Amber Brooks Wins ACC Scholar-Athlete of Year

Posted Mar 1, 2013
North Carolina senior midfielder Amber Brooks has been named the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport's All-ACC Academic Team, as announced Friday by Commissioner John Swofford. Brooks is the fourth Tar Heel in the last six years to win the award, joining Yael Averbuch in 2007 and 2008 and Whitney Engen in 2009. (GoHeels.com)

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