Duke rowing stacked the 2026 All-ACC Academic Team like no one else in the conference, placing 33 student-athletes on the list announced Monday evening by the league office in Durham, N.C.
That total led all 12 ACC schools and put the Blue Devils in a small group at the top of the conference. Notre Dame had 32 selections, North Carolina had 31 and Louisville had 30, the only other programs to reach that mark. Across the ACC, 309 student-athletes earned spots on the rowing academic team, and 25 of them were recognized for a fourth time in their careers.
Duke’s senior class was at the center of the haul. Nora Conaty, Mia Khamish, Ava Liebmann, Justine Medveckus, Lena Mills, Francesca Morland, Chelsea Proutt and Erin Temple each earned the honor for the fourth straight year.
Several more Blue Devils added repeat recognition to their résumés. Florine Lijesen, Isabella Moreno, Morven Thomson and Mikaela Voinov were selected for the third time, while Roslyn Bellscheidt, Kina Desai, Thea Lapham, Chloe McGeehan, Vivian Teeley and Allister Wolff were honored for the second time.
Fifteen Duke rowers made the academic team for the first time in their careers: Adler Amolsch, Vaya Chhabra, Jenkins Cowan, Lucy Herrick, Molly Hess, Ava Kellman, Caroline Kulka, Lena Kurbiel, Signe Marthinsson, Mary Claire Morrison, Scarlet Perry, Addison Roles, Jaime Taylor, Margherita Vietri and Chloe Zollman.
To qualify for the All-ACC Academic Team, student-athletes must post at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the previous semester and maintain a 3.0 cumulative average over their academic careers. They also have to participate in either the ACC Championship or the NCAA Championship.
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