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Ipsen, Zevnik Named ACC Swim & Dive Scholar-Athletes Of The Year

Men:

NC State’s Anton Ipsen has been named the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines the All-ACC Academic Men’s Swimming & Diving team.
Ipsen, an industrial engineering major from Birkerod, Denmark, is a three-time All-ACC Academic team member and a two-time CSCAA Academic All-America honoree. The junior earned All-ACC recognition at this past year’s ACC Championships placing first in the 500 freestyle and second in the 1,650 freestyle. At NCAA Championships, he earned two top-eight finishes in his respective events, earning him All-America status in both. He was also an outright CSCAA All-American in the distance events while earning honorable mention All-America accolades for the 400 individual medley.
Fifty student-athletes from all 15 league member institutions are represented on this year’s All-ACC Academic team, led by Louisville with nine honorees, Duke with seven, followed by Florida State and Notre Dame each with six.  NC State has five, while Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech have four representatives. Rounding out the team are Pitt and Virginia with three honorees, North Carolina with two and Boston College with one.
Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala, is the only four-time All-ACC Academic team member this year. In addition to Ipsen, 11 student-athletes collected their third All-ACC Academic team honor.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports.
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 for undergraduate students. 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.
2017 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year
Anton Ipsen, NC State
2017 All-ACC Academic Men’s Swimming & Diving Team
David Howard, Sr., Biochemistry, Boston College
Nathaniel Hernandez, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
Roger Kriegl, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
Peter Kropp, Sr., Economics, Duke
Michael Miller, Sr., Psychology, Duke
Evan Moretti, So., Public Policy, Duke
@ Dylan Payne, Sr., Sociology, Duke
Max St. George, So., Economics, Duke
Aidan Faminoff, Fr., International Affairs, Florida State
# Dylan Grisell, Sr., Biological Science, Florida State
@ Connor Kalisz, Jr., Sports Management, Florida State
# Jason McCormick, Sr., Real Estate & Professional Sales, Florida State
Joe Plechy, Jr., Biological Science, Florida State
Tyler Roberge, Jr., Psychology, Florida State
Robert Borowicz, Sr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Omar Eteiba, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
# Noah Harasz, Jr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Brian Woodbury, Jr., Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Andrej Barna, Fr., Business, Louisville
# Trevor Carroll, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
@ Carlos Claverie, Jr., Marketing, Louisville
Daniel Fecteau, So., Sports Administration, Louisville
Jarrett Jones, Fr., Mathematics, Louisville
Matthias Lindenbauer, Sr., Civil Engineering, Louisville
Nolan Smith, Sr., Biology, Louisville
# Grigory Tarasevich, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Louisville
Joshua Quallen, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
# Jack Nyquist, Jr., Biology, North Carolina
Lucas Popp, Sr., Exercise and Sport Sciences, North Carolina
# Soren Dahl, Sr., Communications & Political Science, NC State
# Ryan Held, Jr., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, NC State
# Anton Ipsen, Jr., Industrial Engineering, NC State
@ Justin Ress, So., Mechanical Engineering, NC State
# Andreas Schiellerup, Sr., Biological Sciences & Biochemistry, NC State
@ Kevin Bradley, Sr., Accountancy, Notre Dame
Joseph Coumos, Sr., English & History, Notre Dame
@ Reed Fujan, Sr., Management Consulting, Notre Dame
James Lichtenstein, Sr., Finance, Notre Dame
Daniel Speers, So., Mathematics, Notre Dame
@ Robert Whitacre, Jr., Management Consulting, Notre Dame
Dominic Giordano, Sr., Humanities, Pitt
Zach Lierley, Sr., Accounting & Finance, Pitt
Brian Lovasik, So., Rehabilitation Science, Pitt
Joseph Clark, Fr., Arts & Sciences Undeclared, Virginia
Bryce Shelton, Fr., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia
Austin Quinn, Sr., Economics, Virginia
Mauro Castro Silva, Jr., Marketing, Virginia Tech
% Brandon Fiala, Sr., Finance, Virginia Tech
Ian Ho, So., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
@ Benjamin Schiesl, So., Business, Virginia Tech
@ – Two-time honoree
# – Three-time honoree
% – Four-time honoree
Women:

NC State’s Alexia Zevnik has been named the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines the All-ACC Academic Women’s Swimming & Diving team.

