Princiotto Leads Six Terps On Women's Lacrosse All-ACC Academic Team
7/17/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
July 17, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team placed six Terrapin student-athletes on the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.
Maryland senior attacker Katie Princiotto earned her third straight All-ACC Academic team selection. Fellow Terps Katie Pumphrey, Amanda Spinnenweber, Allie Buote, Caitlyn McFadden and Laura Merrifield join her on the team.
Duke's Carolyn Davis, a junior Psychology major, was named the ACC Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is a three-time ACC All-Academic team selection and a first-team All-American from the Womenslax.com, IWLCA/U.S. Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse. She earned a spot on the 2008 NCAA All-Tournament team for her efforts in the Blue Devils' national semifinal game.
Eleven (11) other players who earned All-ACC honors this past season secured spots on the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse team. 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.
Thirteen (13) student-athletes were repeat honorees from the 2007 All-ACC Academic team, while Princiotto, Boston College`s Emily Hannigan and North Carolina's Erica LaGrow have been tabbed All-ACC Academic team members for the third-straight year.
Duke placed nine student-athletes on the team for the third consecutive year. Maryland and North Carolina followed with six honorees apiece, while Virginia and Virginia Tech each had four. Rounding out the 32-member team with three selections was Boston College.
Name, Class, Major, School
Lauren Costello, So., Comm., Boston College
Katie Pumphrey, Sr., Women's Studies, Maryland
& Emily Hannigan, Jr., Comm., Boston College
Amanda Spinnenweber, So., Undecided, Maryland
Maura Mahoney, Jr., Comm., Boston College
Corey Donohoe, Fr., Undecided, North Carolina
Sarah Bullard, Fr., Undecided, Duke
Meg Freshwater, Sr., Political Science, North Carolina
Emma Hamm, Fr., Undecided, Duke
& Erica LaGrow, Sr., Exercise & Sport Science, North Carolina
Danielle Kachulis, So., Art History, Duke
Chelsea Parks, Jr., Journalism & Mass Comm., North Carolina
# Carolyn Davis, Jr., Psychology, Duke
Kelly Taylor, Jr., Comm. Studies, North Carolina
Megan Del Monte, Jr., Psychology, Duke
# Kristen Taylor, So., Business Admin., North Carolina
# Kim Imbesi, Jr., Biology, Duke
# Claire Bordley, Sr., Government, Virginia
Jessica Adam, Sr., Bio. Anth. & Anatomy, Duke
Kendall McBrearty, Sr., Sociology, Virginia
# Allie Johnson, Sr., History, Duke
Megan O'Malley, Sr., Sociology, Virginia
! Yani Newton, Sr., Cultural Anthropology, Duke
Kaitlin Swagart, Gr., Med/Education, Virginia
# Allie Buote, Sr., Criminal Justice, Maryland
# Rachel Culp, Jr., Biology, Virginia Tech
# Caitlyn McFadden, So., Kinesiology, Maryland
Alexandra Emala, Fr., University Studies, Virginia Tech
Laura Merrifield, Fr., Kinesiology, Maryland
#Kari Morrison, Jr., Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise, Va. Tech
& Katie Princiotto, Sr., Comm., Maryland
# Jenna Reich, Sr., Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise, Va. Tech
& Repeat honoree (2006 & 2007)
# Repeat honoree (2007)
! Repeat honoree (2006)
