GREENSBORO, N.C. - Five Duke University women's cross country athletes and four men's have been named to the 2009 All-ACC Academic Cross Country Teams as announced by Commissioner John D. Swofford.
Freshmen Juliet Bottorff and Madeline Morgan, sophomore Mary Carleton Johnston, junior Emily Schwitzer and senior Kate Van Buskirk were named to the women's team, while sophomore James Kostelnik and senior James Osborne joined juniors Joshua Lund and Bo Waggoner on the men's side.
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 their academic career.
Bottorff, Morgan, Johnston, Van Buskirk and Kostelnik are making their first appearance on the all-academic squad, while the honors marks the second of Lund's career and the third for Schwitzer, Lund and Waggoner.
On the men's side, Waggoner turned in a stellar season for Duke, earning All-ACC and All-Southeast Region accolades. Osborne, Kostelnik and Lund were all crucial components to a Duke team that made its first NCAA appearance since 2001.
For the women, freshman Bottorff, a native of Newark, Del., completed a standout rookie campaign with the Blue Devils, collecting All-ACC, All-Southeast Region and 2009 ACC Rookie of the Year honors. Van Buskirk was also an All-ACC and All-Southeast Region honoree this past season and narrowly missed All-America accolades at the national championship meet, finishing in 52nd place. Teammates Johnston and Morgan were both key contributors on the Duke team that finished eighth overall at the NCAA Championship, while Schwitzer garnered ACC Performer of the Week honors after taking first place at the James Madison Invitational.
2009 ACC Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team
Name - Class - School - Major
Patrick Campbell - Fr. - NC State - Biological Sciences
Devin Cornwell - Sr. - Virginia Tech - Marketing
Adam Cunningham - Jr. - North Carolina - Economics
Greg Dame - Jr. - NC State - Sports Management
Zack Dawson - Sr. - North Carolina - Political Science
Ben Diestel - Jr. - Maryland - Kinesiological Sciences
Garrett Drogosch - Fr. - Wake Forest - Undeclared
Michael Fout - So. - Florida State - Psychology
Kyle Gaffney - So. - Maryland - Marketing
Matt Hickey - Sr. - Georgia Tech - Mechanical Engineering
James Kostelnik - So. - Duke - Undeclared
Paul LaPenna - Sr. - Virginia Tech - Human nutrition, foods & exercise
Matt Leeder - Jr. - Florida State - Psychology
Joshua Lund - Jr. - Duke - Computer Science
Alex Lundy - Jr. - Maryland - Biological Sciences
Trey Miller - Sr. - Virginia - Foreign Affairs
Robert Moldovan - Jr. - NC State - Elementary Education
Keaton Morgan - Sr. - Wake Forest - Biology
Philip O'Brien - So. - Georgia Tech - Mechanical Engineering
James Osborne - Sr. - Duke - Public Policy
Jonathon Sunde - Jr. - Clemson - Mechanical Engineering
Bo Waggoner - Jr. - Duke - Mathematics
Evan Watchempino - So. - North Carolina - Communications
2009 ACC Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team
Name - Class - School - Major
Juliet Bottorff - Fr. - Duke - Undeclared
Pasca Cheruiyot - Sr. - Florida State - Social Science
Andie Cozzarelli - So. - NC State - Engineering
Mary Kate DuBard - So. - Georgia Tech - Industrial Engineering
Jennifer Dunn - So. - Florida State - Nutrition Science
Stephanie Garcia - Sr. - Virginia - English
Morgane Gay - So. - Virginia - Undeclared
Lauren Johnston - Sr. - Boston College - Biology
Mary Carleton Johnston - So. - Duke - Undeclared
Susan Kuijken - Sr. - Florida State - Sociology
Mariana Lucena - Fr. - North Carolina - Chemistry
Madeline Morgan - Fr., Duke - Undeclared
Anna Nosenko, So. - Wake Forest - Political Science
Jessica Parry, Fr. - Florida State - Biology
Emily Pritt, So. - NC State - Communications
Kristin Reed - Sr. - Maryland - Physical Education
Lauren Reen - So. - Clemson - Health Science
Kim Ruck - Jr. - Clemson - Health Science
Emily Schwitzer - Jr. - Duke - Evolutionary Anthropology
Brittany Tinsley - Sr. - NC State - Education-General Studies
Kate Van Buskirk - Sr. - Duke - Cultural Anthropology
Ashley Verplank - So. - North Carolina - Psychology
Catherine White - Jr. - Virginia - Biology
Amanda Winslow - Fr. - Florida State - Sport Management
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