACC Scholar Athletes of the Year

Courtesy: Atlantic Coast Conference

GREENSBORO, N.C.  – NCAA champions Mallory Comerford of Louisville and Andreas Vazaios of NC State highlight the 2019 All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Teams as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

Comerford has been named Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second season in a row. The Kalamazoo, Michigan, native majors in marketing and boasts a 3.796 career GPA. She achieved a GPA of 3.861 in the Fall 2018 semester, is a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-America selection, Dean’s Scholar, a Chi Alpha Sigma Member, a Red & Black Scholar Athlete, and a member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

The reigning NCAA Champion in the 100 free and 200 free, Comerford is also a three-time ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Year, and two-time Most Valuable Swimmer of the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. She is a 26-time All-American, 12-time ACC Champion and four-time NCAA Champion.

Mallory Comerford (photo: Jack Spitser)

Vazaios majors in psychology and has a 3.792 career GPA. The Wolfpack swimmer is a Google Cloud Academic All-American, a two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and a member of the Dean’s List.

Vazaios, a senior from Athens, Greece, is the reigning NCAA Champion in the 200 fly, and earned five total All-America honors to go with his individual national title. He played a key role in NC State’s 2019 ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship, the fifth straight for the Wolfpack, and was named the 2018 ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Year. Vazaios is a 14-time All-American, a six-time ACC Champion and four-time NCAA Champion.

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September of 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their careers, as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.

Minimum 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. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.

The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.

2019 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Mallory Comerford, Sr., Louisville

2019 All-ACC Academic Women’s Swimming & Diving Team
Hunter Aitchison**, Sr., Duke
Maddie Hess, Sr., Duke
Mickayla Hinkle, Sr., Duke
Alyssa Marsh, Jr., Duke
Halle Morris, So., Duke
Melissa Pish, Fr., Duke
Maddi Pullinger, Fr., Duke
Mackenzie Willborn***, Sr., Duke
Molly Carlson***, Jr., Florida State
Ida Hulkko, Fr., Florida State
Nina Kucheran, Fr., Florida State
Mariia Astashkina**, So., Louisville
Avery Braunecker**, Jr., Louisville
Sophie Cattermole**, Sr., Louisville
Mallory Comerford****, Sr., Louisville
Casey Fanz**, Jr., Louisville
Molly Fears**, Jr., Louisville
Morgan Friesen**, So., Louisville
Alina Kendzior**, Sr., Louisville
Alena Kraus, Fr., Louisville
Grace Oglesby***, Jr., Louisville
Lainey Visscher**, Jr., Louisville
Kaylee Wheeler, Fr., Louisville
Alicia Blagg**, So., Miami
Brooke Bauer, Jr., North Carolina
Caroline Hauder**, So., North Carolina
Sophie Lindner, Fr., North Carolina
Kylee Alons, Fr., NC State
Olivia Calegan, So., NC State
Sophie Hansson, Fr., NC State
Anna Jahns**, Sr., NC State
Madeline Kline**, Jr., NC State
Kate Moore, So., NC State
Emma Muzzy, Fr., NC State
Ky-Lee Perry**, Jr., NC State
Julia Poole**, So., NC State
Sirena Rowe, Jr., NC State
Makayla Sargent, Jr., NC State
Abbie Dolan***, Jr., Notre Dame
Nicole Smith, Sr., Notre Dame
Alice Treuth, Sr., Notre Dame
Rachel Brown, Sr., Pitt
Sydney Dusel, Jr., Virginia
Eryn Eddy, Sr., Virginia
Morgan Hill**, Jr., Virginia
Paige Madden**, So., Virginia
Anna Pang, So., Virginia
Emma Seiberlich**, So., Virginia
Kylie Towbin*, Sr., Virginia
Ashlynn Peters***, Sr., Virginia Tech

2019 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Andreas Vazaios, Sr., NC State

2019 All-ACC Academic Men’s Swimming & Diving Team
Nathaniel Hernandez***, Jr., Duke
Judd Howard***, Sr., Duke
Evan Moretti***, Sr., Duke
Max St. George**, Sr., Duke
Griffin Alaniz**, Jr., Florida State
Izaak Bastain, Fr., Florida State
Joshua Davidson**, So., Florida State
Jakub Ksiazek, Fr., Florida State
Cameron Thatcher**, Jr., Florida State
Colt Williamson, Sr., Georgia Tech
Colton Paulson, Fr., Louisville
Nicolas Albiero**, So., Louisville
Andrej Barna***, Jr., Louisville
Mihalis Deliyiannis, So., Louisville
Daniel Fecteau***, Sr., Louisville
Zach Harting***, Sr., Louisville
Mate Kovacs, Sr., Louisville
Nikolaos Sofianidis**, So., Louisville
Daniel Sos, So., Louisville
Sterling Smith, Fr., North Carolina
James Bretscher***, Sr., NC State
Zach Brown, Fr., NC State
Danny Erlenmeyer**, Jr., NC State
Daniel Graber**, Sr., NC State
Noah Hensley, Sr., NC State
Eric Knowles**, So., NC State
Nyls Korstanje, Fr., NC State
Mark McGlaughlin, Jr., NC State
Jack McIntyre**, Jr., NC State
Jacob Molacek**, Sr., NC State
Justin Ress****, Sr., NC State
Andreas Vazaios**, Sr., NC State
Joshua Bottelberghe, Fr., Notre Dame
Austin Flaute, Fr., Notre Dame
Jack Montesi**, Jr., Notre Dame
Andrew Winton, Fr., Notre Dame
Samy Helmbacher, Jr., Pitt
Ryan Baker, Jr., Virginia
Keefer Barnum**, So., Virginia
Brendan Casey, R-Sr., Virginia
Joe Clark***, Jr., Virginia
Matthew Otto**, So., Virginia
Ted Schubert**, Jr., Virginia
Cooper Wozencraft, So., Virginia
Ian Ho***, Sr., Virginia Tech
Phillip Manoff, Fr., Virginia Tech
Ben Schiesl****, Sr., Virginia Tech
Norbert Szabo, Sr., Virginia Tech

* – Denotes number of All-ACC Academic selections