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Four Blue Devils Named to All-ACC Academic Teams
DURHAM, N.C. - Four Blue Devils were named to the 2012 All-ACC Academic Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams, as announced Wednesday by the conference office.
Senior Jessica Lyden earned the second All-ACC Academic Team honors of her career, while graduate student Piotr Safronczyk, junior Ted Minturn and sophomore Christine Wixted each garnered the first accolades of their careers. Duke has now placed at least four student-athletes on the team for six consecutive seasons.
The 2012 ACC champion in the women's 3-meter diving event, Lyden picked up her second All-ACC Academic Team honor. The Lexington, Ky., native closed out her collegiate career with a ninth-place showing on the 3-meter board at the 2012 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships. Lyden notched personal-best scores of 325.45 in 1-meter diving and 365.95 on the 3-meter board during the 2011-12 season while gaining admission to the NCAA Zone Diving meet on both disciplines.
Wixted collected the first All-ACC Academic Team accolade of her career after finishing the season as Duke's top performer in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM. A two-time ACC Performer of the Week during the regular season, she established new program records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and earned a pair of All-ACC honors at the 2012 ACC Championships with third-place finishes in both of those events. Wixted, who hails from Greenwood Village, Colo., also helped the Blue Devils break three school records as a member of the 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relay squads.
Minturn, a mid-freestyle and backstroke specialist from Indianapolis, Ind., was also honored for the first time in his career. The Blue Devils' top performer in the 200 backstroke this season, Minturn took fourth in the event at the 2012 ACC Championships. He also clocked the program's second-best time of the season in the 200 freestyle as a member of Duke's 800 freestyle relay team.
Safronczyk was selected to the All-ACC Academic Team after completing a standout season at Duke. The Bialystok, Poland native garnered honorable mention All-America honors with a 15th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke at the 2012 NCAA Div. I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships. He won the ACC title in the 100 breaststroke, in addition to collecting All-ACC honors in the 200 breaststroke with a second-place performance. The program record holder in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, Safronczyk was also a valuable member of the Blue Devils' relay squads, helping the 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams earn podium finishes at the ACC Championships and set school records. He swam the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay team that established a new Atlantic Coast Conference record with a 1:25.98 clocking.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for both the previous semester and maintain a 3.00 cumulative average during his or her academic career.
2012 All-ACC Academic Men's Swimming & Diving Team
| Chris Dart % | Clemson | Sr. | Communications |
| Piotr Safronczyk | Duke | GS | Markets & Management Studies |
| Ted Minturn | Duke | Jr. | Sociology |
| Kevin Rogers | Florida State | Fr. | Sport Management |
| Mark Weber @ | Florida State | Jr. | Sport Management |
| Michael Neubacher @ | Florida State | Sr. | Sport Management |
| Nicholas Klein # | Florida State | Jr. | Interdisciplinary Social Science |
| Thomas Neubacher @ | Florida State | So. | Sport Management |
| Andrew Kosic | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Chemical & Biomedical Engineering |
| Anton Lagerqvist @ | Georgia Tech | So. | Industrial Engineering |
| Brandon Makinson # | Georgia Tech | Jr. | Aerospace Engineering |
| Elliott Brockelbank | Georgia Tech | Fr. | International Affairs |
| Eric Chiu | Georgia Tech | Jr. | Industrial Design |
| Nico Van Duijn | Georgia Tech | Fr. | Electrical Engineering |
| Andrew Relihan @ | Maryland | Sr. | Education |
| David Speese | Maryland | Fr. | Undecided |
| Brett Nagle | North Carolina | Jr. | Communication Studies |
| Brock Park | North Carolina | Sr. | Politcal Science |
| David MacDonald | North Carolina | Sr. | Communication Studies |
| Dominick Glavich | North Carolina | Fr. | Nursing |
| JT Stilley @ | North Carolina | So. | Business Administration |
| Patrick Myers | North Carolina | Fr. | Business Administration |
| Brandon Kingston # | NC State | Jr. | Human Biology |
| Hudson Rains | NC State | Jr. | Mathematics |
| Ivan Kopas | NC State | Jr. | Electrical Engineering |
| Jonathan Boffa @ | NC State | So. | Graphic Design |
| Briggy Imbriglia @ | Virginia | Sr. | Economics |
| David Ingraham | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| David Karasek # | Virginia | GS | Education |
| Jakob Kolod | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Nathaniel Hart | Virginia | So. | Electrical Engineering |
| Taylor Grey @ | Virginia | So. | Undeclared |
| Blake Trabuchi-Downey % | Virginia Tech | Sr. | Biology |
| Greg Mahon # | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Mining Engineering |
| Kyle Butts | Virginia Tech | Fr. | Finance |
| Logan Shinholser # | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Chemical Engineering |
| Matthew Baumler # | Virginia Tech | Sr. | Hospitality Tourism Management |
| Nicholas Tremols @ | Virginia Tech | So. | Communication |
| Ryan Hawkins @ | Virginia Tech | So. | Architecture |
| Zach McGinnis @ | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Politcal Science |
2012 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming & Diving Team
| Meg Anderson @ | Clemson | Jr. | Early Childhood Education |
| Christine Wixted | Duke | So. | Undeclared |
| Jessica Lyden @ | Duke | Sr. | Psychology |
| Ariel Rittenhouse | Florida State | Jr. | Communications |
| Kelsey Goodman @ | Florida State | So. | Family & Child Sciences |
| Stephanie Sarandos # | Florida State | Sr. | Exercise Science |
| Julia Henkel @ | Florida State | So. | Business |
| Victoria Richmond | Florida State | Sr. | Marketing/Finance |
| Kaitlyn Dressel | Florida State | Fr. | Exercise Science |
| Melissa Cooper | Florida State | So. | Psychology |
| Keren Siebner | Georgia Tech | Sr. | Industrial Engineering |
| Jordan Evans | Georgia Tech | Sr. | Management |
| Virginia Glover # | Maryland | Sr. | Communications |
| Megan Lafferty | Maryland | Jr. | Criminology |
| Carolyn Fittin | Maryland | Fr. | Undecided |
| Alexa Hamilton # | Maryland | Sr. | Communications |
| Victoria Cassidy @ | Maryland | So. | Undecided |
| Amy Halligan | Maryland | So. | Journalism |
| Kara McCormack | Miami | Fr. | Math |
| Dana Hatic | Miami | Sr. | Journalism and Political Science |
| Miffy Henley @ | NC State | Jr. | Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management |
| Hannah Freyman | NC State | Fr. | Undecided |
| Danielle Siverling | North Carolina | Fr. | Undecided |
| Laura Moriarty | North Carolina | Sr. | Exercise and Sport Science |
| Sarah Tanner # | North Carolina | Sr. | History |
| Jackie Rudolph | North Carolina | Jr. | History |
| Katherine Rechsteiner @ | North Carolina | So. | Chemistry |
| Ellen Williamson | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Emily Dicus | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Charlotte Clarke | Virginia | Jr. | Undeclared |
| Alison Haulsee | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Kelly Flynn # | Virginia | Sr. | Biology |
| Emily Lloyd @ | Virginia | So. | Undeclared |
| Christine Olson @ | Virginia | Jr. | Economics |
| Erika Stewart | Virginia | Sr. | Sociology |
| Kelly Offutt | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Lauren Perdue @ | Virginia | Jr. | Anthropology |
| Shaun Casey | Virginia | Fr. | Undeclared |
| Logan Kline | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Biology |
| Heather Savage | Virginia Tech | Jr. | Human Nutrition Foods and Exercise |
@ denotes two-time honoree
# denotes three-time honoree
% denotes four-time honoree
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