Antone Smith was named to the 2006 All-ACC Academic Football Team.

Graham Gano, Myron Rolle, Antone Smith and Drew Weatherford among the 37-member group.

Feb. 13, 2007

Greensboro, NC - Four Seminoles were named to the 2006 All-ACC Academic Football Team on Tuesday. Graham Gano, Myron Rolle, Antone Smith and Drew Weatherford were among 37 athletes who earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.

Nine players who earned first, second-team, or honorable mention All-Conference honors this past season secured spots on the 37-member 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team, as announced today by

Players earning first or second-team All-ACC honors this past fall were Boston College's Josh Beekmen and James Marten, Miami's Greg Olsen and Kenny Phillips, Virginia Tech's Brandon Pace and Maryland's Adam Podlesh. Clemson's Thomas Hunter, Florida State's Myron Rolle and Maryland's Josh Wilson were honorable mention selections.

In addition, Beekman was a first-team All-America selection by The Associated Press and a second-team choice by The Sporting News, College Football News and Walter Camp. Miami's Jason Fox and Darryl Sharpton and Florida State's Rolle earned first-team Freshman All-America recognition this past fall.

Virginia Tech's Brandon Pace made 22 consecutive field goals over the 2005 and 2006 seasons - the second-longest streak in ACC history - and finished his career as the league's all-time leader in field accuracy making 58 of 68 career attempts (.853). Florida State's Drew Weatherford threw for 2,113 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2006 and is second, only to former NC State standout Philip Rivers, among ACC sophomore passing yardage leaders with 5,362 yards.

Maryland's Adam Podlesh, who finished his career ninth on the ACC career punting list with a 43.13 average and a four-time academic team selection, heads up a list of 18 players that are repeaters from last year's academic team, including four players - Georgia Tech's Travis Bell, Duke's Eli Nichols, Virginia Tech's Pace and Miami's Jon Peatte - who earned berths on the academic team for a third-straight year.

The 2006 All-ACC Academic Football team is as follows:

2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team

Player	        School	        Class	Pos.	Major
Larry Anam	Boston College	Sr.	DB	Administrative Studies
S. Aponavicius	Boston College	So.	PK	Undeclared
Patrick Bailey	Duke	        Jr.	DL	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Andrew Bain	Miami	        Jr.	OL	Psychology
Josh Beekman	Boston College	Sr.	OL	Administrative Studies
Travis Bell	Georgia Tech	Jr.	PK	Management
Joe Dailey	North Carolina	Jr.	QB	African-American History
Alex Feinberg	Duke	        Sr.	P	History
Jason Fox	Miami	        Fr.	OL	Marketing
Louis Frazier	Wake Forest	Jr.	OL	Biology
Graham Gano	Florida State	So.	P	Business
Ty Hall	        Boston College	Jr.	OL	Marketing
Thomas Hunter	Clemson	        Sr.	TE	Biological Studies
Nick Larkin	Boston College	Jr.	DL	Human Development
William Lee	NC State	Gr.	LS	Mechanical Engineering
James Marten	Boston College	Sr.	OL	Administrative Studies
Zach Maurides	Duke	        Sr.	OL	Sociology
Eli Nichols	Duke	        Gr.	DL	Engineering Management
Greg Olsen	Miami	        Jr.	TE	Criminology
Brandon Pace	Virginia Tech	Sr.	PK	Heath & Physical Education
Alex Pearson	Clemson	        Jr.	FB	Marketing
Jon Peatte	Miami	        Sr.	PK	Masters in International Studies
Kenny Phillips	Miami	        So.	DB	Sports Administration
Adam Podlesh	Maryland	Sr.	P	Business-Marketing
Darryl Richard	Georgia Tech	So.	DL	Management
Myron Rolle	Florida State	Fr.	DB	Biology - Pre-Med.
Matt Rumsey	Duke	        Jr.	OL	Political Science
Tom Santi	Virginia	Jr.	TE	Sociology
Zac Selmon	Wake Forest	Jr.	TE	Religion
Darryl Sharpton	Miami	        So.	LB	Finance
Sam Shields	Miami	        Fr.	WR	Education
Antone Smith	Florida State	So.	RB	Sport Management
Nick Stefanow	Duke	        Jr.	TE	Psychology
Kevin Tuminello	Georgia Tech	Jr.	OL	Building Construction
D. Weatherford	Florida State	So.	QB	Business - Finance
Josh Wilson	Maryland	Sr.	DB	Business-Marketing
A. Wollschlager	Miami	        Sr.	OL	Masters in Business Administration