NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Senior Yared Nuguse has been selected as the ACC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Thursday. The Notre Dame track and field teams had 22 athletes selected to the All-ACC Academic Track and Field Team.
Nuguse claimed the men’s 1,500 gold medal at the ACC Championships hosted by NC State with a time of 3:40.86 that was not even his fastest of the event. Nuguse seized the national spotlight in the preliminaries on May 13, when he clocked a 3:34.68 time that set the all-time collegiate record, established ACC meet and Paul Derr Track facility records, reset the ACC overall record and improved on his own Notre Dame school record.
Nuguse went on to run the fastest time ever in the NCAA Championship’s 1,500 preliminary at Eugene, Oregon, and placed second two nights later in the final with a time of 3:35.60 that stands as the seventh-fastest in NCAA history. The Louisville, Kentucky, junior now owns three of the top 11 all-time NCAA men’s 1,500m marks on record.
A biochemistry major with a career GPA of 3.86, Nuguse is a four-time Dean’s List student and is eligible for his fourth selection to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Notre Dame placed 10 on the men’s team, while 12 were represented on the women’s side. A full list of Irish selections are below.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
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Notre Dame Women Recipients
Erin Archibeck, Notre Dame, Gr., Mechanical Engineering
Katie Rose Blachowicz, Notre Dame, Neuroscience & Behavior
Alaina Brady, Notre Dame, Fr., Neuroscience & Behavior
Maddy Denner, Notre Dame, Jr., Applied & Computational Math & Statistics
Anna Sophia Keller, Notre Dame, Sr., Economics/Design
Maura Kimmel, Note Dame, Gr., MS Management
Olivia Markezich, Notre Dame, So., Marketing
Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame, Fr., Arts & Letters
Lauren Sapone, Notre Dame, Gr., MS Business Analytics
Madison Schmidt, Notre Dame, Fr., Chemical Engineering
Rachel Tanczos, Notre Dame, Sr., Psychology/Theology
Katie Wasserman, Notre Dame, Gr., MS Global Health
Notre Dame Men Recipients
Nolan Blachowski, Notre Dame, Fr. Finance
Colton Crum, Notre Dame, Sr., Business Analytics
Dylan Jacobs, Notre Dame, Jr., Business Analytics
John Keenan, Notre Dame, Jr., Neuroscience and Behavior
Logan Kusky, Notre Dame, Gr, MS – Business Analytics
Yared Nuguse, Notre Dame, Sr., Biochemistry
Austin Parsons, Notre Dame, Jr., Biology
Michael Shoaf, Notre Dame, So., Business Analytics
John Stefan, Notre Dame, Sr., Business Analytics
Samuel Voelz, Notre Dame, Sr., Economics