2009 All-ACC Academic Men’s Soccer Team and Scholar-Athlete of the Year Announced

Feb. 24, 2010

GREENSBORO, N.C. ­ Five Clemson Men’s Soccer Players were named to the 2009 All-ACC Academic Men’s Soccer Team as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.

The five Clemson players that were honored include: Greg Eckhardt, Mike Mattson, David Newton, Nathan Thornton.

Mattson is in graduate school in the professional program of accounting. Newton is in graduate school in civil engineering after he graduated from Clemson. Thornton is a civil engineering major, while Eckhardt is a management major. Austin Savage, a 2009 freshman, has not declared a major.

To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.0 cumulative average during his academic career.

Since the Academic All-ACC team was first chosen in 2005, Clemson has had at least four players chosen each season.

2009 All-ACC Academic Men’s Soccer Team