Wake Forest Athletics
Three Deacs Named to All-ACC Academic Football Team
1/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 30, 2003
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Three members of the Wake Forest football team were named to the All-ACC Academic squad, released by the league office on Thursday. Senior quarterback James MacPherson, sophomore linebacker Brad White, and junior free safety Quintin Williams represent the Demon Deacons on the 2002 team.
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.
All three of Wake Forest??s selections not only performed well in the classroom, but played key roles in the Deacons?? successful season on the gridiron. WFU finished with a 7-6 record, including a victory over Oregon in the Seattle Bowl.
MacPherson, a Business major who was named the Seattle Bowl MVP, earned a 3.69 GPA during the fall semester. White, who was the Deacons?? leading tackler in 2002 with 94 stops, recorded a 3.0 this fall, also in Business. Williams led the WFU secondary with 72 tackles while recording a team-high three interceptions. His cumulative GPA of 3.25 in Computer Science placed him on the All-ACC Academic squad.
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., WFU 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, Jr., 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, Sr., 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, Sr., Duke 3.67 Biological Anthropolgy & Anatomy
DL Matt Zielinski, Sr., 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 Mgmt.
LB Michael Boulware, Jr., Florida State 3.19 Education
LB Brad White, Jr., WFU 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., WFU 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
