Maryland junior Kyle John has been named the 2010-11 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.
 
All six league schools that compete in wrestling are represented on this year’s All-ACC Academic Team, which includes five All-ACC wrestlers that earned All-ACC honors during the past season, and nine that competed in the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships.
 
Ten of the 20 student-athletes named to the 2010-11 All-ACC Wrestling Academic Team earned spots on the squad on at least one previous occasion.
 
John, a junior civil engineering major from Coopersburg, Pa., is a two-time All-ACC performer who finished the 2010-11 season ranked 15th  nationally in the 157-pound weight class. John finished the season with a 31-11 record for the ACC champion Terrapins, including a 15-4 dual match mark and a 4-1 record in ACC regular-season matches. He was 6-0 in matches decided by pins.
 
A five-time member of the Maryland Athletics Director’s Honor Roll and a Dean’s List honoree (3.5 GPA or higher) in spring of 2010, John has also served as an officer and active participant on the school’s Student Athlete Advisory Council and has played a key role in National Student Athlete Day activities held at the university since the 2008-09 academic year.
 
Virginia led all schools with eight student-athletes named to the All-ACC Wrestling Academic Team. Maryland had four selections, and Virginia Tech three.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.

To be eligible for All-ACC Academic Team 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.

2010-11 All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team
 
Name, School                                               Year       Major
**Michael Bell, Duke                                     Sr.           Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ryan Harding, Duke                                      Fr.           Undeclared
*Kyle John, Maryland                                    Jr.            Civil Engineering
*Dex Lederer. Maryland                               Sr.           Business Management
*Corey Peltier, Maryland                              Jr.            Elementary Education
Lou Ruland, Maryland                                  Sr.           Biology
*Daniel Helena, North Carolina                  Jr.            Journalism & Mass Communications  
Brett Farina, NC State                                   Jr.            Business Administration
Pedram Rahmatabadi, NC State                Jr.            International Relations
**Jack Danilkowicz, Virginia                        Sr.           Education
*Stephen Doty, Virginia                                So.          Civil Engineering
*Dave Ebbott, Virginia                                   Sr.           Commerce
Jon Fausey, Virginia                                     So.          Undeclared
Shawn Harris, Virginia                                  Sr.           Government
*Nick Nelson, Virginia                                   Sr.           Economics
*Matt Snyder, Virginia                                   So.          Undeclared
Joe Spisak, Virginia                                       Fr.           Undeclared
Devin Carter, Virginia Tech                         Fr.           Biological Sciences
Chris Diaz, Virginia Tech                             Sr.           Human Development
Chris Moon, Virginia Tech                           Fr.           University Studies
 
ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kyle John, Maryland
 
 
* - Two-time honoree
** - Three-time honoree
*** - Four-time honoree