THE FLATS – Georgia Tech track and field has placed an impressive 15 men and 12 women on the 2023 All-ACC Indoor Track & Field Academic Teams, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Indoor Track and Field Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in the ACC Indoor Championships and/or NCAA Indoor Championships during the most recent season.
The list features several Jackets who performed well at the ACC Indoor Championships, including women’s high jump ACC Champion, Shanty Papakosta. Also, on the list are Jamir Gibson and Sheleah Harris who earned bronze medals in the men’s shot put, women’s 60m.
Among the honorees are many athletes who earned a spot on the All-ACC Cross Country Academic teams. This includes Jackson Borden, James Cragin, Nick Nyman, Mary Brady, Kate Jortberg and Helena Lindsay.
MEN’S SELECTIONS
Leif Anderson, Industrial Engineering
Omar Arnaout, Industrial Design
Jackson Borden, Business Administration
Parker Buchheit, Business Administration
Myles Collins, Business Administration
James Cragin, Business Administration
Jamir Gibson, Civil Engineering
Matthew Mazzacano, Industrial Engineering
Cole Miller, Mechanical Engineering
Jameson Miller, Mechanical Engineering
Nick Nyman, Business Administration
Jackson Sexton, Business Administration
Charlie Smith, Mechanical Engineering
McKinley Thompson, Environmental Engineering
John Watkins, Electrical Engineering
WOMEN’S SELECTIONS
Mary Brady, Biomedical Engineering
Jill Catton, Business Administration/Industrial Engineering
Carla du Plessis, Computer Science
Amanda Ehrenhalt, Industrial Engineering
Abbey Green, Chemistry
Sheleah Harris, Computational Media
Kate Jortberg, Industrial Engineering
Helena Lindsay, Geographic Info Science & Tech
Shanty Papakosta, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Riley Perlakowski, Business Administration
Lydia Troupe, Psychology
Mikayla Williams, Business Administration
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