2007-08 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team Announced :: Clemson earned a league-high seven All-ACC Academic selections.

May 8, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. - NCAA Platform Diving Champion and Atlantic Coast Conference Diver of the Year Brittany Viola of Miami headlines the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team, as announced Thursday by Commissioner John D. Swofford. Joining Viola on the 40-member academic squad include four NCAA All-Americans in ACC Swimmer of the Year Jessica Botzum (Virginia Tech), Hannah Krimm (Georgia Tech), ACC Freshman of the Year Elizabeth Shaw (Virginia) and Sara Smith (Virginia Tech).

To be eligible for consideration, 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.

Each of the league's 11 schools that sponsor swimming and diving were represented on the team, as Clemson tied a league-high seven selections to lead all ACC schools. Florida State and Virginia Tech each received six picks, while Virginia collected five, North Carolina notched four and Georgia Tech had three.

With two nods apiece were Boston College, Duke, Maryland and Miami. NC State rounded out the academic squad with one representative.

This year's team boasts 21 All-ACC performers with 12 crowned ACC champions and 16 returning academic honorees. In addition, seven student-athletes earned NCAA All-America Honorable Mention and two were honored with the league's Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship (Florida State's Abbie King and Virginia Tech's Botzum). Botzum was also awarded the 2007-08 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in April, given to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

Attached is a complete list of recipients named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team.

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