Sports writerswho met at the 31st annual Football Kickoff in Pinehurst, N.C. predicted the final rankings for the ACC this season. Virginia was picked to finish eighth, in front of Duke and behind Wake Forest. Florida State, which missed out on the ACC title last season for the first time in 10 years was picked to win the ACC.
Following the Seminoles is N.C. State, with defending champion Maryland not far behind. Georgia Tech, Clemson and North Carolina round out the 4th, 5th, and 6th spots, though the middle of the preseason poll was tightly contested.
Swimmers continue to pull in Academic All-American Awards for spring semester
Two Virginia swimmers, Luke Wagner and Megan Roesch, have earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America first-team Academic All-America honors for the 2002 spring semester. This is the fourth year in a row that Roesch has garnered an academic All-American award, though she is not the only one on the team to be recognized. The entire women's swimming team picked up the CSCAA team award for academics during the 2002 spring semester. The combined Grade Ppoint Average for the women's swimming team was 2.98.
Roesch, who graduated from Virginia in May with a degree in finance, and Wagner, who will be a junior this fall, both received the Ramirez Family Leadership Award, for being team leaders in and out of the pool.
To earn individual CSCAA Academic All-American honors, students must have at least a 3.5 GPA. In order for a team to be eligible for the award, there must be a minimum 2.8 team GPA.
Men's Soccer picked to finish first in the ACC in the upcoming 2002 fall season
The ACC's seven head soccer coaches picked the Cavaliers to repeat as champions in the ACC this season, when polled earlier in the month. Virginia just barely beat out perennial power North Carolina, who came in with 43 points. Clemson, who finished third in the league last season, was picked by the coaches to finish in the same spot, though they finished seven points behind North Carolina in the poll.
The gap in points widens as Wake Forest, Maryland, Duke and N.C. State round out the seven teams.
The ACC is one of the top soccer conferences in the country with 10 of the last 18 national championships being won by Atlantic Coast Conference members.
Virginia will start its run for the National title on Friday, August 30, when they open up the season against Kentucky at 7:30 at Kl
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