July 25, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. -
Wake Forest tennis rising seniors Cory Parr and Christian Tara have been named to the Academic All-ACC team for their athletic and academic performances in the 2008 season.
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 his/her academic career.
Cory Parr led the WFU men’s tennis team at the No. 1 spot in both the singles and doubles lineup for the majority of dual match season, ending the year at the NCAA doubles quarterfinals with teammate Steven Forman. Parr will graduate with a degree in sociology in May 2009.
Christian Tara stepped into the No. 2 slot of the WFU women’s singles slate in 2008, helping the Deacons earn their fifth consecutive berth to the NCAA tournament. Tara will graduate in May 2009 with a degree in mathematics.
2008 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team
Name, School Class Major
*Dylan Arnould, Duke So. Political Science
*Scott Blackmon, Georgia Tech Sr. Management
Benjamin Carlotti, North Carolina Sr. Business Administration
Nick Cavaday, NC State Sr. Psychology
**Kiril Dimitrov, Duke Jr. Economics
Kevin Galloway, Clemson Fr. Pre-Business
Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech Fr. Industrial Engineering
*David Goulet, Duke So. Economics
*Pedro Graber, Virginia Tech So. Industrial and Systems Engineering
*Dominic Inglot, Virginia Jr. Commerce
Sebastien Jacques, Virginia Tech Fr. Business
*Nickolai Nielsen, Maryland Jr. Business Management
Andrew Orban, Maryland Jr. Mathematics
Cory Parr, Wake Forest Jr. Sociology
Ignaci Roca, Virginia Tech Sr. Civil Engineering
Jason Sechrist, Boston College Sr. Finance
Ryan Smith, Georgia Tech Fr. Biochemistry
Sanam Singh, Virginia Fr. Undeclared
Alex Stone, Duke Sr. Political Science
J.C. Whitner, Miami So. Marketing
Jay Weinacker, NC State Jr. Business Management
Jean Yves-Aubone, Florida State So. Sports Management
2008 All-ACC Academic Women’s Tennis Team
Name, School Year Major
*Estefania Balda Alvarez, Clemson So. Pre-Business
Neils Barringer, NC State Jr. Mathematics Education
**Inga Beermann, Virginia Tech Jr. Architecture
Bianca Eichkorn, Miami So. International Finance
*Romy Farah, Miami Sr. International Finance
Kristen Flower, Georgia Tech So. Management
Catherine Grotz, NC State Fr. Psychology
Yasmin Hamza, Virginia Tech Fr. Economics
Tara Iyer, Duke So. Economics
Jessica Long, Virginia Tech Sr. Biology
Melissa Mang, Duke Jr. Psychology
*Amanda McDowell, Georgia Tech So. Economics and International Affairs
Maggie MacKeever, Maryland So. Kinesiology
**Kristi Miller, Georgia Tech Sr. History, Technology & Society
Lindsey Pereira, Virginia Sr. Interdisciplinary-American Studies
Amanda Rales, Virginia Jr. Foreign Affairs
Laura Reichert, North Carolina Jr. International Studies
Anna Rynarzewska, Florida State Sr. Communications
Katie Rybakova, Florida State Fr. English Education
Christian Tara, Wake Forest Jr. Mathematics
*Laura Vallverdu, Miami So. Psychology
*repeat All-ACC academic honorees
**Three-time honoree
