Boston College Athletics
38 Players Earned Spot on ACC Academic Honor Roll
July 16, 2015 | Football
Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Thirty eight Boston College football players were among the 416 total BC student-athletes on the 59th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced on Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford.
BC was second in the ACC in the total number of student-athletes honored, only to Duke (478).
The honor roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year. The conference acknowledged 4,147 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year.
Notre Dame saw 414 student-athletes achieve honor-roll status while North Carolina had 339 recognized. Virginia was fifth in the conference with 317 student-athletes recognized followed by Louisville with 285 in its first year of ACC membership. Syracuse was next with 266, followed by Pittsburgh with 246, Virginia Tech with 238, Florida State with 214, NC State with 210, Clemson with 196, Wake Forest with 183, Georgia Tech with 173 and Miami with 172.
Senior Harris Williams and recent graduate Joey Launceford led the way with their fourth year on the list. Junior Kevin Kavalec and recent grad Tyler Murphy both graced the last after being named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll (BC Football)
Mehdi Abdesmad
Manuel Asprilla
Jon Baker
Drew Barksdale
Josh Bordner
Jack Bragswig
Sean Burke
Charlie Callinan
AJ Caruso
Jim Cashman
Jack Cottrell
Cameron Croteau
Jarrett Darmstatter
David Dudeck
Sean Duggan
Michael Fischer
Hunter Forte
Truman Gutapfel
James Hendren
Alex Howell
Jeffrey Jay
Kevin Kavalec
Mike Knoll
Joey Launceford
Nick Lifka
Gabriel McClary
Tyler Murphy
Noah Penders
Frank Radici
Joel Rich
Griff Rogan
Cameron Seward
Leonard Skubal
Bobby Swigert
Jake Wihelm
Harris Williams
Myles Willis
Bobby Wolford
