GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2022-23 Academic Honor Roll on Friday, recognizing a league record 5,942 student-athletes for classroom excellence during the most recent academic year.
The ACC Academic Honor Roll is comprised 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. This marks the most-ever student-athlete honorees and fourth consecutive year in which at least 5,500 ACC student-athletes have achieved Honor Roll status.
“The ACC has incredible student-athletes, and we applaud their efforts and successes both on and off the field,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “We are proud to honor a record number of student-athletes for their accomplishments in the classroom. Congratulations to nearly 6,000 individuals who earned ACC Academic Honor Roll distinction this year and those that tirelessly support them on our 15 campuses.”
Duke, who has led all schools for 35 out of 36 years of the Honor Roll, had an ACC single-year record 641 Honor Roll student-athletes and Virginia placed 568 on the list. Notre Dame (532), North Carolina (503), Boston College (443) and Louisville (404) each had more than 400 student-athletes earn recognition.
Eight student-athletes made the ACC Honor Roll for the sixth time – Boston College’s Melanie Welch (lacrosse), Clemson’s Courtney Jones (soccer), Duke’s Jackson Hubbard (football), Notre Dame’s Sam Assaf (lacrosse) and Yiyi Niu (fencing), Pittsburgh’s Micky Phillippi (wrestling), Syracuse’s Dakota Davis (football) and Wake Forest’s Michael Jurgens (football).
Each of the ACC's 15 schools had multiple student-athletes who achieved ACC Academic Honor Roll listing for the fifth time.
Follow this link for the complete 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll:
https://theacc.co/22-23AcademicHonorRoll