July 16, 2008

 

GREENSBORO, N.C. - ACC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year Amanda Blumenherst of Duke leads the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Blumenherst, a junior History major, is a three-time ACC All-Academic team selection and a two-time member of ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America teams. The Scottsdale, Ariz., native, who also minors in English and Theatre Studies, received the 2008 Dinah Shore Trophy and the 2007 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award for in recognition of her academic achievements.

Athletically, Blumenherst is a three-time National Player of the Year and the first three-time Golfstat Cup Award winner. She is the first repeat winner of the Nancy Lopez Award as the top amateur golfer in the nation. Blumenherstt led Duke to the ACC championship each of her first three collegiate seasons, as well as NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007. She is the three-time ACC Player of the Year and a three-time conference champion.

Seven other golfers who earned All-ACC honors this past season secured spots on the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf 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.

Players earning both All-Academic and All-Conference honors in 2008 were Duke's Blumenherst, Jennie Lee, Jennifer Pandolfi and Alison Whitaker; Caroline Westrup from Florida State; Sydney Crane from North Carolina and Wake Forest's Nannette Hill and Natalie Sheary.

Eleven golfers were repeat honorees from the 2007 All-ACC Academic team, which includes Duke's Blumenherst, Pandolfi and Whitaker; Florida State's Whitney Brummett and Westrup; Maryland's Kathryn Trotter; Miami's Jessica Steward; Sydney Crane and Ann Laney from North Carolina; Stephanie Derrey from NC State and Virginia's Whitney Neuhauser.

Duke and Florida State each placed four golfers on the team. NC State and Wake Forest followed with three honorees, while Miami, North Carolina each had two. Rounding out the 21-member team with one selection apiece were Boston College, Maryland and Virginia.

The 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf team is as follows:

2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf Team
Name, Class, School	Major
Kelsey Rockey, Fr., Boston College	Undeclared
##Amanda Blumenherst, Jr., Duke	History
Jennie Lee, Jr., Duke	Sociology
#Jennifer Pandolfi, Sr., Duke	Philosophy
#Alison Whitaker, So., Duke	Psychology
##Whitney Brummett, Sr., Florida State	Political Science
Lauren Cousart, Sr., Florida State	PGM
Macarena Silva, Fr., Florida State	Business
##Caroline Westrup, Jr., Florida State	Sports Management
##Kathryn Trotter, Sr., Maryland	Finance/BMGT
Maria Ronderos, So., Miami	Architecture
#Jessica Steward, Sr., Miami	Sport Administration
##Sydney Crane, Jr., North Carolina	Exercise Sports Science
#Ann Laney, Sr., North Carolina	Exercise Sports Science
##Stephanie Derrey, Sr., NC State	Business
Joanna Saleeby, Jr., NC State	Communications
Julie Saleeby, Fr., NC State	Biological Sciences
#Whitney Neuhauser, So., Virginia	Foreign Affairs
Jordan Craig, Sr., Wake Forest	Business
!Nannette Hill, Jr., Wake Forest	Sociology
Natalie Sheary, Fr., Wake Forest	Undeclared
##Repeat honoree (2006-07)
#Repeat honoree (2007)
!Repeat honoree (2006)