Virginia Tech’s Seufer, NC State’s Henes tabbed Scholar-Athletes of Year
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Twenty-nine All-Atlantic Coast Conference performers, including six All-Americans, secured spots on the 2019 All-ACC Academic Cross Country teams announced Thursday by the conference office.
Virginia Tech senior Peter Seufer heads up the men’s team as the ACC Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while NC State senior Elly Henes earned ACC Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades.
Both Seufer and Henes were individual ACC and Southeast Regional champions, and each placed among the top 10 of the NCAA Division I Championships held Nov. 23 at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Seufer, who hails from Lynchburg, Virginia, delivered a stellar performance at the NCAA Championships, leading the men’s 10K field as late as the 8K split and eventually placing fourth at 30:40.1 – just one-tenth of a second shy of the bronze medal. Seufer’s fourth-place finish was the highest in Virginia Tech program history.
Seufer earlier posted a first-place time of 29:20.7 to lead the men’s 10K at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Nov. 15. He repeated as the gold medalist as the ACC Championships at Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 1, navigating the 8k course in a time of 23:42.7 that placed nearly 39 seconds ahead of the next-closest runner.
Henes, of Cary, North Carolina, entered the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships as the 13th multi-year cross country All-American in NC State program history and delivered a career-best 10
th-place finish of 20:20.7 on the 6K course.
Earlier, Henes had claimed 2019 ACC and Southeast Regional gold medals with respective winning times of 20:37.4 and 19:48.9. Henes is just the fifth runner in NC State women’s cross country history to earn All-America honors three or more times.
Seufer and Henes were also named the men’s and women’s cross country Southeast Region Athletes of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
In addition to Seufer and Henes, the 2019 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team features two more men’s All-America runners in Notre Dame’s Dylan Jacobs and NC State’s Ian Shanklin, as well as women’s All-Americans Anna Rohrer of Notre Dame and Kelsey Chmiel of NC State. Selections also include both ACC Freshmen of the Year – Duke’s Sam Rivera (men) and Notre Dame’s Maddy Denner (women).
Academic Cross Country team members combined for 14 ACC Performer of the Week honors last season.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September of 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 careers, as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
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. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
The 2019 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Cross Country teams, including each student-athlete’s major of study, are as follows:
2019 All-ACC Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Peter Seufer, Virginia Tech
2019 All-ACC Men’s Cross Country Academic Team
Jack Carter, Boston College, Fr.; Marketing
Paul Dellinger, Duke, Jr.; Computer Science
Sam Rivera, Duke, Fr.; Undeclared
Josh Romine, Duke, Jr.; Computer Science
Steven Cross, Florida State, Sr.; Finance/Risk Mgt. Insurance
Kasey Knevelbaard, Florida State, Gr.; Sport Mgt.
Caleb Pottorff, Florida State, Jr.; Exercise Physiology
Paul Stafford, Florida State, So.; Sport Management
Alex Milligan, North Carolina; Sr.; Business Administration
Gavin Gaynor, NC State, R-Jr.; Chemical Engineering
Ian Shanklin, NC State, Jr.; Exploratory Studies/B.A.
Andrew Alexander, Notre Dame, Jr.; Neuroscience & Behavior
Dylan Jacobs, Notre Dame, R-Fr.; Business
Danny Kilrea, Notre Dame, So.; Notre Dame
Yared Nuguse, Notre Dame, Jr.; Biochemistry
Kevin Salvano, Notre Dame, Sr.; Accounting
Zach Lefever, Pitt, Jr.; Architectural Studies
Dominic Hockenbury, Syracuse, Sr.; Biology
AJ Ernst, Virginia, Sr.; History
Peter Morris, Virginia, So.; Psychology
Randy Neish, Virginia, Sr.; Psychology
Antonio Lopez Segura, Virginia Tech, Fr.; General Engineering
Peter Seufer, Virginia Tech, Sr.; Finance/Economics
Diego Zarate, Virginia Tech, Sr.; Criminology/Psychology/Sociology
Brent Bailey, Wake Forest, So.; Undeclared
Carter Coughlin, Wake Forest, So.; Undeclared
Zach Facioni, Wake Forest, So.; Undeclared
2019 All-ACC Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Elly Henes, NC State
2019 All-ACC Women’s Cross Country Academic Team
Emeline Delanis, Boston College, Gr.; Leadership & Administration
Isabelle Kennedy, Boston College, Gr.; Sociology
Lauren White, Boston College, Jr.; International Studies
Logan Morris, Clemson, Sr.; Industrial Engineering
Sara Platek, Duke, Jr.; Public Policy
Micheala Reinhart, Duke; Jr.; IDM: Chemistry & Public Policy
Yasmine Abbes, Florida State, Fr.; Social Science
Rebecca Clark, Florida State, Fr.; Exercise Physiology
Addison Coggins, Florida State; Jr.; Marketing
Elizabeth Funderburk, Florida State, So.; Marketing/Management
Jodie Judd, Florida State, So.; Editing, Writing & Media
Erin Phelps, Florida State, So.; Exercise Physiology
Lauren Ryan, Florida State, Jr.; Social Science
Maudie Skyring, Florida State, Jr.; Exercise Physiology
Paige Hofstad, North Carolina, Jr.; Peace, War & Defense
Kelsey Chmiel, NC State; Fr., Animal Science
Elly Henes, NC State, Sr.; Psychology
Savannah Shaw, NC State, So..; Business Administration
Julia Zachgo, NC State; Jr.; Business Administration
Isabel Zimmerman, NC State; Jr.; Nutrition Science
Maddy Denner, Notre Dame, Fr.; Applied & Computational Math & Stats
Jacqueline Gaughan, Notre Dame, So.; Business
Anna Rohrer, Notre Dame, Gr.; Management
Jordan Jacob, Syracuse, Gr.; Exercise Science
Amanda Vestri, Syracuse, Jr.; Health & Exercise Science
Sarah Edwards, Virginia Tech, Sr.; Interior Design
Sara Freix, Virginia Tech, Sr.; Biological Systems Engineering
Kyra Lopez, Virginia Tech, Gr.; Human Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Madeline Rehm, Wake Forest, Fr.; Undeclared
Elise Wright, Wake Forest, So.; Undeclared