Zevnik, a biological sciences and business administration major from Lasalle, Canada, is a four-time All-ACC Academic team member. The senior collected three individual gold medals (100 back, 200 back and 200 individual medley) and she also swam on two medal winning relay squads, adding a gold medal in the 400 freestyle relay and a silver in the 800 freestyle relay. At the NCAA Championships, Zevnik was NC State’s top-scorer, earning two top-10 finishes. Adding to her achievements, she was voted the 2017 Most Valuable Women’s Swimmer at ACC Championships, is a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American, earned All-America honors in four different events and was recently awarded an ACC Postgraduate Scholarship.
Fifty-one student-athletes from all 15 institutions are represented on this year’s All-ACC Academic team, led by Louisville and Virginia with seven honorees each. NC State has six student-athletes, Florida State has five student-athletes, with Duke, Miami, and Virginia Tech have four recognitions apiece. North Carolina, Notre Dame and Pitt each have three student-athletes on the team, followed by Clemson and Georgia Tech with two selections. Rounding out the team is Boston College with one honoree.
In addition to Zevnik, Wolfpack teammate Natalie Labonge and Virginia’s Kaitlyn Jones each earned their fourth career league academic accolade. Clemson’s Sarah Braun, Duke’s Leah Goldman and Maddie Rusch, North Carolina’s Abigail Fisher, Pitt’s Kinga Cichowska, Virginia’s Ellen Thomas and Virginia Tech’s Margaret Gruber were recognized for the third time in their careers.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports.
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 for undergraduate students. 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.
2017 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year
Alexia Zevnik, NC State
2017 All-ACC Academic Swimming & Diving Team
Grace Kunkel, Sr., Finance and Operations, Boston College
# Sarah Braun, Sr., Elementary Education, Clemson
Danielle Reitsma, Sr., Health Science, Clemson
Hunter Aitchison, So., Neuroscience & Biology, Duke
# Leah Goldman, Jr., Psychology, Duke
# Maddie Rusch, Sr., Sociology, Duke
Ashleigh Shanley, Sr., Psychology, Duke
Ayla Bonniwell, Fr., Finance, Florida State
Molly Carlson, Fr., Psychology, Florida State
@ Cassidy Gebhardt, So., Marketing, Florida State
Natalie Pierce, Jr., International Affairs, Florida State
Lydia Ware, Sr., Exercise Physiology, Florida State
Andrea Demick, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
Madeline Paschal, Sr., Business Administration, Georgia Tech
Andrea Acquista, Sr., Nursing, Louisville
@ Mallory Comerford, So., Marketing, Louisville
@ Andrea Cottrell, Sr., Exercise Science, Louisville
@ Abigail Houck, Sr., Sport Administration, Louisville
Grace Oglesby, Fr., Early Elementary Education, Louisville
@ Marah Pugh, Jr., Finance, Louisville
@ Alex Sellers, Sr., Bioengineering, Louisville
Angela Algee, Sr., Management, Miami
@ Wallace Layland, Jr., Sports Administration, Miami
Marcela Maric, So., Psychology, Miami
Julia Schippert, Sr., International Finance & Marketing, Miami
Caroline Baldwin, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science, North Carolina
# Abby Fisher, Sr., Nutrition, North Carolina
Caty Hulsey, Sr., Business Administration, North Carolina
Kayla Brumbaum, Sr., Communications, NC State
% Natalie Labonge, Sr., Communication & Foreign Language, NC State
Hannah Moore, Jr., Nutrition, NC State
Rachel Muller, Sr., Mathematics Education, NC State
Lotta Nevalainen, Sr., Communications and International Studies, NC State
% Alexia Zevnik, Sr., Biological Sciences & Business, NC State
Abigail Dolan, Fr., English, Notre Dame
Catherine Mulquin, Sr. Accountancy, Notre Dame
Erin Sheehan, Fr., Pre-Professional, Notre Dame
# Kinga Cichowska, Sr., Finance, Pitt
Katherine Fernander, Jr., Biological Sciences & Business, Pitt
@ Meme Sharp, Jr., Communication, Pitt
% Kaitlyn Jones, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia
Jennifer Marrkand, Jr., INTER-Media Studies, Virginia
# Shannon Rauth, Sr., Sociology, Virginia
Laura Simon, Sr., Psychology and Economics, Virginia
# Leah Smith, Sr., INTER-Media Studies, Virginia
@ Vivian Tafuto, So., Economics and Statistics, Virginia
# Ellen Thomas, Sr., INTER-Media Studies and Italian, Virginia
Caroline Buscaglia, Sr., Political Science, Virginia Tech
# Maggie Gruber, Sr., Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech
@ Jessica Hespeler, Sr., Human Nutrition Food and Exercise, Virginia Tech
Ashlynn Peters, So., Business, Virginia Tech
@ – Two-time honoree
# – Three-time honoree
% – Four-time honoree

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