Four Canes Named Academic All-ACC
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami Hurricanes Braxton Berrios, Brad Kaaya, Nick Linder and Justin Vogel were among the 66-man 2016 All-ACC Academic Football team announced Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford.
To be eligible for consideration for the team, 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 undergraduate and/or graduate academic career.
All 14 ACC schools were represented on the team. The ACC has selected an All-ACC Academic Football team every year since 1954. Nineteen members of the team have already received their undergraduate degrees.
The team was chosen from a pool of 143 ACC football student-athletes who were nominated by their schools.
Berrios earned a spot on the team thanks to a 3.953 grade point average in entrepreneurship/finance. The North Carolina native also earned a spot on the CoSIDA All-District team. On the field, Berrios saw action in 13 games and made three starts at wide receiver. He also served as the Hurricanes’ primary punt returner and ranked 11th nationwide in punt return average (11.3).
Kaaya was tabbed to the all-academic squad following a 3.336 grade point average in public relations. The California native also was named to the CoSIDA All-District team. On the field, Kaaya posted single season highs in completions (261), attempts (421), yards (3,532) and touchdowns (27). Over the final five games in 2016, Kaaya threw 14 touchdowns and had just one interception.
Linder was selected to the team after he posted a 3.269 grade point average in finance. On the field, the Florida native started the first eight games of the season at center before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. Linder also helped guide the Hurricanes to three games with 500 yards-or-more of total offense.
Vogel earned a spot on the team after he recorded a 3.5 grade point average in health information. On the field, the Florida native served as the team’s starting punter for the third straight season and averaged a career-best 43.8 yards per punt en route to earning All-ACC Second Team honors.
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