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44 ACC Spring and At-Large Student-Athletes Named 2026 CSC Academic All-Americans

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Forty-four Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes were selected as 2026 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans following the conclusion of the spring and at-large seasons.

Twelve schools had at least one honoree, led by Virginia with nine, North Carolina with seven and Stanford with six.

Virginia's Dylan Dietrich was named the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for men's tennis, while North Carolina's Reese Brantmeier earned the honor for women's tennis.

Thirteen ACC student-athletes were selected in the at-large category, which includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis, water polo, and wrestling.

In all, 96 ACC student-athletes were chosen at CSC Academic All-Americans during the 2025-26 school year. The honorees for the fall and winter seasons were announced earlier this year.
 
Nominees must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have played in 90 percent of the team’s games on the season, and have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate grade point average.
 
ACC’s 2026 CSC Academic All-Americans (At-Large)
Men’s At-Large
First Team
Luca Augustine, Pitt, Wrestling
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech, Golf
Second Team
Ahmad Hesham, Notre Dame, Fencing
Third Team
Will Donovan, Notre Dame, Lacrosse
Aidan Maguire, Duke, Lacrosse
Thomas Ricciardelli, Notre Dame, Lacrosse
 
Women’s At-Large
First Team
Arianna Cao, Stanford, Fencing
Megha Ganna, Stanford, Golf
Chloe Humphrey, North Carolina, Lacrosse
Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford, Golf
Anna Roberts, Stanford, Gymnastics
Second Team
Alaina McVeigh, Duke, Field Hockey
Eva Pronti, Duke, Lacrosse
 
ACC’s 2026 CSC Academic All-Americans (Spring)
Baseball
First Team
Drew Burress, Georgia Tech
Second Team
Carson Kerce, Georgia Tech
 
Softball
First Team
Isa Torres, Florida State
 
Second Team
Bri Despines, Louisville
Emily LeGette, North Carolina
 
Third Team
Madison Pickens, Louisville
Macee Eaton, Virginia
 
Men’s Tennis
First Team
Dylan Dietrich, Virginia*
 
Second Team
Martin Borisiouk, NC State
Trevor Svajda, SMU
 
Third Team
Alex Chang, Stanford
 
Women’s Tennis
First Team
Irina Balus, Duke
Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina*
Berta Passola Folch, California
Mia Slama, NC State
Annabelle Xu, Virginia
 
Second Team
Gabriella Broadfoot, NC State
Melodie Collard, Virginia
Tatum Evans, North Carolina
Vivian Yang, Virginia
 
Men’s Track & Field
First Team
Billy Carlton, Georgia Tech
Jeremiah Nubbe, Virginia
Colton Sands, North Carolina
Second Team
Will Anthony, Virginia
Gary Martin, Virginia
Third Team
Nate Mountain, Virginia
 
Women’s Track & Field
First Team
Vera Sjoberg, North Carolina
Juliette Whittaker, Stanford
Second Team
Braelyn Baker, Duke
Sophie Novak, Notre Dame
Makayla Paige, North Carolina
 
*Academic All-America Team Member of the Year