June 22, 2003

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Thirty-four of the 63 members of the University of North Carolina's men's and women's swimming and diving teams posted 3.0 grade point averages or above during the spring 2003 semester, head coach Frank Comfort revealed Sunday. Furthermore, sixteen of those 34 performed well enough academically to be named to the University's Dean's List. At least 34 swimmers will be named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll when the conference releases that list in August.

Four student athletes earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages during the spring. They were Steve Mohr, Hal Wansley, Ashley Benner and Jessi Perruquet, the 2003 NCAA co-champion in the 200-yard freestyle. Both teams had outstanding team GPA totals for the semester. The men had a team GPA of 2.913 and the women 3.143. The cumulative GPAs of the current members of the program average to 2.968 for the men and 3.027 for the women.

Dean's List recipients for the spring semester include Jon Albrecht, Chad Ames, Mike Chenier, Sinisa Haberle, John Hartmann, Yuri Suguiyama, Jon Van Assen and P.J. Wallin from the men's team as well as Becky Acker, Gena Bittner, Laura Collier, Jessi Perruquet, gia Santoro, Whitney Smith, Lindsay Waddell and Christy Watkins from the women's squads.

Other Tar Heels who earned at least a 3.0 were Stephen Krebs, Steve Mohr, Reid Owen, Hal Wansley, Patrick Woodruff, Ashley Benner, Jessie Brosch, Lizzy Bruce, Emily Carroll, Andrea Erben, Molly Freedman, Amanda Kline, Kelsey Keeran, Elizabeth Misiti, Meghan Nystrand, Leigh Sanders, Lori Thomas and Janna Turner.