June 30, 2006

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Virginia Tech junior forward Coleman Collins, Duke freshman point guard Greg Paulus, NC State senior forward Ilian Evtimov and Clemson senior guard Shawan Robinson head the 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Basketball Team as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.

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 Robinson and Wake Forest junior center Kyle Visser, 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. Robinson led the ACC in free throw percentage (91.3) while averaging a team-high 12.3 points per game. Visser averaged 5.0 points and 4.3 rebounds, while starting 17 games for the Demon Deacons.

In addition to Robinson and Visser, other repeaters from previous academic teams are Collins, Evtimov and North Carolina's Byron Sanders. Sanders, a senior forward, averaged 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds and shot 50.8 from the floor for the 23-8 Tar Heels.

Collins, an honorable mention All-ACC selection this past season, led the Hokies in rebounding (6.8), was second in scoring (14.5) and finished eighth in the ACC in field goal percentage (51.1). Paulus, an All-ACC Freshman team selection this year, started 33 games for the ACC champion Blue Devils, averaged 6.7 points per game and became only the fourth freshman to lead the conference is assists (5.2).

A product of Sofia, Bulgaria, Evtimov was the team's fourth-leading scorer in 2005-06 averaging 10.4 points per game for the 22-10 Wolfpack. A four-year starter, Evtimov finished 32nd on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,214 points.

Freshman forward Jimmy Graham heads up a list of three Miami players who were accorded berths on the academic team. Graham averaged 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 points while starting 10 games for the 18-16 Hurricanes.

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