North Carolina State University Athletics
Seven Track & Field Athletes Earn All-ACC Academic Honors
6/27/2018 10:28:00 AM | Track
ACC Release
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Seven student-athletes from the NC State men's and women's track and field teams have been named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Outdoor Track & Field Teams, as announced by the league office Wednesday morning.Â
All seven members of the Wolfpack who were honored earned All-America and/or All-ACC honors during the 2018 outdoor season, and six of those athletes qualified for competition at the NCAA East Preliminary meet.
2018 All-ACC Academic Men's Outdoor Track & Field Team
- Joshua Davis, Gr. - Masters, Business Administration
- Elijah Moskowitz, Jr. - Human Biology
- Shannon Patterson, Sr. - Business Administration
- Grant Rivers, R-Sr. - Masters, Communications
Davis earned All-ACC Academic honors for the sixth time in his career, capping off a season during which he claimed a spot on the Second Team All-ACC in the hammer throw.Â
Moskowitz, who placed fourth in the 10,000m at the ACC Outdoor Championships, was named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the second time in his track and field career.
The honors were also the second for both Patterson and Rivers.Â
Patterson completed his Wolfpack career by taking home an ACC gold medal as part of the men's 4x100m relay team and placing second in the 200m at the conference meet. Both races earned him spots on the First Team All-ACC.
Rivers took fifth place in the decathlon at the ACC Outdoor Championships, capping off his time with NC State as a member of the Second Team All-ACC.Â
2018 All-ACC Academic Women's Outdoor Track & Field Team
- Gabriele Cunningham, Jr. - Communications/Sport ManagementÂ
- Elly Henes, So. - PsychologyÂ
- Erika Kemp, R-Sr. - Psychology/Spanish
Cunningham garnered All-ACC Academic honors for the first time after a successful junior campaign during which she qualified for the regional meet in both the 100m and the 200m. Cunningham took silver in the 200m at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
Henes, who has been honored as a member of the All-ACC Academic Team during all four track and field seasons that she has participated in, claimed the honors after becoming an ACC Champion and an All-American in the 5,000m.Â
Kemp leads the group with the seventh All-ACC Academic selection of her track and field career. After winning a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the ACC Outdoor Championships, Kemp went on to place first in the region in the 5,000m and earned All-America honors in the event at the NCAA Championships. She was also selected as an ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient earlier in the semester.Â
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) during the previous semester and maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA during their academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered.Â
The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes each conference student-athlete with a GPA of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
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