12 Panthers Named to All-ACC Academic Team

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt softball team had 12 Panthers named to the All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference office Thursday afternoon.

To be named to the All-ACC Academic team, student-athletes must have a career 3.0 GPA and a 3.0 GPA from the most recent semester, while participating in at least 50% of their team's contests; pitchers must have participated in at least 20% of their team's contests.

Kendall Brown, Kylie Griggs, and Amanda Ramirez each earned their third recognition to the All-ACC Academic team. Brown and freshman Gwen Sparks each earned a 4.0 GPA during the spring semester as a total of 10 Panthers recorded a GPA of 3.5 or better for the semester.

Below are the 12 Panthers who earned All-ACC Academic Team honors. The full list of honorees is available at theACC.com.

Alena Ball, Jr., Law, Crim Justice, & Society
Ahmari Braden, Jr., Media & Prof Communications
Kendall Brown, Sr., Exercise Science
Bekah Duck, Fr. Public Health
KK Esparza, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm
Shelby Frazier, Jr., Finance/Supply Chain Management
Kylie Griggs, Gr. , Management
Ana Hernandez, Sr., Psychology
Camryn Murphy, Jr., Law, Crim Justice, & Society
Amanda Ramirez, Sr., Health Services
Gwen Sparks, Fr., Undeclared
Tieley Vaughn, Sr., Communication: Rhet & Comm