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GREENSBORO, N.C. Virginia sophomore forward/center Jerome Meyinsse (Baton Rouge, La.) was named to the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball Team on Friday. Meyinsse was one of eight players selected to the team.
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.
Meyinsse, who has not yet declared a major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has played in 22 games for the Cavaliers this season, averaging 2.1 points and 2.0 rebounds a game. Earlier this season he set career highs with 12 points against Elon and nine rebounds against Hampton.
Meyinsse is joined on the team by Gary Clark of Wake Forest, Cliff Hammonds of Clemson, Ben McCauley of NC State, Jack McClinton of Miami, Greg Paulus of Duke, Matt Zitani of Florida State, and Brian Zoubek of Duke.
Virginia (14-14, 4-11 ACC) concludes the regular season on Sunday as it hosts Maryland (18-12, 8-7 ACC) at John Paul Jones Arena.