Hokie ClubCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Virginia Tech men's golfers Benjamin Baker, Ashton Harper, Aiden Patel, Rahul Rajendran and Gareth Steyn were named to the 2026 All-ACC Academic Team as announced by the league office Monday.
A total of 48 student-athletes were named to the All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf Team, as all 15 schools were represented. Duke’s William Love, Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai, Notre Dame’s Nate Stevens and Virginia’s Bryan Lee were honored for the fourth time in their collegiate careers. Notre Dame and Virginia Tech led the way with five honorees each, while Duke, NC State and Stanford placed four players apiece.
A total of 11 of the 15 members of the All-ACC Team were named to this season’s All-ACC Academic Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team include a minimum 3.0 grade point average for the previous two semesters and a 3.0 cumulative GPA for the student-athlete’s academic career, along with being enrolled at the institution for at least one year and classified as an undergraduate student. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s athletic contests.
2026 Rod Myers Scholar-Athlete of the Year
William Sides, Sr., SMU
2026 Men’s Golf All-ACC Academic Team
**Tommy Mangan, Boston College, So., Management
***Jack Pogorelc, Boston College, Sr., Management
Tony Yin, Boston College, Fr., Management/Math
Charlie Bundy, California, Sr., Business Administration
Daniel Heo, California, Sr., Economics
**Thomas Higgins, Clemson, Sr., Psychology
**Colin Salema, Clemson, So., Marketing
**Rich Wills, Clemson, So., Marketing
**Daniel Choi, Duke, Sr., Psychology
***Ethan Evans, Duke, Sr., Economics
***Bryan Kim, Duke, Jr., Sociology
****William Love, Duke, Sr., Economics
**Carson Brewer, Florida State, Jr., ISS
Wilmer Edero, Florida State, Jr., ISS
***Tyler Weaver, Florida State, Jr., Sport Management
***Kale Fontenot, Georgia Tech, Jr., Business Administration
**Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech, So., Business Administration
****Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech, Sr., Business Administration
**Cooper Claycomb, Louisville, Jr., Exercise Physiology
Andrew Tan, Louisville, Sr., Finance
Warren Thomis, Louisville, So., Business Administration
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina, Jr., Economics
**Keaton Vo, North Carolina, Sr., Communications
Xander Goboy, NC State, So., Management First Year
Joseph Lenane, NC State, Sr., Business Admin
Markus Varjun, NC State, Sr., Psychology
Evan Woosley-Reed, NC State, Sr., Sport Management
***Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame, Jr., Business Analytics
**Mike Qiu, Notre Dame, So., Business Analytics
***Rocco Salvitti, Notre Dame, Jr., Strategic Management
Calen Sanderson, Notre Dame, Sr., Finance
****Nate Stevens, Notre Dame, Sr., Finance
**William Sides, SMU, Sr., Accounting BBA
Ben Steinmann, SMU, Fr., Undeclared
**Ethan Gao, Stanford, Jr., Mathematics
Dean Greyserman, Stanford, Sr., Science, Technology & Society
**Jay Leng, Stanford, So., Undeclared
***Nathan Wang, Stanford, Sr., Political Science
***Josh Duangmanee, Virginia, Jr., Global Studies
****Bryan Lee, Virginia, Sr., Religious Studies
Benjamin Baker, Virginia Tech, Fr., Finance – Corporate Financial Management
**Ashton Harper, Virginia Tech, Jr., Finance – Investment Management & Chartered Financial Analyst
Aiden Patel, Virginia Tech, Fr., Advertising
***Rahul Rajendran, Virginia Tech, Jr., FinTech Big Data Analytics & Finance – Investment Management & Chartered Financial Analyst
**Gareth Steyn, Virginia Tech, Sr., Economics
***Kyle Haas, Wake Forest, Jr., Economics
***Tom Haberer, Wake Forest, Jr., Finance
**Jakob Melin, Wake Forest, Sr., Communication
*denotes number of All-ACC Academic Team honors
ACC Men’s Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year:
2026 William Sides, SMU
2025 David Ford, North Carolina
2024 Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech
2023 Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State / Connor Howe, Georgia Tech
2022 Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
2021 Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2019 Alex Smalley, Duke
2018 Stephen Franken, NC State
2017 Jimmy Stanger, Virginia
2016 Stephen Behr, Clemson
2015 Anders Albertson, Georgia Tech
2014 Ollie Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
2013 Brinson Paolini, Duke
2012 James White, Georgia Tech
2011 James White, Georgia Tech
2010 Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest
2009 Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
2008 Barden Berry, North Carolina