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Florida State's Mark Buckingham a Named ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Aug. 1, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. – ACC Champions Florida State posted a league-high eight Seminoles to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Track & Field Academic Team, highlighted by Mark's Buckingham's selection as the ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford. NC State's Stephen Furst was named the Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Buckingham finished second at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 3,000m while placing 12th at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He is a four-time All-ACC performer and placed first in 2006 as part of the Distance Medley Relay team at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships. Furst, a Graduate Student in Aerospace Engineering, is a two-time All-ACC Academic team selection and a four-year member of the ACC Honor Roll. Buckingham, a senior in Applied Economics, earned his first All-ACC Academic team selection this year. Athletically, Furst captured ACC Championships at 5,000m and 10,000m while finishing third in the 3,000m Steeplechase. At the NCAA Championships, Furst secured All-American honors with a 10th-place finish in the 10,000m. Ten other athletes who earned All-ACC honors this past season secured spots on the 2008 All-ACC Academic Men’s Track & Field Team. Five NCAA All-Americans also secured the spots on the team. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete mush have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career. NC State followed FSU with seven members while Duke and NC State had five members. North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia Tech each secured four spots. Maryland and Boston College notched three honorees, followed by Wake Forest and Clemson with two honorees each. The 43-man team was rounded out by Virginia Tech with one member. The 2008 All-ACC Academic Men’s Track & Field Team is as follows: 2008 All-ACC Academic Men’s Track & Field Team Name, Class School Major #*John Austin, So. Duke Economics Brock Baker, Jr. North Carolina Biology & Romance Languages !Gonzalo Barroilhet, So. Florida State Business Richard Booth, Jr. Maryland Engineering Stephen Castillejo, So. Wake Forest Health Exercise Science !Madanha Chibuda, So. Florida State Computer Science Tyler Clarke, Sr. Duke Political Science *John Crews, Fr. NC State Mechanical Engineering !*Mark Dellavolpe, Sr. Duke Political Science Brian Doran, Fr. North Carolina Business Administration !*Michael Feathers, Sr. Clemson Marketing #!*Stephen Furst, Gr. NC State Aerospace Engineering Kyle Galle, So. Virginia Systems Engineering Arthur Gennari, So. Virginia Undeclared E.C. Gibbs, Jr. Georgia Tech Management Adam Gray, Sr. NC State Sport Management Earl Gray, Sr. Maryland Government and Politics David Herren, Gr. Georgia Tech Health Systems Matt Hickey, So. Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Greg Kelsey, So. Maryland Kinesiology Aaron Klansek, So. Virginia Religious Studies Chris Kollar, Sr. NC State Biological Sciences Matthew Kosmas, Fr. Boston College Undeclared *Michael Kotecki, So. Duke Biomedical Engineering Ereka Latzka, Jr. North Carolina Economics *David Lewis, Sr. Virginia History Eric Mack, Sr. NC State Parks and Recreation Management Billy Mateker, So Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Ryan McDermott, Fr. Duke Undecided *Miller Moss, So. Clemson Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management !*#Matej Muza, Jr. Virginia Tech Geography Pablo Navarette, Fr. Florida State Business Ian Reynolds, R-Sr North Carolina Political Science !*Wesley Smith, Gr. NC State Economics Javier Garcia Tunon, Gr. Florida State Business !Tibor Vegh, Sr. NC State Economics !Phillip Warsaw, Jr. Wake Forest Mathematical Economics Robert Weinstein, Jr. Duke Psychology Matthew Wernke, Sr. Florida State Chemical-Biomedical Engineering !Travis Whitfield, Jr. Florida State Physical Education *Elliot Wood, Sr. Florida State International Affairs ! Repeat All-ACC Academic honorees * All-ACC Performer # NCAA All-American |
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