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BLACKSBURG – Devin Carter of the Virginia Tech wrestling squad has been selected to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America Thursday morning. The Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Team recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

The Academic All-District teams include student-athlete that are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. Carter is one of 10 student-athletes that were selected from District Three which includes the states: North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Carter closed out his career with a third-place finish at the national championships at 141 pounds. He went 32-3 this season and won the ACC title. The 2014 ACC Wrestling Scholar-Athlete, he became the first wrestler in league history to earn four All-ACC Wrestling citations, four ACC individual Wrestling championships and four All-ACC Academic Wrestling team awards. The All-ACC Wrestling Academic team began in just 2007. Carter was also honored this year as a recipient of the ACC Postgraduate Scholarship.

This is the third CoSIDA academic recognition for Carter. He is now eligible for Academic All-America honors, which he earned last year as a second-team selection.

The Christiansburg, Virginia, native graduated with a degree in psychology and is finishing up graduate school in curriculum and instruction. He has been accepted into a PhD program at Tech, as well.

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