June 9, 2006

Greensboro, NC - Virginia golfers Leah Wigger, Rachel Smith and Carly Truitt have been named to the 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Women's Golf Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

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 academic career.

Wigger is one of six players who also earned All-ACC honors. It is the third time both Wigger and Smith, both juniors, have been honored. Truitt was a freshman last season.

A second-team All-American, Wigger led UVa with a school-record stroke average of 73.26 in 2006. She was also named to the CoSIDA District III second-team Academic All-America team. Smith played in 10 tournaments and posted a stroke average of 76.37 while Truitt was just below her at 77.03.

The 2006 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf team is as follows:

2006 All-ACC Academic Wen's Golf Team

Name, Class, School                    Major
Emily Cannon, Fr., Boston College      English
Amanda Blumenherst, Fr., Duke          Undeclared
Anna Grzebien, Jr., Duke               Psychology
Whitney Brummett, So., Florida State   Political Science
Jaclyn Burch, Jr., Florida State       Sports Management
Caroline Larsson, Sr., Florida State   Psychology
Caroline Westrup, Fr., Florida State   Communication
Kelly Calkin, So., Maryland            Education
Kelly MacWhinnie, Sr., Maryland        Communications
Kathryn Trotter, So., Maryland         Letters & Sciences
Josie Shinn, Jr., Miami                Sociology
Sydney Crane, Fr., North Carolina      Undeclared
Stephanie Derrey, Jr., NC State        Business
Nancy Mountcastle, Sr., NC State       Business
Rachel Smith, Jr., Virginia            Commerce
Carly Truitt, Fr., Virginia            Undeclared
Leah Wigger, Jr., Virginia             Psychology
Amanda Goins, Jr., Wake Forest         Communication
Nannette Hill, Fr., Wake Forest        Undeclared
Margaret Simons, Jr., Wake Forest      Psychology