Whitner Named to All-ACC Academic Men's Tennis Team

July 28, 2008

Coral Gables, Fla. – University of Miami sophomore J.C. Whitner (Bradenton, Fla./Pendleton) is among 22 student-athletes named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Tennis Team, announced ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford.

It marked Whitner’s first conference honors and the third-straight season the Hurricanes have had an All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis honoree since the inaugural team was selected three years ago.

To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and have maintained a 3.0 cumulative average during his academic career. This year’s team includes seven repeat honorees from 2007 – including ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year Dominic Inglot of Virginia – and one three-time honoree in Duke’s Kiril Dimitrov.

Whitner, a marketing major, won nine singles matches for the Hurricanes during the 2007-08 season. He played at the No. 5 and 6 positions in dual match competition, and appeared in six ACC matches for Miami. In addition, he played at the No. 3 doubles spot with Barnabas Carrega, Keith Crowley and Hector Nieto.

Whitner is joined on the All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team by: Dylan Arnould (Duke), Scott Blackmon (GT), Benjamin Carlotti (UNC), Nick Cavaday (NC State), Dimitrov (Duke), Kevin Galloway (Clemson), Guillermo Gomez (VT), David Goulet (Duke), Pedro Graber (VT), Inglot (UVA), Sebastien Jacques (VT), Nickolai Nielsen (Maryland), Andrew Orban (Maryland), Cory Parr (WF), Ignaci Roca (VT), Jason Sechrist (BC), Ryan Smith (GT), Sanam Singh (UVA), Alex Stone (Duke), Jay Weinacker (NC State) and Jean Yves-Aubone (FSU).