July 17, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Men's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year Ben Rubeor of Virginia leads the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Rubeor, a senior English major, is a three-time ACC All-Academic team selection and a first-team selection to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III At-Large team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Towson, Md, native, was also named a Scholar All-American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). This is the fourth year in a row Virginia has had at least one player named to this team, the longest active streak among Division I schools.

A finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation's top player this season, Rubeor was a second-team All-American after leading the team with 38 goals. He finished his career ranked fifth in Virginia history with 136 goals and sixth in total points (212) en route to the Long Island Lizards selecting him in the second round of the 2008 Major League Lacrosse draft.

Six other men's lacrosse student-athletes, who earned All-Conference honors this past season, secured spots on the 2008 All-ACC Academic squad, while eighteen (18) were repeat honorees from last year's All-ACC Academic team.

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.

Joining Rubeor as student-athletes who earned both All-Academic and All-Conference honors in 2008 are Duke's Matt Danowski, Tony McDevitt, Max Quinzani, Maryland's Jeff Reynolds, North Carolina's Grant Zimmerman, and Virginia's Danny Glading.

Duke placed fifteen (15) student-athletes on the team for the second consecutive year. Virginia followed with six honorees, while North Carolina and Maryland had four and five, respectively.

The 2008 All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse team is as follows:

Name, Class, Major, School
& Mike Catalino, Jr., Bio. Anth. & Anatomy, Duke
Matt Danowski, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
Zach Howell, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
# Chris Loftus, Sr., History, Duke
Dan Loftus, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
& Tony McDevitt, Gr., Business Admin., Duke
# Parker McKee, So., History, Duke
Terrence Molinari, So., Political Science, Duke
& Nick O'Hara, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
# Sam Payton, Jr., Economics, Duke
# Max Quinzani, So., History, Duke
# Brad Ross, Sr., Sociology, Duke
# Steve Schoeffel, Jr., English, Duke
& Michael Ward, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke # Michael Young, Sr., History, Duke
! Drew Evans, Sr., Finance, Maryland
# Brian Farrell, So., Undeclared, Maryland
# Brian Phipps, So., Education, Maryland
! Jeff Reynolds, Jr., Finance and Intl. Business, Maryland
# Jeremy Sieverts, Jr., Economics, Maryland
# Michael J. Burns, Fr., History, North Carolina
Ryan Flanagan, Fr., Undeclared, North Carolina
Chris Hunt, Fr., Undeclared, North Carolina
Grant Zimmerman, Jr., Management & Society, North Carolina
Adam Ghitelman, Fr., Undeclared, Virginia
Danny Glading, Jr., Economics, Virginia
Peter Lamade, Gr., Education, Virginia
& Ben Rubeor, Sr., English, Virginia
# Tim Shaw, Sr., History, Virginia
# Mike Timms, Sr., Economics, Virginia

&Repeat honoree (2006 & 2007)
#Repeat honoree (2007)
! Repeat honoree (2006)