Salt Named to All-ACC Academic Team

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia men’s basketball redshirt senior center Jack Salt (Auckland, New Zealand) has been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team, the conference office announced on Friday (March 8).
 
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
 
Salt, who has started 102 of 118 career games, is averaging 3.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game this season for the Cavaliers. Salt scored a career-high 12 points and added seven rebounds in UVA’s win at then-No. 24 Maryland. He has tallied a season-high nine boards in two games. Salt aids in UVA’s top-ranked scoring defense, that allows just 54.1 points per game.
 
Salt earned his undergraduate degree in anthropology and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in educational psychology at the Curry School of Education.
 
2018-19 All-ACC Academic Team
Aamir Simms, Clemson
Jack White, Duke
Trent Forrest, Florida State
David Nichols, Florida State
Brandon Alston, Georgia Tech
Christen Cunningham, Louisville
Steven Enoch, Louisville
V.J. King, Louisville
Ryan McMahon, Louisville
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Daruis Perry, Louisville
Chris Lykes, Miami
Nassir Little, UNC
Luke Maye, UNC
Braxton Beverly, NCSU
Torin Dorn, NCSU
Wyatt Walker, NCSU
Kenechukwu Chukwuka, Pitt
Jack Salt, Virginia
Wabissa Bede, Virginia Tech
Ahmed Hill, Virginia Tech
Justin Robinson, Virginia Tech
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech
Torrence Johnson, Wake Forest
Olivier Sarr, Wake Forest