Jan. 30, 2003
Georgia Tech football standouts Dan Dyke, Luke Manget, Jeremy Muyres, Kelley Rhino and Daryl Smith were named to the 2002 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic football team, announced Thursday by Commissioner John Swofford.
To be eligible, a player must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the fall semester or have maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career.
Dyke (Winter Springs, Fla.), a four-year starter as Tech’s punter and a four-time Verizon Academic All-America, is the only four-time honoree on the 33-member ACC All-Academic team. Muyres (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Tech’s all-ACC free safety, made the team for the third season in a row and record-setting punt return specialist Rhino (Smyrna, Ga.) for the second straight year. Manget (Conyers, Ga.), Tech’s all-ACC kicker and all-time leading scorer, and Smith (Albany, Ga.), the Jackets’ leading tackler from his linebacker position, were first-time selections. Also on the ACC All-Academic team is Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub, the 2002 ACC Player of the Year, and five players who earned All-America recognition this past season – Florida State’s Brett Williams, Maryland’s Todd Wike, Steve Suter and Madieu Williams and NC State’s Chris Colmer.
2002 All-ACC Academic Football Team
OFFENSE: Pos. Player GPA Major OB Matt Schaub, Jr., Virginia 3.15 Economics of Education OB James MacPherson, Sr., Wake Forest 3.69 Business OB Chris Douglas, Jr., Duke 3.57 Computer Science OB Alex Wade, Jr., Duke 3.83 History WR Robert Morgan, Sr., Florida State 3.00 Sports Management WR Steve Suter, So., Maryland 4.00 Criminal Justice TE Calen Powell, So., Duke 3.43 Cultural Anthropology & Visual Arts OL Brett Williams, Sr., Florida State 3.75 Sports Management OL Todd Wike, Sr., Maryland 3.11* Philosophy OL Jeb Terry, Jr., North Carolina 3.50 Business OL Chris Colmer, Jr., NC State 3.25 Technology Education OL William Henry, Gr., Clemson 3.33 Human Resource Development OL Drew Strojny, Jr., Duke 3.50 Philosophy PK Nick Novak, So., Maryland 4.00 Kinesiological Sciences PK Luke Manget, Sr., Georgia Tech 3.66 History, Technology & Society
DEFENSE: Pos. Player GPA Major DL Shawn Johnson, Jr., Duke 3.67 Biological Anthropolgy & Anatomy DL Matt Zielinski, Jr., Duke 3.00 Economics DL Khaleed Vaughn, Jr., Clemson 3.50 Human Resource Development DL Kevin Emanuel, Jr., Florida State 3.30 Sports Management LB Rodney Thomas, Sr., Clemson 3.00 Parks & Recreation, Tourism Management LB Michael Boulware, Jr., Florida State 3.19 Education LB Brad White, Jr., Wake Forest 3.00 Business LB Ryan Fowler, Jr., Duke 3.25 Sociology LB Daryl Smith, Jr., Georgia Tech 3.37 Management LB Doug Justice, Fr., North Carolina 3.45* Undecided DB Jeremy Muyres, Sr., Georgia Tech 3.66 Management DB Madieu Williams, Jr., Maryland 3.20 Family Studies DB Shernard Newby, Gr., Virginia 3.00 Social Foundations of Education DB Quintin Williams, Jr., Wake Forest 3.25* Computer Science SP Kelley Rhino, Sr., Georgia Tech 3.10* Management P Dan Dyke, Sr., Georgia Tech 4.00 Electrical Engineering P Brooks Barnard, Sr., Maryland 3.00 Kinesiological Sciences P Austin Herbert, Jr., NC State 3.67 Business Management *denotes career GPA
