July 24, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C.- Florida State junior Jean-Yves Aubone added an academic honor to his list of accomplishments in 2008 by being named to the All-ACC Academic Men's Tennis Team on Thursday, July 24.

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.

Aubone, a sport management major, completed the 2008 season by earning All-America honors as well as a top 20 finish in the ITA rankings in both singles and doubles. The Miami, Fla. native has been competing on the Futures tour during the summer months and has made the finals in two consecutive events including a win at the Futures event in Peoria, Ill.

The 2008 All-ACC Academic Men's Tennis Team is as follows:

2008 All-ACC Academic Men's Tennis Team

Name                                 School                 Class         Major

*Dylan Arnould,             Duke                So.         Political Science

Jean-Yves Aubone,        Florida State        So.            Sports Management

*Scott Blackmon,         Georgia Tech      Sr.           Management

Benjamin Carlotti,         North Carolina    Sr.           Business Administration

Nick Cavaday,               NC State           Sr.           Psychology

**Kiril Dimitrov,             Duke                Jr.           Economics

Kevin Galloway,             Clemson           Fr.           Pre-Business

Guillermo Gomez,         Georgia Tech      Fr.          Industrial Engineering

*David Goulet,             Duke                 So.          Economics

*Pedro Graber,             Virginia Tech      So.          Industrial and Systems Engineering

*Dominic Inglot,           Virginia              Jr.          Commerce

Sebastien Jacques,       Virginia Tech       Fr.          Business

*Nickolai Nielsen,          Maryland            Jr.          Business Management

Andrew Orban,              Maryland            Jr.          Mathematics

Cory Parr,                    Wake Forest        Jr.         Sociology

Ignaci Roca,                 Virginia Tech       Sr.         Civil Engineering

Jason Sechrist,              Boston College   Sr.         Finance

Ryan Smith,                  Georgia Tech      Fr.         Biochemistry

Sanam Singh,                Virginia              Fr.         Undeclared

Alex Stone,                   Duke                 Sr.         Political Science

J.C. Whitner,                 Miami                So.        Marketing

Jay Weinacker,             NC State             Jr.         Business Management

*repeat All-ACC academic honorees

**Three-time honoree

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