June 10, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Wake Forest's Jeremy Thompson and Lindsey Jaco have been nominated by the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2007 NCAA Sportsmanship Award. Thompson and Jaco were selected to be the conference's nominees by a vote of the league's Sportsmanship Committee.

Nominees for the Award have demonstrated consistently the values of caring, fairness, civility, honesty, integrity and responsibility in his/her daily participation in intercollegiate athletics. In addition, the student-athlete must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

Thompson started eight games at defensive end for the ACC Champion Demon Deacons last fall. A three-year letterman, Thompson had 30 tackles on the year, including 4.5 for loss and one sack. The Charlotte, N.C., junior intercepted a pass against Connecticut and returned it 86 yards for a touchdown - marking the second-longest interception return in school history. In June, 2006, Thompson accompanied teammate Zac Selmon, on a trip to Gbamga, Liberia to build a school, chapel and kitchen for children at an orphanage.

Jaco is a four-year letter-winner for the Wake Forest women's soccer team. This past season, the Dallas, Texas, senior scored two goals in 21 games as the Demon Deacons posted a 16-6-1 record and finished third in the ACC with a 6-4-1 league mark. A participant of the Olympic Development Program and a National Honor Society member, Jaco also participated in the Wake Forest student-athlete outreach program (CHAMPS-Athletes Care Team).