Paige Madden, Molly Carson are Co-ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year

Virginia's Paige Madden. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Virginia junior Paige Madden (Mobile, Ala.) was named the women’s Co-ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her academic and athletic performance during the 2019-20 season, the league office announced on Friday (April 17). Madden is the program’s first female to earn the ACC Scholar-Athlete Award since 2010. She shares the honor with Florida State’s Molly Carlson.

Madden was named the ACC Swimmer of the Year and ACC Swimmer of the Meet after winning five ACC titles and scoring 96 points at the conference championships. She held the fastest-time in the ACC in the 200, 500 and 1650-yard freestyle and ranked in the top-10 nationally in all three events. She concluded the season as a five-time College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-American.

Florida State senior diver Carlson was named the 2020 ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year on Friday, becoming the first Seminole to win the award. The Toronto, Ontario, native joins Kristine Davies (2009, Virginia) and Brittany Viola (2011, Miami) as the only divers in history to capture the honor.

Majoring in psychology with a GPA of 3.841, Carlson adds ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year to her post season awards after winning the ACC Diver of the Year and ACC Diver of the Meet. She was also named an All-American for 1-meter, 3-meter and platform diving by the CSCAA. She also earned her fourth-straight nod to the All-ACC Academic Team.

“Molly and her teammates finished the year up very well both in the pool and in the classroom,” FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. “Our team is filled with outstanding students that work hard on their studies and I am so proud to see them recognized for their work and dedication. This is very well-deserved for Molly and the rest of the team.”

Madden was one of 16 Cavaliers to be named to the women’s 2020 All-ACC Academic Team. She joins seniors Sydney Dusel (Naperville, Ill.) and Morgan Hill (Olney, Md.), juniors Erin Earley (Orange, Conn.), Caroline Gmelich (Rumson, N.J.), Marcella Maguire (Ridgefield, Conn.), Jocelyn Porter (Cornelius, N.C.), Emma Seiberlich (Audubon, Pa.) and Kyla Valls (Miami, Fla.), sophomores Julia Menkhaus (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jessica Nava (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), and freshmen Jennifer Bell (Pelham, N.Y.), Lexi Cuomo (Clifton, Va.), Maddie Donohoe (Annandale, Va.), Kate Douglass (Pelham, N.Y.) and Ella Nelson (Nashville, Tenn.).

The men’s team had 11 student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic team with seniors Ryan Baker (Arlington, Va.), Joe Clark (Worcester Park, Great Britain), Ted Schubert (Ashland, Va.) and Bryce Shelton (Vienna, Va.), juniors Keefer Barnum (Louisville, Ky.) and Cooper Wozencraft (Houston, Texas), sophomore Justin Grender (Cincinnati, Ohio), and freshmen Sean Conway (Round Hill, Va.), Max Edwards (Winston-Salem, N.C.), August Lamb (Charlottesville, Va.) and Jack Wright (Wexford, Pa.) earning the honor.

To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, 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 or her academic career.

The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released at a later date.

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2020 Women’s Swimming & Diving All-ACC Academic Team
Easop Lee, Duke, So., Undeclared
**Alyssa Marsh, Duke, Sr., Political Science
**Halle Morris, Duke, Jr., Sociology
Emma Shuppert, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Sarah Snyder, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Ali Watson, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
***Ayla Bonniwell, Florida State, Sr., Finance
****Molly Carlson, Florida State, Sr., Psychology
**Nina Kucheran, Florida State, So., Pre-Biology
Sydney VanOvermeiren, Florida State, Fr., Exploratory
McKenzie Campbell, Georgia Tech, Fr., Industrial Engineering
Emily Ilgenfritz, Georgia Tech, Sr., Business Administration
***Mariia Astashkina, Louisville, Jr., Communications
***Sophie Cattermole, Louisville, Gr., Sport Administration MS
Ellie Dodd, Louisville, Fr., Criminal Justice
Diana Dunn, Louisville, So., Civil Engineering
Abigail Erickson, Louisville, Fr., Social Work
***Molly Fears, Louisville, Sr., Biology
***Morgan Friesen, Louisville, Jr., Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science
Abigail Hay, Louisville, Fr., Chemical Engineering
**Alena Kraus, Louisville, So., Liberal Studies
Madison Luther, Louisville, Fr., Business – Undecided
****Grace Oglesby, Louisville, Sr., Sport Administration
**Arina Openysheva, Louisville, Jr., Marketing
Brianna Price, Louisville, Sr., Chemical Engineering
Christiana Regenauer, Louisville, Fr., English
Ashlyn Schoof, Louisville, Jr., Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science
Michaela Sliney, Louisville, Sr., Marketing
***Jillian Visscher, Louisville, Sr., Psychology
**Kaylee Wheeler, Louisville, So., Biology
Mia Vallee, Miami, Fr., Marine Biology & Ecology
Bryanna Cameron, North Carolina, Sr., Statistics & Analytics
Emma Cole, North Carolina, Jr., Business Administration
***Caroline Hauder, North Carolina, Jr., Media and Journalism
Lilly Higgs, North Carolina, So., Exercise and Sport Science
**Sophie Lindner, North Carolina, So., Management & Society
Heidi Lowe, North Carolina, So., Biostatistics
Brooke Perrotta, North Carolina, Jr., Psychology
Ellie VanNote, North Carolina, Fr., Pre-Business
**Kylee Alons, NC State, So., Industrial Engineering
**Olivia Calegan, NC State, Jr., Biological Sciences
Kay Foley, NC State, Fr., Marine Sciences
Mackenzie Glover, NC State, Sr., Environmental Science
**Sophie Hansson, NC State, So., Business Management
Danika Huizinga, NC State, Jr, Criminology
***Madeline Kline, NC State, Sr., Biological Sciences
Heather Maccausland, NC State, Fr., Business Management
**Kate Moore, NC State, Jr., Industrial Engineering
**Emma Muzzy, NC State, So., Mechanical Engineering
***Ky-Lee Perry, NC State, Sr., Middle Grades Education
***Julia Poole, NC State, Jr., Business Management
**Sirena Rowe, NC State, Jr., Environmental Science
**Makayla Sargent, NC State, Sr., Psychology
****Abbie Dolan, Notre Dame, Sr., English
Coleen Gillilan, Notre Dame, Fr., Computer Science
Erin Isola, Notre Dame, Sr., Psychology
Kate McCahan, Notre Dame, Jr., Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics
Carly Quast, Notre Dame, Jr., Management Consulting
Bayley Stewart, Notre Dame, So., Neuroscience & Behavior
Kelly Straub, Notre Dame, Jr., Science Pre-Professional
Luciana Thomas, Notre Dame, So., Political Science
Annie Wiese, Notre Dame, So., Political Science
Serena Buchwald, Pitt, So., Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Bell, Virginia, Fr., Arts & Sciences Undeclared
**Sydney Dusel, Virginia, Sr., Communications
Lexi Cuomo, Virginia, Fr., Engineering
Maddie Donohoe, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Kate Douglass, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Erin Earley, Virginia, Jr., Sociology
Caroline Gmelich, Virginia, Jr., Biology
***Morgan Hill, Virginia, Sr., American Studies & Media Studies
***Paige Madden, Virginia, Jr., Kinesiology
Marcella Maguire, Virginia, Jr., Psychology
Julia Menkhaus, Virginia, So., Communications
Jessica Nava, Virginia, So., Communications
Ella Nelson, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Jocelyn Porter, Virginia, Jr., Economics
***Emma Seiberlich, Virginia, Jr., Statistics & Religious Studies
**Kyla Valls, Virginia, Jr., Media Studies
Teagan Moravek, Virginia Tech, So., Human Development
**Joelle Vereb, Virginia Tech, Jr., Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise

