Record 317 Deac Student-Athletes Land on ACC Academic Honor Roll; Over 70% of Demon Deacons Honored

Record 317 Deac Student-Athletes Land on ACC Academic Honor Roll; Over 70% of Demon Deacons Honored

7/7/2023 11:00:00 AM | Baseball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball

For the fourth consecutive season, over 50 percent of the Wake Forest student-athletes have landed on the list while also having additional Wake Forest ACC Academic Honor Roll records.

By: Andrew Kovar

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A record total of 317 Wake Forest student-athletes have earned spots on the 2022-23 Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll, announced Friday by the conference office.

This is the highest mark in Wake Forest history and marks the fourth consecutive year that the Demon Deacons have landed more than 280 student-athletes on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Overall, 317 student-athletes represent 70 percent of the all Demon Deacon student-athletes.

This is the fourth consecutive year that over 50 percent of the student-athletes have landed on the list.

"I am very proud of our student-athletes and their ability to balance academics and athletics," Jane Caldwell, Sr. Associate AD, Student-Athlete Services and Assistant to the Dean said. "I would also like to extend my gratitude for my colleagues and our professors for their hard work in assisting our entire student body. Our student-athletes have represented our University and the Athletic Department with integrity and their hard work is an inspiration to us all."

The honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year.

The Demon Deacon football team led the way with 85 honorees, a program record. They were followed by track & field with 62 combined.

Of the 317 honorees, a record 118 Wake Forest student-athletes earned ACC All-Academic honors multiple times during their time on campus. This includes 85 student-athletes that have earned this distinction for the second time, 67 who were on the list for the third time and a record 36 who were four-year honorees.

Also included amongst the 118 multi-time honorees were Anna Brylin of Women's Tennis, Anna Bush of Track & Field, Abby Carpenter of Field Hockey, Giovanna DeMarco of Women's Soccer, Zach Facioni of Track & Field, Amy Harding-Delooze of Track & Field, Emilia Migliaccio of Women's Golf, Zachary Murphy of Football, Andrew White of Track & Field and Elise Wright of Track & Field.

Brylin, Bush, Carpenter, DeMarco, Facioni, Harding-Delooze, Migliaccio, Murphy, White and Wright all earned their fifth distinction on the list. This marks the most fifth-year honorees in Wake Forest history and the third time there have been multiple in the same year.

Michael Jurgens of football earned a record-breaking sixth honor.

Wake Forest (317)

Kylie Adams 3 Volleyball

Mia Ahmad 3 Tennis

Emily Akin 1 CC/Track & Field

Madeline Allburn 4 Soccer

Trace Alphin 4 Soccer

Jarrett Alston Jr. 4 Football

Nicholas Andersen 3 Football

Mason Andrade 1 Football

Katrina Andreassen 4 Track & Field

Will Andrews 2 Baseball