Three Deacs Earn Cross Country All-Academic Honors
1/31/2019 2:17:00 PM | Cross Country
Mimi Smith, Sam Halvorsen and Zach Facioni earn honors for academic success
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Three Wake Forest men's and women's cross country student-athletes have been named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team, the conference announced on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Freshman Zach Facioni represented the Wake Forest men while senior Mimi Smith and junior Sam Halvorsen were selected from the women's team.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career for undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season were also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
Smith, a health and exercise science major from Wilmette, Ill., is earning All-ACC Academic Cross Country honors for the third time in her career. Smith competed in four meets for the Deacs in 2018, finishing 9th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown and 17th at the Southeast Regional Championships in November.
Halvorsen, an English major, earns her first nod to the All-ACC Academic Cross Country team in 2018. Along with her success in the classroom, the Ridgewood, NJ native was awarded All-ACC honors and competed in four races for the Demon Deacons. She finished 8th at the Battle in Beantown and broke into the top-10 at Regional Championships, finishing 9th in the women's 6k race.
Facioni burst onto the scene in his inaugural campaign in NCAA division I cross country. The Sydney, Australia native finished in 2nd-place at the ACC Championships to garner All-ACC honors, the best finish by a Deac since Nathan Sisco in 2001. He also took 14th at regionals to earn all-region honors.
Freshman Zach Facioni represented the Wake Forest men while senior Mimi Smith and junior Sam Halvorsen were selected from the women's team.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career for undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season were also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
Smith, a health and exercise science major from Wilmette, Ill., is earning All-ACC Academic Cross Country honors for the third time in her career. Smith competed in four meets for the Deacs in 2018, finishing 9th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown and 17th at the Southeast Regional Championships in November.
Halvorsen, an English major, earns her first nod to the All-ACC Academic Cross Country team in 2018. Along with her success in the classroom, the Ridgewood, NJ native was awarded All-ACC honors and competed in four races for the Demon Deacons. She finished 8th at the Battle in Beantown and broke into the top-10 at Regional Championships, finishing 9th in the women's 6k race.
Facioni burst onto the scene in his inaugural campaign in NCAA division I cross country. The Sydney, Australia native finished in 2nd-place at the ACC Championships to garner All-ACC honors, the best finish by a Deac since Nathan Sisco in 2001. He also took 14th at regionals to earn all-region honors.
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