CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina senior David Ford has been named the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Rod Myers Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlined the 2025 All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf Team, announced on Tuesday, July 8.

Ford becomes the first Tar Heel to win the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award since the award’s inception in 2008, when Barden Berry was honored. The Peachtree Corners, Georgia, native also becomes the fifth different player to win ACC Player of the Year and ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same season, joining Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht (2024) and Ollie Schniederjans (2014), Clemson’s Jacob Bridgeman (2022) and NC State’s Stephen Franken (2018).

Earning ACC Player of the Year for the second time in his career, Ford finished the 2024-25 season as the No. 1 player in the Scoreboard Rankings. The lefty posted a nation-best five individual titles on the season and set the program’s single-season scoring average at 68.78 strokes per round, the fourth-best average in NCAA history. His mark broke the previous ACC best of 68.93, set by Wake Forest's Bill Haas in 2003-04. Ford also became just the third Tar Heel ever to be named to the All-ACC team in all four seasons, joining Austin Greaser and Dustin Bray.

A total of 61 student-athletes were named to the All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf Team, as all 15 schools were represented. Twelve of the 16 members of the 2025 All-ACC Team also earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team. The list included: Ford, Bryan Kim (Duke), Tyler Weaver (Florida State), Sebastian Moss (Louisville), Nick Mathews (NC State), Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame), William Sides (SMU), Nathan Wang (Stanford), Paul Chang (Virginia), Bryan Lee (Virginia), Scotty Kennon (Wake Forest) and Marshall Meisel (Wake Forest). Ford is the only student-athlete on this year’s All-ACC Academic Team to earn the honor four times, while eight student-athletes are three-time honorees.

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award was established in September 2007 and is presented annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in each sport. To be eligible for the All-ACC Academic Team, student-athletes must have earned a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA over their academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests.

2025 Rod Myers Scholar-Athlete of the Year
David Ford, Sr., North Carolina

2025 All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf Team
Christian Emmerich, Boston College, Gr., MBA
**Ben Hong, Boston College, Sr., Management
Tommy Mangan, Boston College, Fr., Management
**Jack Pogorelc, Boston College, Jr., Management
Brian Xu, Boston College, Gr., Management
Charlie Berridge, California, Sr., Computer Science
Kuangyu (Tony) Chen, California, Sr., Media Studies
Sihao Cong, California, So., Political Economy
Lucas Augustsson, Clemson, Jr., Economics
**Thomas Higgins, Clemson, So., Psychology
Colin Salema, Clemson, Fr., Mathematical Sciences
***Andrew Swanson, Clemson, Sr., Mathematical Sciences
Rich Wills, Clemson, Fr., Pre-Business
***Kelly Chinn, Duke, Sr., Economics
**Ethan Evans, Duke, Jr., Economics
**Bryan Kim, Duke, So., Economics
***William Love, Duke, Jr., Economics
***Luke Sample, Duke, Sr., Economics
**Gray Albright, Florida State, Sr., Post Bach-ISS
Carson Brewer, Florida State, So., Social Science
**Tyler Weaver, Florida State, So., Sport Management
**Kale Fontenot, Georgia Tech, So., Business Administration
Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech, Fr., Business Administration
**Carson Kim, Georgia Tech, So., Business Administration
***Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech, Jr., Business Administration
**Aidan Tran, Georgia Tech, Sr., Business Administration
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville, So., Exercise Physiology
***Sebastian Moss, Louisville, Sr., Marketing
****David Ford, North Carolina, Sr., Communication Studies
**Maxwell Ford, North Carolina, Sr., Exercise and Sport Science
Hampton Roberts, North Carolina, So., Exercise and Sport Science
Grant Roscich, North Carolina, Fr., Undecided
Sihan Sandhu, North Carolina, Fr., Exercise and Sport Science
Keaton Vo, North Carolina, Jr., Communications
**Nick Mathews, NC State, Sr., Business Administration
Hunter Stetson, NC State, Fr., Management First Year
Christopher Bagnall, Notre Dame, So., Finance
**Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame, So., Business Analytics
Mike Qiu, Notre Dame, Fr., Business Analytics
**Rocco Salvitti, Notre Dame, So., Strategic Management
***Nate Stevens, Notre Dame, Jr., Finance
Enrique Dimayuga, SMU, Gr., Master of Liberal Studies
William Sides, SMU, Sr., Accounting BBA
TK Chantananuwat, Stanford, Fr., Undeclared
Ethan Gao, Stanford, So., Undeclared
Jay Leng, Stanford, Fr., Undeclared
Nathan Wang, Stanford, Jr., Political Science
**Paul Chang, Virginia, Sr., Computer Science
**Josh Duangmanee, Virginia, So., Global Studies
***Bryan Lee, Virginia, Jr., Religious Studies
Deven Patel, Virginia, Sr., Foreign Affairs
Balthazar Duclos, Virginia Tech, Jr., Interior Design
Ashton Harper, Virginia Tech, So., Finance
**Rahul Rajendram, Virginia Tech, So., FinTech & Big Data Analytics Finance
David Stanford, Virginia Tech, Sr., Business Information Tech
Gareth Steyn, Virginia Tech, Sr., Economics
**Kyle Haas, Wake Forest, Jr., Economics
**Tom Haberer, Wake Forest, So., Finance
Scotty Kennon, Wake Forest, Sr., Classical Studies
Marshall Meisel, Wake Forest, Sr., Economics
Jakob Melin, Wake Forest, Jr., Communication

*denotes number of All-ACC Academic Team honors

ACC Men’s Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year:
2025  David Ford, North Carolina
2024  Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech
2023  Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State / Connor Howe, Georgia Tech
2022  Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
2021  Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
2020  Not awarded due to COVID-19
2019  Alex Smalley, Duke
2018  Stephen Franken, NC State
2017   Jimmy Stanger, Virginia
2016  Stephen Behr, Clemson
2015  Anders Albertson, Georgia Tech
2014  Ollie Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
2013  Brinson Paolini, Duke
2012  James White, Georgia Tech
2011  James White, Georgia Tech
2010  Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest
2009  Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
2008  Barden Berry, North Carolina