June 29, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Four Boston College golfers earned spots on the 2007 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Golf Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.

James Granello, Kyle Kelly, Jan Prokop and Robert Reed were all selected by the ACC for their academic achievements. Granello and Kelly are repeat honorees.

Boston College and ACC Co-Champion Georgia Tech were represented by four players each. Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Co-Champion Virginia Tech claimed two honorees, while Clemson, Florida State, Maryland and Wake Forest landed one player each to round out the 20-member team.

The 2007 All-ACC Academic Men's Golf team is as follows:

2007 All-ACC Academic Men's Golf Team James Granello, Jr., Boston College Finance

Kyle Kelly, Grad., Boston College Administrative Studies

Jan Prokop, Fr., Boston College Finance

Robert Reed, Jr.., Boston College Operations Management

Ben Martin, So., Clemson Accounting

Jeff Edelman, Fr., Duke Undeclared

Adam Long, Fr., Duke Undeclared

Torstein Nevestad, Sr., Florida State International Affairs

Roberto Castro, Sr., Georgia Tech Industrial Systems Engineering

Taylor Hall, So., Georgia Tech Management

Kevin Larsen, Sr., Georgia Tech Management

Cameron Tringale, So., Georgia Tech Management

Hunter Bendall, Sr., Maryland Finance

Barden Berry, Jr., North Carolina Psychology

Robert Riesen, So., North Carolina Undeclared

Eamonn McLoughlin, Grad., Virginia Graduate Education

Conrad von Borsig, So., Virginia Psychology

Matthew Boyd, Fr., Virginia Tech Marketing Management

Jurrian van der Vaart, Jr., Virginia Tech Environmental Science

Brendan Gielow, Fr., Wake Forest Undeclared