June 29, 2006

Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) - Three members of the University of Miami men's basketball team have been named to the 2006 ACC All-Academic Team announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.

Freshmen Brian Asbury (South Miami), Jimmy Graham (Goldsboro, N.C.) and Adrian Thomas (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) were all named to the 12-man team giving the Hurricanes more honorees then any other team in the league. The only other schools to have multiple players named to the All-Academic team were NC State and Duke. Both schools had two players honored.

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 career.

"This is testament to the hard work put in by our student-athletes, coaches and the Athletic Department's academic staff," said head coach Frank Haith. "The ACC is one of the nation's strongest conferences in terms of Academics so to have three players honored by the league is a tremendous achievement."

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       Communications