DURHAM, N.C. -- Led by two-time national player of the year selection Matt Danowski, Duke placed a league-high 15 student-athletes on the 2008 All-ACC Academic Men's Lacrosse Team released on Thursday by the conference office.

Blue Devil teammates joining Danowski on the squad include Mike Catalino, Zach Howell, Chris Loftus, Dan Loftus, Tony McDevitt, Parker McKee, Terrence Molinari, Nick O'Hara, Sam Payton, Max Quinzani, Brad Ross, Steve Schoeffel, Michael Ward and Michael Young. Virginia had six players tabbed to the unit including the Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Ben Rubeor while North Carolina and Maryland had four and five selections, respectfully.

Catalino, McDevitt, O'Hara and Ward each made their third All-ACC Academic Team appearance while Chris Loftus, McKee, Payton, Quinzani, Ross, Schoeffel and Young are repeat picks.

Seven student-athletes earned both All-Academic and All-Conference honors in 2008 including Danowski, McDevitt, Quinzani, Rubeor, Maryland's Jeff Reynolds, North Carolina's Grant Zimmerman, and Virginia's Danny Glading.

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.

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Name, Class, Major, School
& Mike Catalino, Jr., Bio. Anth. & Anatomy, Duke
Matt Danowski, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
Zach Howell, Fr., Undeclared, Duke
# Chris Loftus, Sr., History, Duke
Dan Loftus, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
& Tony McDevitt, Gr., Business Admin., Duke
# Parker McKee, So., History, Duke
Terrence Molinari, So., Political Science, Duke
& Nick O'Hara, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke
# Sam Payton, Jr., Economics, Duke
# Max Quinzani, So., History, Duke
# Brad Ross, Sr., Sociology, Duke
# Steve Schoeffel, Jr., English, Duke
& Michael Ward, Gr., Liberal Studies, Duke # Michael Young, Sr., History, Duke
! Drew Evans, Sr., Finance, Maryland
# Brian Farrell, So., Undeclared, Maryland
# Brian Phipps, So., Education, Maryland
! Jeff Reynolds, Jr., Finance and Intl. Business, Maryland
# Jeremy Sieverts, Jr., Economics, Maryland
# Michael J. Burns, Fr., History, North Carolina
Ryan Flanagan, Fr., Undeclared, North Carolina
Chris Hunt, Fr., Undeclared, North Carolina
Grant Zimmerman, Jr., Management & Society, North Carolina
Adam Ghitelman, Fr., Undeclared, Virginia
Danny Glading, Jr., Economics, Virginia
Peter Lamade, Gr., Education, Virginia
& Ben Rubeor, Sr., English, Virginia
# Tim Shaw, Sr., History, Virginia
# Mike Timms, Sr., Economics, Virginia

& Repeat honoree (2006 and 2007)
# Repeat honoree (2007)
! Repeat honoree (2006)

2008-07-17