June 24, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Phillip Warsaw, a Wake Forest track and field athlete out of Elizabethtown, Ky., was named to ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-America third team.

Warsaw, a rising senior, is pursuing a degree in Mathematical Economics and currently holds a 3.9 grade point average. In addition to becoming a six-time Dean's List member in May, Warsaw is a candidate for the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship and is a Golden Key Honour Society member.

On the field, Warsaw holds Wake Forest's 400m hurdle record (51.60) and earned his second consecutive bid to the NCAA Regionals in the 2008 outdoor season. Warsaw posted his top time of the year at the ACC Outdoor Championships, recording a 52.27 performance at host school Georgia Tech.

Warsaw is Wake Forest's second student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors for the 2007-08 season. Football's starter at left tackle, Louis Frazier, took first team honors earlier this year. Warsaw is the first Demon Deacon men's track team member to receive the honor since Philip Wiles was recognized in 2002.

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