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