Twenty Six Named to ACC Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team

Twenty Six Named to ACC Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team

4/9/2024 2:18:00 PM | Track

GREENSBORO, NC - Twenty six members of the NC State track and field squad have been named to the 2024 ACC Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team, the league office announced Tuesday.
Fifteen members of the women's program and ten of the men's program have been tabbed as members of the conference All-Academic Team.

The women's team is represented by four members of the Pack that established themselves as All-ACC Performers at the 2024 ACC Indoor Championships in Boston this past February.

Amaris Tyynismaa earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing second in the 5000m with a time of 15:59.71. She also picked up Second Team All-ACC honors in the women's 3000m after clocking in at 9:06.44 to finish fourth.

Grace Hartman ran 4:40.33 in the women's mile to take fourth and record a Second Team All-ACC finish. Newcomer Jayda Hunter finished fourth in the women's triple jump with a mark of 12.76m that earned her Second Team All-ACC status.

Hartman also competed in the 5000m at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships and ran a time of 15:28.57 to earn First Team All-American honors. She was also presented with the Elite 90 Award for the 2024 indoor season.

After turning in a mark of 19.35m in the women's weight throw, Makala Wright finished sixth overall and took home Second Team All-ACC honors, the first of her collegiate career.

Academic requirements for selection to the team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships and/or the NCAA Indoor Championships during the most recent season.

Complete lists of both ACC All-Academic teams can be found below.

Women's ACC All-Academic Team:
Zahra Bichara, NC State, Political Science
Ta'Honny Exum, NC State, Life Science First Year
Sydney Freeman, NC State, Criminology
Grace Hartman, NC State, Psychology
Alyssa Hendrix, NC State, Sport Management
Ally Henson, NC State, Communications and Management
Mariah Howlett, NC State, Management
Jayda Hunter, NC State, Criminology
McKenna Mortiz, NC State, Sport Management
Angelina Napoleon, NC State, Sport Management
Jordyn Parker, NC State, Sport Management
Kate Putman, NC State, Life Science First Year
Gionna Quarzo, NC State, Sport Management
Jenna Schulz, NC State, Chemical Engineering
Amaris Tyynismaa, NC State, Psychology
Makala Wright, NC State, Business Administration

Men's ACC All-Academic Team:
Kevin Antczak, NC State, Business Administration
Judd Armstrong, NC State, Business Administration
Myles Epstein, NC State, Analytics
Brett Gardner, NC State, Mechanical Engineering
Grant Howlett, NC State, Agricultural Business
Zach Hughes, NC State, Sport Management
Travis Koekemoer, NC State, Computer Science
Wesley Larson, NC State, Civil Engineering
Lance Patterson, NC State, Business Administration
Jake Toomey, NC State, Sport Management