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Pitt Places League-High Five Players on All-ACC Academic Team
2/28/2018 3:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team placed a league-best five players on the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team as announced Wednesday afternoon by the conference office. Freshmen Marcus Carr, Khameron Davis, Parker Stewart and Shamiel Stevenson along with junior Jared Wilson-Frame were named to the conference academic team in their first season at Pitt.
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. As a team, Pitt recorded a program-best 3.32 GPA during the fall semester as 15 student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better GPA.
Pitt's five selections to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team are the most in program history and give the Panthers 18 honorees since joining the conference.
North Carolina's Luke Maye received the 2018 Skip Prosser Award, presented annually to the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball.
The All-ACC Academic Team includes three of the five and six of the league's top 15 scorers – Duke's Marvin Bagley III (20.7), Syracuse's Tyus Battle (19.8), May (17.9), Duke's Grayson Allen (15.5), Louisville's Deng Adel (15.3) and NC State Allerik Freeman (15.1). In addition, the team also includes the league's fifth-and 10th-leading rebounders, respectively, in Louisville's Ray Spalding (8.9) and Clemson's Elijah Thomas (7.9), and Virginia's Devon Hall, who leads the ACC in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.19-to-1).
Duke's Allen earned a spot on the honors team for a fourth-straight year while Maye, Louisville's Deng Adel and Raymond Spalding, Clemson's Gabe DeVoe, Notre Dame's Rex Pflueger, Virginia Tech's Devin Wilson were named for a third time. Syracuse's Tyus Battle, Florida State's Trent Forrest, Virginia's Hall and Louisville's V.J. King are listed for a second time.
2018 All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team
Player, Class, School – Hometown - Major
Deng Adel, Jr., Louisville - Melbourne, Australia - Sports Administration
Brandon Alston, Gr., Georgia Tech - Vienna, Va. - Economics
Grayson Allen, Sr., Duke - Jacksonville, Fla. - Psychology
Marvin Bagley III, Fr., Duke - Phoenix, Ariz. - Undeclared
Tyus Battle, So., Syracuse - Edison, N.J. - Information Management & Technology
Marcus Carr, Fr., Pittsburgh - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Arts & Sciences
Marek Dolezaj, Fr., Syracuse - Bratislava, Slovakia - Undeclared
Braxton Beverly, Fr., NC State - Hazard, Ky. - Sport Management
Khameron Davis, Fr., Pittsburgh - Denver, Colo. - Arts & Sciences
Gabe DeVoe, Sr., Clemson - Shelby, N.C. - Marketing
Trent Forrest, So., Florida State - Chipley, Fla. - Sport Management
Allerik Freeman, Gr., NC State - Charlotte, N.C. - Youth & Family Community Services
Devon Hall, Gr., Virginia - Virginia Beach, Va. - Higher Education
Sam Hunt, Gr., NC State - Greensboro, N.C. - Youth & Family Community Services
Nigel Johnson, Gr., Virginia - Ashburn, Va. - Higher Education
Chris Lykes, Fr., Miami - Mitchellville, Md. - Undeclared
Mfinodu Kabengele, Fr., Florida State - Burlington, Ontario, Canada - International Affairs
V.J. King, So., Louisville - Cleveland, Ohio - Sports Administration
Luke Maye, Jr., North Carolina - Huntersville, N.C. - Business Administration
Jordan Nwora, Fr., Louisville - Buffalo, N.Y. - Exercise Science
Rex Pflueger, Jr., Notre Dame - Dana Point, Calif. - Marketing
Ray Spalding, Jr., Louisville - Louisville, Ky. - Communications
Shamiel Stevenson, Fr., Pittsburgh - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Arts & Sciences
Parker Stewart, Fr., Pittsburgh - Union City, Tenn. - Arts & Sciences
Elijah Thomas, Jr., Clemson - Dallas, Texas - Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Dejan Vasiljevic, So., Miami - Melbrourne, Australia - Management
Lonnie Walker IV, Fr., Miami - Reading, Pa. - Undeclared
Devin Wilson, Sr., Virginia Tech - McKees Rocks, Pa. - Political Science
Jared Wilson-Frame, Jr., Pittsburgh - Hartford, Conn. - Social Sciences
Keyshawn Woods, Sr., Wake Forest - Gastonia, N.C. - Communications
All-Time Pitt All-ACC Academic Team Selections
2018 – Marcus Carr, Khameron Davis, Parker Stewart, Shamiel Stevenson, Jared Wilson-Frame
2017 – Cameron Johnson, Ryan Luther
2016 – Cameron Johnson, Ryan Luther, Rafael Maia, Damon Wilson
2015 – Sheldon Jeter, James Robinson, Cameron Wright
2014 – Jamel Artis, Josh Newkirk, Cameron Wright, Michael Young
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. As a team, Pitt recorded a program-best 3.32 GPA during the fall semester as 15 student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better GPA.
