Roth Report
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team as announced by Commissioner John D. Swofford. All six ACCschools participating in women's lacrosse were represented, including eleven student-athletes who also received all-conference honors.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned at least a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained at least a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
The Duke Blue Devils led all schools with nine honorees this year, including the Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Carolyn Davis. Maryland and North Carolina placed six athletes apiece on the team, followed by Virginia and Virginia Tech each with four. Boston College rounded out the 32-member team with three selections.
Members of the All-ACC Academic squad from Tech include senior Jenna Reich, juniors Rachel Culpand Kari Morrison, and freshman Allie Emala.
Reich, a human nutrition, foods and exercise major, was fifth on the team in points with 15 goals and six assists while starting in all 18 games this season. The senior attacker ended her Tech career with 49 goals and 14 assists for a total of 63 points.
Midfielder Culp also started all eighteen games for the Hokies, coming in second on the team and tied for the 10th-highest Tech single-season goal total with 34. The biology major also dished out four assists to total 38 points in 2008. During her first three seasons, Culp has notched 65 goals and 14 assists to total 79 points, won 56 draw controls, and scooped up 55 ground balls.
Goalkeeper Morrison joins her junior classmate on the All-Academic team. The human nutrition, foods and exercise major played every minute of the season in goal for the Hokies. In addition to posting a 13.00 goals against average and .469 save percentage, Morrison also broke her own single-season record of 51 ground balls in 2007 by picking up 65 ground balls in 2008. She now sits fifth in the Tech record book for ground balls in a career with 116.
Emala, the lone Tech underclassmen named to the academic squad, was third on the squad in both goals (28) and points (23) and fourth in assists (4). The university studies major also tallied 15 ground balls and 34 draw controls in her successful rookie campaign.
The 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse team is as follows:
Name Cl. Major School Lauren Costello So. Communications Boston College Emily Hannigan Jr. Communications Boston College Maura Mahoney Jr. Communications Boston College Sarah Bullard Fr. Undecided Duke Emma Hamm Fr. Undecided Duke Danielle Kachulis So. Art History Duke Carolyn Davis Jr. Psychology Duke Megan Del Monte Jr. Psychology Duke Kim Imbesi Jr. Biology Duke Jessica Adam Sr. Bio. Anth. & Anatomy Duke Allie Johnson Sr. History Duke Yani Newton Sr. Cultural Anthropology Duke Allison Buote Sr. Criminal Justice Duke Caitlyn McFadden So. Kinesiology Maryland Laura Merrifield Fr. Kinesiology Maryland Kathryn Princiotoo Sr. Communications Maryland Katherine Pumphrey Sr. Women's Studies Maryland Corey Donohoe Fr. Undecided North Carolina Meg Freshwater Sr. Political Science North Carolina Erica LaGrow Sr. Exercise & Sport Science North Carolina Chelseas Parks Jr. Journalism & Mass Comm North Carolina Kelly Taylor Jr. Communications North Carolina Kristen Taylor So. Business Admin. North Carolina Claire Bordley Sr. Government Virginia Kendall McBrearty Sr. Sociology Virginia Megan O'Malley Sr. Sociology Virginia Kaitlin Swagart Gr. Med/Education Virginia Rachel Culp Jr. Biology Virginia Tech Allie Emala Fr. University Studies Virginia Tech Kari Morrison Jr. Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Virginia Tech Jenna Reich Sr. Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Virginia Tech
