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