Pitt's five selections to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team are the most in program history and give the Panthers 18 honorees since joining the conference.
North Carolina's Luke Maye received the 2018 Skip Prosser Award, presented annually to the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball.
The All-ACC Academic Team includes three of the five and six of the league's top 15 scorers – Duke's Marvin Bagley III (20.7), Syracuse's Tyus Battle (19.8), May (17.9), Duke's Grayson Allen (15.5), Louisville's Deng Adel (15.3) and NC State Allerik Freeman (15.1). In addition, the team also includes the league's fifth-and 10th-leading rebounders, respectively, in Louisville's Ray Spalding (8.9) and Clemson's Elijah Thomas (7.9), and Virginia's Devon Hall, who leads the ACC in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.19-to-1).
Duke's Allen earned a spot on the honors team for a fourth-straight year while Maye, Louisville's Deng Adel and Raymond Spalding, Clemson's Gabe DeVoe, Notre Dame's Rex Pflueger, Virginia Tech's Devin Wilson were named for a third time. Syracuse's Tyus Battle, Florida State's Trent Forrest, Virginia's Hall and Louisville's V.J. King are listed for a second time.
2018 All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team
Player, Class, School – Hometown - Major
Deng Adel, Jr., Louisville - Melbourne, Australia - Sports Administration
Brandon Alston, Gr., Georgia Tech - Vienna, Va. - Economics
Grayson Allen, Sr., Duke - Jacksonville, Fla. - Psychology
Marvin Bagley III, Fr., Duke - Phoenix, Ariz. - Undeclared
Tyus Battle, So., Syracuse - Edison, N.J. - Information Management & Technology
Marcus Carr, Fr., Pittsburgh - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Arts & Sciences
Marek Dolezaj, Fr., Syracuse - Bratislava, Slovakia - Undeclared
Braxton Beverly, Fr., NC State - Hazard, Ky. - Sport Management
Khameron Davis, Fr., Pittsburgh - Denver, Colo. - Arts & Sciences
Gabe DeVoe, Sr., Clemson - Shelby, N.C. - Marketing
Trent Forrest, So., Florida State - Chipley, Fla. - Sport Management
Allerik Freeman, Gr., NC State - Charlotte, N.C. - Youth & Family Community Services
Devon Hall, Gr., Virginia - Virginia Beach, Va. - Higher Education
Sam Hunt, Gr., NC State - Greensboro, N.C. - Youth & Family Community Services
Nigel Johnson, Gr., Virginia - Ashburn, Va. - Higher Education
Chris Lykes, Fr., Miami - Mitchellville, Md. - Undeclared
Mfinodu Kabengele, Fr., Florida State - Burlington, Ontario, Canada - International Affairs
V.J. King, So., Louisville - Cleveland, Ohio - Sports Administration
Luke Maye, Jr., North Carolina - Huntersville, N.C. - Business Administration
Jordan Nwora, Fr., Louisville - Buffalo, N.Y. - Exercise Science
Rex Pflueger, Jr., Notre Dame - Dana Point, Calif. - Marketing
Ray Spalding, Jr., Louisville - Louisville, Ky. - Communications
Shamiel Stevenson, Fr., Pittsburgh - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Arts & Sciences
Parker Stewart, Fr., Pittsburgh - Union City, Tenn. - Arts & Sciences
Elijah Thomas, Jr., Clemson - Dallas, Texas - Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Dejan Vasiljevic, So., Miami - Melbrourne, Australia - Management
Lonnie Walker IV, Fr., Miami - Reading, Pa. - Undeclared
Devin Wilson, Sr., Virginia Tech - McKees Rocks, Pa. - Political Science
Jared Wilson-Frame, Jr., Pittsburgh - Hartford, Conn. - Social Sciences
Keyshawn Woods, Sr., Wake Forest - Gastonia, N.C. - Communications
All-Time Pitt All-ACC Academic Team Selections
2018 – Marcus Carr, Khameron Davis, Parker Stewart, Shamiel Stevenson, Jared Wilson-Frame
2017 – Cameron Johnson, Ryan Luther
2016 – Cameron Johnson, Ryan Luther, Rafael Maia, Damon Wilson
2015 – Sheldon Jeter, James Robinson, Cameron Wright
2014 – Jamel Artis, Josh Newkirk, Cameron Wright, Michael Young
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