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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Syracuse senior Alyssa Murray has been named the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines the All-ACC Academic Women’s Lacrosse Team, as announced Monday by Commissioner John Swofford.
A child and family studies major, Murray completed her storied career at Syracuse with 300 points on 200 goals and 100 assists. The West Babylon, New York native was a Tewaaraton Award and Honda Award finalist, IWLCA First Team All-American and First Team All-ACC selection in 2014, and was named Inside Lacrosse’s Co-Attacker of the Year.
All eight of the league’s women’s lacrosse programs are represented on the All-ACC Academic Team, led by Syracuse with seven selections. Duke and Virginia followed each with five student-athletes on team, while Boston College, Maryland and North Carolina each placed four on the team, Notre Dame had three and Virginia Tech two.
Two student-athletes earned their fourth career ACC academic honor: Boston College’s Moira Barry and Duke’s Taylor Virden, while Boston College’s Claire Blohm, Duke’s Taylor Trimble, North Carolina’s Taylor George and Virginia’s Liza Blue are three-time honorees.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Alyssa Murray, Syracuse | |||
| 2014 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team | |||
| Moira Barry (4) | Sr. | Psychology | Boston College |
| Claire Blohm (3) | Sr. | Biology | Boston College |
| Sara Blue | GS | Administrative Studies | Boston College |
| Mikaela Rix (2) | Jr. | Finance | Boston College |
| Maddy Morrissey (3) | Sr. | Psychology | Duke |
| Taylor Virden (4) | Sr. | Visual & Media Studies | Duke |
| Sydney Peterson | Sr. | Political Science & History | Duke |
| Kerrin Maurer | Jr. | Political Science | Duke |
| Taylor Trimble (3) | Jr. | Public Policy | Duke |
| Megan Douty (2) | Jr. | Kinesiology | Maryland |
| Brooke Griffin (2) | Sr. | Kinesiology | Maryland |
| Halle Majorana (2) | So. | Letters & Science | Maryland |
| Zoe Stukenberg | Fr. | Biological Sciences | Maryland |
| Margaret Corzel | Sr. | Business Administration | North Carolina |
| Taylor George (3) | Sr. | Journalism | North Carolina |
| Sydney Holman | Fr. | Journalism | North Carolina |
| Sloane Serpe | Sr. | Communication Studies | North Carolina |
| Alexandra Dalton | Fr. | Undeclared | Notre Dame |
| Cortney Fortunato | Fr. | Undeclared | Notre Dame |
| Caitlin Gargan | Jr. | Marketing | Notre Dame |
| Devon Collins | Jr. | Finance | Syracuse |
| Amy Cross | Sr. | Inclusive Education | Syracuse |
| Natalie Glanell | Sr. | Comm. & Rhetorical Studies | Syracuse |
| Kailah Kempney | Jr. | Health & Exercise Science | Syracuse |
| Kasey Mock | Sr. | Inclusive Education | Syracuse |
| Alyssa Murray | Sr. | Child & Family Studies | Syracuse |
| Katie Webster | Sr. | Health & Exercise Science | Syracuse |
| Liza Blue (3) | Jr. | Kinesiology | Virginia |
| Liz Colgan | Sr. | Economics | Virginia |
| Lauren Goerz | Sr. | English | Virginia |
| Maddy Keeshan(2) | Sr. | History | Virginia |
| Courtney Swan (2) | Jr. | Kinesiology | Virginia |
| Cawley Bromley | Jr. | Human Development | Virginia Tech |
| Meghan Macera (2) | So. | Art | Virginia Tech |
| (#) – Career All-ACC Academic Honors | |||