2020 Men’s Swimming & Diving All-ACC Academic Team
****Nathaniel Hernandez, Duke, Sr., Biology
Miles Williams, Duke, Sr., Political Science
***Griffin Alaniz, Florida State, Gr., Marketing & Management Comm
**Izaak Bastian, Florida State, So., Athletic Training
***Joshua Davidson, Florida State, Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Mohamed (Aziz) Ghaffari, Florida State, Fr., Marketing
**Jakub Ksiazek, Florida State, So., Management
Max McCusker, Florida State, So., Economics
Vladimir Stefanik, Florida State, Sr., Finance
***Cameron Thatcher, Florida State, Sr., Real Estate
Peter Varjasi, Florida State, Fr., Pre-Industrial Engineering
Christian Ferraro, Georgia Tech, Jr., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Darren Lim, Georgia Tech, So., Mechanical Engineering
***Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, Jr., Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science
****Andrej Barna, Louisville, Sr., Computer Information Systems
Tanner Cummings, Louisville, So., Psychology
Hayden Curley, Louisville, So., Health & Human Performance in Exercise Science
**Mihalis Deliyiannis, Louisville, Jr., Finance
***Nikolaos Sofianidis, Louisville, Jr., Marketing
**Daniel Sos, Louisville, Jr., Economics
Sam Steele, Louisville, Sr., Finance
Valdas Abaliksta, North Carolina, Sr., Economics
Dimitrios Dimitriou, North Carolina, Jr., Business Administration
Alex Hart, North Carolina, Fr., Media and Journalism
Jack Messenger, North Carolina, Jr., Media and Journalism
**Zach Brown, NC State, So., Business Management
***Danny Erlenmyer, NC State, Sr., Business Management
Erge Gezmis, NC State, Jr., Business Management
***Eric Knowles, NC State, Jr., Materials Science Engineering
Rafal Kusto, NC State, So., Mechanical Engineering
**Mark McGlaughlin, NC State, SR., Business Management
Luke Sobolewski, NC State, Jr., Chemical Engineering
Hunter Tapp, NC State, Fr., Business Management
Curtis Wiltsey, NC State, So., Business Management
**Austin Flaute, Notre Dame, So., Civil Engineering
Jack Hoagland, Notre Dame, Fr., Business
Matthew Limbacher, Notre Dame, So., Management Consulting
Sadler McKeen, Notre Dame, Jr., Finance
***Jack Montesi, Notre Dame, Sr., Finance
David Petrison, Notre Dame, So., Accounting
Aaron Schultz, Notre Dame, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Zach Smith, Notre Dame, So., Finance
Joe Turk, Notre Dame, Sr., Finance
Cason Wilburn, Notre Dame, Fr., Environmental Engineering
**Samy Helmbacher, Pitt, Sr., Industrial Engineering
Eben Vorster, Pitt, Sr., Film and Media Studies
**Ryan Baker, Virginia, Sr., Government
***Keefer Barnum, Virginia, Jr., American Studies & Music
****Joe Clark, Virginia, Sr., Economics
Sean Conway, Virginia, Fr., Engineering
Max Edwards, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Justin Grender, Virginia, So., Undeclared
August Lamb, Virginia, Fr., Arts & Sciences Undeclared
***Ted Schubert, Virginia, Sr., Cognitive Science
Bryce Shelton, Virginia, Sr., Engineering
**Cooper Wozencraft, Virginia, Jr., Undeclared
Jack Wright, Virginia, Fr., Undeclared
Filippo Dal Maso, Virginia Tech, So., Architecture
Thomas Hallock, Virginia Tech, Jr., Aerospace Engineering

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