McDowell Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2/24/2011 7:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Feb. 24, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. - University of Maryland senior defender Caitlin McDowell has been named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport's All-ACC Academic Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. McDowell is joined on the All-ACC Adademic Team by fellow Terps Yewande Balogun, Colleen Deegan and Molly Dreska.
"This is pretty special - to be named the top student-athlete within the top conference in the country," said Maryland head coach Brian Pensky. "We love to see this type of recognition bestowed on Caitlin. Outside of our team, she has gone relatively unrecognized throughout her career in terms of awards and honors. So having Caitlin receive arguably the most prestigious honor within the conference is well deserved, and quite appropriate. It goes without saying that everyone affiliated with our program is elated for Caitlin."
All 11 league schools that compete in women's soccer are represented on this year's All-ACC Academic Team, which includes two student-athletes that earned 2010 All-America honors. The All-ACC Academic Team also includes 12 players that were named first- or second-team All-ACC. Three were named Academic All-America by CoSIDA/ESPN, and 10 earned All-District Academic honors.
McDowell, a senior marketing major with a 3.93 GPA from Plano, Texas, started at right back for the Terrapins last season after playing her first three seasons at midfield. McDowell's 2,068 minutes played were the most among Maryland's field players, and she scored a career-high 23 points while helping her team to an 18-2-3 season that included a runner-up ACC finish and the program's first-ever No. 1 NCAA Regional seed.
A three-time member of the All-ACC Academic Team, McDowell became the first Maryland women's soccer player to earn Academic All-America honors when she was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN second team last fall. McDowell is also a two-time first-team All-District II Academic Team selection and earned Dean's List honors in each of her first seven semesters.
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. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
To be eligible for All-ACC Academic Team 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.
The 2010 All-ACC Academic Women's Soccer team is as follows:
| 2010 All-ACC Academic Women's Soccer Team | ||
| Name, Class, School | Pos. | Major |
| Julia Bouchelle, Jr., Boston College | M | Marketing |
| Amy Caldwell, Sr., Boston College | F | Elementary Education |
| Hannah Cerrone, Sr. Boston College | M/D | Communications |
| Brooke Knowlton, Sr., Boston College | F | Communications |
| Alyssa Pember, Jr., Boston College | D | Human Development |
| *Maddy Elder, So., Clemson | F | Biological Sciences |
| *Tara Campbell, So., Duke | GK | Undeclared |
| Maddy Haller, So., Duke | M/D | Undeclared |
| Kaitlyn Kerr, Fr., Duke | M | Undeclared |
| Molly Lester, Sr., Duke | D | History |
| Mollie Pathman, Fr., Duke | F | Undeclared |
| Ashley Rape, Jr., Duke | D | Political Science |
| Laura Weinberg, Fr.. Duke | F | Undeclared |
| Janice Cayman, Sr., Florida State | M/F | International Affairs |
| Amanda DaCosta. Sr., Florida State | M | Sports Management |
| *Tori Huster, Jr., Florida State | M | Exercise Science |
| Ines Jaurena, So., Florida State | D/M | Communication |
| Kassey Kallman, Fr., Florida State | D | Business |
| Casey Short, Jr., Florida State | M | Criminology |
| Kelsey Wys, So., Florida State | GK | Sports Management |
| Yewande Balogun, Jr., Maryland | GK | Marketing |
| Colleen Deegan, Sr., Maryland | D | Accounting |
| *Molly Dreska, Sr., Maryland | M | Marketing |
| **Caitlin McDowell, Sr., Maryland | D | Marketing |
| *Ashlee Burt, Jr., Miami | D/M | Psychology |
| #Brittney Macdonald, Sr., Miami | D | Biology |
| #Brittney Steinbruch, Sr., Miami | M | Sports Administration |
| **Ali Hawkins, Sr., North Carolina | M | Political Science/Economics |
| Ranee Premji, So., North Carolina | M | Undeclared |
| Kealia Ohai, Fr., North Carolina | F | Undeclared |
| *Tanya Cain, Jr., NC State | F | Accounting |
| *Paige Dugal, Jr., NC State | D | Biological Sciences |
| Kim Kern, Jr., NC State | GK | Sports Management |
| *Colleen Flanagan, Sr., Virginia | M/D | Sociology |
| Maggie Kistner, Jr., Virginia | D/M | Psychology |
| *Meghan Lenczyk, Sr., Virginia | F | Psychology |
| *Morgan Stith, So., Virginia | D | Undeclared |
| Dayle Colpitts, Fr., Virginia Tech | GK | Biology |
| **Jennifer Harvey, Sr., Virginia Tech | M | Chemistry |
| *Brittany Michels, Jr., Virginia Tech | M/F | Apparel, Housing and Resource Management |
| Aubrey Bledsoe, Fr., Wake Forest | GK | Undelcared |
| *Bianca D'Agostino, Sr., Wake Forest | M | Communications |
| *Jackie Logue, So., Wake Forest | D | Undeclared |
| Casey Luckhurst, Sr., Wake Forest | M/F | Economics |
| Katie Stengel, Fr., Wake Forest | F | Undeclared |
| 2010 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Caitlin McDowell, Maryland | ||
| # - Four-time honoree | ||
| ** - Three-time honoree | ||
| * - Two-time honoree | ||
