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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Three members of the Virginia Tech men’s tennis team were selected to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Tennis Team as announced by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Pedro Graber (r-Sr., Santiago, Chile), Lucas Oliveira (So., Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Luka Somen (Jr., Karlovac, Croatia) were all named to the elite academic squad. Graber was named to the the team for the fourth time, Somen is a three-time selection and Oliveira is a first-time honoree.

On the court, Somen, who advanced to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship, posted 17 singles victories and was ranked No. 54 nationally. Graber had 20 singles victories and was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-American District III At-large University Division team. Oliveira also recorded 20 singles victories and was 5-3 in ACC contests.

Duke led all ACC schools with four All-Academic team selections. Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech each placed three student-athletes on the squad.

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.

The 2011 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team is as follows:

2011 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team

Name, School Year Major
***Akash Muppidi, Boston College Jr. Finance
Yannick Maden, Clemson So Pre-Business
**Luke Marchese, Duke Jr. History
Chris Mengel, Duke Fr. Undeclared
***Jared Pinksy, Duke Sr. Sociology
Fred Saba, Duke Fr. Undeclared
***Vahid Mirzadeh, Florida State Sr. Hospitality
Connor Smith, Florida State So. Sport Management
****Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech Sr. Industrial Engineering
***Kevin King, Georgia Tech Jr. Mechanical Engineering
Dean O’Brien, Georgia Tech Sr. Management
Maros Horny, Maryland Jr. Family Science
Jesse Kiuru, Maryland So. Letters & Sciences
***Christian Blocker, Miami Sr. Accounting
William Parker, North Carolina So. Economics
Jaime Pulgar, NC State Jr. Business Administration
Ivan Sanchez, NC State Fr. Industrial Engineering
****Pedro Graber, Virginia Tech Sr. Industrial & Systems Engineering
Lucas Oliviera, Virginia Tech So. Business
***Luka Somen, Virginia Tech Jr. Finance
**Iain Atkinson, Wake Forest Sr. Business & Enterprise Management

ACC Men’s Tennis 2011 Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech

**Repeat All-ACC Academic Team Selection
***Three-time All-ACC Academic Team Selection
****Four-time All-ACC Academic Team Selection

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