GREENSBORO, N.C. – A total of 421 Tar Heels have earned spots on the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year, as announced on Friday by the league. It marks the fourth year in a row that UNC’s total has topped 400.
The ACC Academic Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity sport while earning a grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2021-22 academic year. The conference honored more than 5,500 ACC student-athletes, marking the third year in a row above the 5,000 mark.
“Congratulations to our Tar Heel student-athletes who are recognized on the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll,” said Dr. Michelle Brown, Assistant Provost and Director of the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes at UNC. “For the fourth year in a row, the number of honored student-athletes has exceeded 400. We are proud of the hard work and achievements of our student-athletes as they strive for academic excellence.”
Four Tar Heels – Caden O’Brien from baseball, Emma Trenchard from women’s lacrosse, and Meredith Sholder and Eva Smolenaars from field hockey – earned the honor for the fifth time in their UNC careers.
Carolina’s four-time honorees are: Erin Boone (volleyball), Cole Brown (men’s lacrosse), Tucker Burhans (men’s swimming & diving), Brian Cernoch (men’s tennis), Jared Cohen (men’s fencing), Chris Collins (football), Alessandra De Vito (rowing), Rachael Dorwart (women’s soccer), Evan Egan (men’s lacrosse), Amanda Fedor (women’s lacrosse), Lucas Fernandez (men’s fencing), Lexi Godwin (softball), Michael Goldfeder (wrestling), Gabi Hall (women’s lacrosse), Cassie Halpin (field hockey), Lilly Higgs (women’s swimming & diving), Elizabeth Hillman (women’s lacrosse), Rachel Jones (women’s soccer), Anna Keefer (women’s track & field), Jacob Kelly (men’s lacrosse), Heidi Lowe (women’s swimming & diving), Mary Elliott McCabe (women’s soccer), Brooklyn Neumen (women’s lacrosse), Sarah Catherine Niles (rowing), Jamie Ortega (women’s lacrosse), Davis Palermo (baseball), Amanda Perez (rowing), Camryn Petit (women’s cross country), Abby Pitcairn (field hockey), Abby Settlemyre (softball), Shayla Thompson (softball), Sydney Tumey (rowing), Tayler Warehime (women’s lacrosse), and Anika Yarlagadda (women’s tennis).
To see the full ACC Academic Honor Roll, click here.
UNC’s ACC Academic Honor Roll totals over the past decade:
421 in 2021-22
463 in 2020-21
468 in 2019-20
405 in 2018-19
391 in 2017-18
385 in 2016-17
356 in 2015-16
339 in 2014-15
347 in 2013-14
329 in 2012-13