June 29, 2006

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Six All-Americas and seven All-Atlantic Coast Conference performers highlight the inaugural All-ACC Academic Men's Tennis Team, as announced Thursday by Commissioner John D. Swofford. North Carolina's Raian Luchici, Sebastian Guejman and Benjamin Carlotti were amongst the honorees.

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.

ACC champion Duke placed a league-high six members on the team. NCAA quarterfinalist Virginia and North Carolina, which reached the NCAA round of 16, each placed three student-athletes on the squad. ITA National Senior Player of the Year and singles and doubles All-American Raian Luchici leads the way for the Tar Heels.

Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech each had two student-athletes named to the squad, while NC State and Wake Forest had one apiece.

Name School Year Major

Sander Koning CU Gr. Parks, Recreation & Tourism Mgt

Brett Twente CU Sr. Financial Management

Joey Atas DU Jr. Sociology

Kiril Dimitrov DU Fr. Undeclared

Peter Rodrigues DU Jr. Political Science

Ned Samuelson DU So. Sociology

Jonathan Stokke DU Sr. Sociology

Ludovic Walter DU Sr. Political Science

Eric Hechtman UM Sr. Political Science

Daniel Vallverdu UM Fr. Undecided

Benjamin Carlotti NC So. Undecided

Sebastian Guejman NC Jr. Business

Raian Luchici NC Sr. Business

Will Shaw ST Sr. Business Management

Nick Meythaler VA Sr. Commerce

Marko Miklo VA Jr. Computer Engineering

Doug Stewart VA Sr. Systems Engineering

Albert Larregola VT So. University Studies

Arvid Puranen VT Jr. Industrial & Systems Engineering

Liron Strauss WF Sr. Political Science