June 29, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Wake Forest senior center Kyle Visser was named to the 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Basketball Team, announced today by league commissioner John Swofford.
Visser, a 6-11 Grand Rapids (Mich.) native, was named to the team for the third consecutive year. He is the first Demon Deacon since Broderick Hicks (from 1999-2002) to make the All-ACC Academic Team three consecutive years. A communication major, Visser averaged 5.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and started 17 times last season as a junior.
To be eligible for consideration, a player must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.
Five players, including Visser and Clemson's Shawan Robinson are repeaters from previous league all-academic teams. Robinson was named to the team for a fourth time in his career while Visser is a three-time selection. In addition to Robinson and Visser, other repeaters from previous academic teams are Virginia Tech's Coleman Collins, NC State's Illian Evtimov and North Carolina's Byron Sanders.
Other selections include Duke's Greg Paulus and Martynas Pocius, Virginia's Billy Campbell, NC State's Ben McCauley, and three Miami players -- Jimmy Graham, Brian Asbury and Adrian Thomas.
2006 All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team
Name, School Class Pos. Major
Brian Asbury, Miami Fr. G/F Sports Administration
Billy Campbell, Virginia Sr. G Economics
Coleman Collins, Virginia Tech Jr. F Communications
Ilian Evtimov, NC State Sr. F/C Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Jimmy Graham, Miami Fr. F Undeclared
Ben McCauley, NC State Fr. F First Year College
Greg Paulus, Duke Fr. G Undeclared
Martynas Pocius, Duke Fr. G/F Undeclared
Shawan Robinson, Clemson Sr. G Elementary Education
Byron Sanders, North Carolina Sr. F Information Science
Adrian Thomas, Miami Fr. F Business
Kyle Visser, Wake Forest Jr. C Communication
