Men's Golf

Eckstein named to academic team

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech golfer Aaron Eckstein has been named to the 2010 All-ACC Academic Team as announced Monday by Commissioner John Swofford.

Eckstein, a junior from Salem, Virginia, is one of 18 members on the team and one of eight golfers to have made the team in previous years. Eckstein was named to the team as a freshman in 2008. 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.

All-ACC Academic team members also earning All-ACC honors in 2010 were Duke’s Adam Long, Georgia Tech’s James White, Virginia’s Will Collins and Wake Forest’s Lee Bedford and Brendan Gielow.

Duke led the way with five players represented on the All-ACC Academic team. Georgia Tech and Wake Forest claimed three players each while Boston College, Clemson and North Carolina captured two players each. NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech landed one player each to round out the team.

2010 All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf Team

Name, Class, SchoolMajor

Craig Kublin, Jr., Boston CollegeCommunications

$Kyle McCartan, So., Boston CollegeManagement/CSOM

Jacob Burger, So., Clemson Marketing

Crawford Reeves, Fr., ClemsonBusiness

Spencer Anderson, So., DukePolitical Science

#Adam Long, Sr., DukeSociology

Brinson Paolini, Fr., DukeUndeclared

Wes Roach, Jr., DukeSociology

Julian Suri, Fr., DukeUndeclared

Alexander Andrews, Fr., Georgia TechManagement

Kyle Scott, Sr., Georgia TechManagement

$James White, So., Georgia TechManagement

!Chase McFarland, Sr., North CarolinaBusiness Administration

##Henry Zaytoun, Jr., North CarolinaHistory

Mark McMillen, So., NC StateManagement

Will Collins, Jr., VirginiaKinesiology

%Aaron Eckstein, Jr., Virginia TechFinance

Evan Beck, Fr., Wake ForestUndeclared

$Lee Bedford, So., Wake ForestFinance

#Brendan Gielow, Sr., Wake ForestReligion

$ Repeat honoree (2009)

# Repeat honoree (2007-08-09)

## Repeat honoree (2008, 2009)

! Repeat honoree (2006 & 2008, 2009)

% Repeat honoree (2008)

ACC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest