Charlottesville,
VA - Virginia senior offensive guard Patrick
Slebonick of Stafford, Va., has been named to the 2009 ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-District III football team. Slebonick, and all other
players named to the eight all-district teams, will be placed on the national
ballot for Academic All-America honors. Slebonick is one of five players from
Atlantic Coast Conference schools on the District 3 team.
Slebonick has been a starter on special
teams at Virginia for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He is a member of UVa's student-athlete
advisory council and one of the co-founders of the ACE Program at UVa that
mentors local elementary school students. He has been named to the UVa Academic
Honor Roll six times.
Slebonick completed his undergraduate degree in
government in May with a 3.408 grade point average. He currently has a 3.9 GPA
as a student in the graduate school of education. He has been named to the
ACC's Academic Honor Roll the past four years.
District 3 - University
Division
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School
QB Tim Tebow Florida
RB A.J. Harris Elon
RB Ryan Keiper Citadel
WR Rocky Ross Central
Florida
WR Donovan Varner Duke
TE Mike Stryffeler Campbell
OL Sean Allen East
Carolina
OL Joseph Fornadel Wofford
OL Mitchell Lederman Duke
OL Matt Pipho Miami
(Fla.)
OL Patrick Slebonick Virginia
K Matt Bevins Liberty
DB Peter Kidwell Davidson
DB Chris Rocco Liberty
LB Mario Brown Gardner-Webb
LB Jeremy Buncum Citadel
LB Brandon Maye Clemson
LB Jordan Richards Central Florida
DL Charles Fiore Campbell
DL Matt Freeman Presbyterian
DL Aaron Saltzman Davidson
DL Teryl White North Carolina Central
P Drew Butler Georgia