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
| Name | Class | School | Major |
| Greg Eckhardt | Sr. | Clemson | Management |
| Mike Mattson | Gr. | Clemson | Professional Program of Accounting (PPA) |
| David Newton | Gr. | Clemson | Civil Engineering |
| Austin Savage | Fr. | Clemson | Undeclared |
| Nathan Thornton | Sr. | Clemson | Civil Engineering |
| James Belshaw | Fr. | Duke | Undeclared |
| Josh Bienenfeld | Sr. | Duke | Psychology |
| Ryan Finley | Fr. | Duke | Undeclared |
| Ryan McDaniel | Sr. | Duke | Psychology |
| Nick Sih | Jr. | Duke | International Comparative Studies |
| Matt Thomas | Sr. | Duke | Sociology |
| Chris Tweed-Kent | So. | Duke | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew Wenger | Fr. | Duke | Undeclared |
| Jason Herrick | Jr. | Maryland | Accounting |
| Taylor Kemp | Fr. | Maryland | Kinesiological Science |
| Kevin Tangney | Sr. | Maryland | General Business |
| Casey Townsend | So. | Maryland | Undeclared |
| Kirk Urso | So. | North Carolina | Economics |
| Kris Byrd | So. | NC State | Business |
| Chris Widman | Gr. | NC State | Economics |
| Chris Zuerner | Jr. | NC State | Business |
| Hunter Jumper | So. | Virginia | Psychology |
| Emmanuel Akogyeram | So. | Virginia Tech | University Studies |
| Alexander Baden | Sr. | Virginia Tech | Accounting and Information Systems |
| Craig Burnell | Jr. | Virginia Tech | Environmental Science |
| Charlie Campbell | Jr. | Virginia Tech | Finance |
| James Gilson | Sr. | Virginia Tech | Finance |
| Justin Lichtfuss | Sr. | Wake Forest | Business |
| Ike Opara | Jr. | Wake Forest | Communication |
| Zack Schilawski | Sr. | Wake Forest | Biology |