Wake Forest Athletics
Kristinsdottir, Dodd and Lange Named Academic All-ACC
6/25/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
By Gary Petit (@GaryWFU), Wake Forest Media Relations
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Three Wake Forest women's golfers were named to the Academic All-ACC Team as announced by the conference office on Monday. Sophomore Olafia Kristinsdottir earned the award for the second-straight season while freshman Marissa Dodd and junior Greta Lange each took home the award for the first time.
Kristinsdottir had a tremendous sophomore campaign. She played in every event for the Deacs and finished with the second-best scoring average on the team at 75.1. That was four strokes lower than her average as a freshman last season. Kristinsdottir also had five rounds at par or better and posted three top-10 finishes. Her best finish came at the ACC Championships when she fired a final round 68 to finish in a tie for second.
Kristinsdottir is just the fifth Demon Deacon to earn Academic All-ACC honors multiple times. The award began in 2006.
Dodd finished tied for third on the squad this season with a 76.9 scoring average. Her lone top-10 finish came at the Bryan National Collegiate where she finished tied for ninth after rounds of 73-76-72. Dodd also recorded a hole-in-one in just her second round as a collegiate.
Lange, who transferred last summer from Shorter College, finished the year with a 79.3 scoring average. She played in all 10 events and posted a season-best finish at the ACC Championship where a final round 74 vaulted her into a tie for 31st.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete, regardless of classification, must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
2012 All-ACC Academic Women's Golf Team
Name, Class, School
Katia Joo, Fr., Boston College
Kaela Klune, Jr., Boston College
# Laetitia Beck, So., Duke
# Alejandra Cangrejo, So., Duke
## Lindy Duncan, Jr., Duke
# Courtney Ellenbogen, Jr., Duke
## Stacey Kim, Jr., Duke
Laure Castelain, Fr., Florida State
# Maria Salinas, Sr., Florida State
## Hannah Thomson, Sr., Florida State
Emily Gimpel, So, Maryland
## Christine Shimel, Jr., Maryland
Katherine Perry, So., North Carolina
## Allie White, Sr., North Carolina
# Amanda Baker, Jr., NC State
# Brittany Marchand, So., NC State
Ana Menendez, So., NC State
Elizabeth Brightwell, Jr., Virginia
#Lauren Greenlief, Sr., Virginia
Greta Lange, Jr., Wake Forest
Marissa Dodd, So., Wake Forest
# Olafia Kristinsdottir, So., Wake Forest
# = denotes second-time honoree
## = denotes three-time honoree
ACC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Lindy Duncan, Duke
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