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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Hunter Koontz and junior Andreas Bjerrehus picked up more accolades on Wednesday, being named to the 2015 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team as announced by the conference office.

Koontz, a finance and accounting major, had a strong senior campaign for the Hokies, earning his first national ranking this season after compiling an impressive 19-2 record in dual play. He finishes the season 113th nationally and eighth regionally. This season marked the first All-ACC team honors for Koontz while this is his third nod to the academic team. Koontz was also named the ITA Atlantic Region Most Improved (Senior) Player.

Bjerrehus, a management major, finished the season ranked 52nd nationally and fifth in the region after representing the Hokies at the NCAA Men’s Singles Championship. He tallied a 25-12 record and was 17-7 in duals. The Tech junior earned All-ACC Men’s Tennis honors for the third straight season as well as claiming a spot on the academic team for the third year. In addition, Bjerrehus was tabbed the ITA Atlantic Region Player to Watch.

Twelve ACC schools are represented on this year’s All-ACC Academic Team, led by Virginia with five honorees. Florida State and Louisville had three representatives each, while Clemson, Duke, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest had two members apiece. Georgia Tech, North Carolina and NC State rounded out the field with one each.

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 consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, 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.

2015 ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville

2015 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team
Hunter Harrington (2), Sr., Clemson, Management & Financial Management
Alejandro Augusto, Sr., Clemson, Economics
Nicolas Alvarez, Fr., Duke, Undeclared
Raphael Hemmeler (4), Sr., Duke, Economics
Cristian Gonzalez-Mendez (2), Sr. Florida State, Public Relations
Marco Nunez, Jr., Florida State, Finance
Ben Lock, Jr., Florida State, Finance
Eduardo Segura, Sr., Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Alex Gornet, Jr., Louisville, Chemistry
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Sr., Louisville, Economics
Albert Wagner, Sr., Louisville, Economics
Kevin John Bondar, So., Miami, Biology
Wilfredo Gonzalez, Sr., Miami, Economics
Ronnie Schneider (2), Jr., North Carolina, Business Administration
Austin Powell (4), Sr., NC State, Business Administration
Douglas Barnard, Sr., Notre Dame, Theology
Quentin Monaghan (2), Jr., Notre Dame, Management Consulting
J.C. Aragone, So., Virginia, Undeclared
Luca Corinteli, So., Virginia, Undeclared
Mitchell Frank (4), Sr., Virginia, Foreign Affairs
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (2), So., Virginia, Undeclared
Mac Styslinger (3), Jr., Virginia, Economics
Hunter Koontz (3), Sr., Virginia Tech, Finance/Accounting
Andreas Bjerrehus (3), Jr., Virginia Tech, Management
Romain Bogaerts (2), Jr., Wake Forest, Business & Enterprise Management
Skander Mansouri, Fr., Wake Forest, Undeclared

**Numbers in parentheses indicate times selected during career**

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