Feb. 15, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Seven All-Conference honorees secured spots on the 2007 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Cross Country 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 her academic career.

Student-athletes earning All-ACC honors this past fall were Boston College's Patrick Mellea, Duke's Bo Waggoner, NC State's John Crews, Chris Kollar and Wesley Smith, Virginia's Emil Heineking and Virginia Tech's Paul LaPenna. Kollar captured individual honors at this year's ACC Championship while Virginia's Heineking was fourth and earned ACC Freshman of the Year honors.

Repeaters from last year's academic team include Clemson's Sam Bryfczynski, Georgia Tech's David Herren, NC State's Chris Kollar, Virginia's Andrew Jesien and Taylor Smith, Virginia Tech's Paul LaPenna, and Wake Forest's John Compton.

The 2007 All-ACC Academic Men's Cross Country Team

Name	School	Class	Major
Gregory Billington	Wake Forest	Fr.	Undeclared
Sam Bryfczynski	Clemson	Jr.	Computer Science
Mark Buckingham	Florida State	Sr.	Economics
John Crews	NC State	Sr.	Mechanical Engineering
John Compton	Wake Forest	Sr.	History
Devin Cornwall	Virginia Tech	So.	Marketing
Marcus Dillion	Wake Forest	So.	Undeclared
Stephen Furst	NC State	Sr.	Aerospace Engineering
Emil Heineking	Virginia	Fr.	Undeclared
David Herren	Georgia Tech	Sr.	History
Andrew Jesien	Virginia	Jr.	Mathematics
Chris Kollar	NC State	Sr.	Biological Sciences
Paul LaPenna	Virginia Tech	Jr.	Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise
Matt Leeder	Florida State	Fr.	Physical Education
Josh Lund	Duke	Fr.	Undeclared
Patrick Mellea	Boston College	Sr.	Finance
Tim Ritchie	Boston College	Jr.	Theology
Daniel Roberts	Florida State	So.	Exercise Science
Taylor Smith	Virginia	Gr.	Educational Psychology
Wesley Smith	NC State	Sr.	Economics Management
Bo Waggoner	Duke	Fr.	Undeclared