CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its 2025-26 Men’s Basketball All-ACC Academic Team.
The team is comprised of 18 student-athletes, led by Duke’s Maliq Brown, who was named the ACC’s 2026 Defensive Player of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first player to win both awards in the same season.
Stanford’s Benny Gealer was selected the 2026 Skip Prosser Award winner as the league’s scholar-athlete of the year before the ACC Tournament and was presented his award prior to the Cardinal’s first game in the event.
Stanford led all schools with six honorees on the 2025-26 All-ACC Academic Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team include a minimum 3.0 grade point average for the previous two semesters and a 3.0 cumulative GPA for one’s academic career, along with being enrolled at the institution for at least one year and classified as an undergraduate student. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s athletic contests.
2026 Men’s Basketball All-ACC Academic Team
Name, School, Position, Academic Class, Major
Ace Buckner, Clemson, Guard, So., Communication
Maliq Brown, Duke, Forward, Sr., African and African American Studies
Jaeden Mustaf, Georgia Tech, Guard, So., Business Administration
Sir Mohammed, Notre Dame, Guard, So., Political Science
Logan Imes, Notre Dame, Guard, Jr., Strategic Management
Cameron Corhen, Pitt, Forward, Sr., Communication: Rhetoric and Communication
Mitchell Holmes, SMU, Forward, So., Sport Management
Samet Yigitoglu, SMU, Center, So., Sport Management
Ryan Agarwal, Stanford, Guard, Sr., Economics
Aidan Cammann, Stanford, Forward, Jr., Psychology
Benny Gealer, Stanford, Guard, Sr., Economics
Cameron Grant, Stanford, Forward, Jr., Economics
Chisom Okpara, Stanford, Forward, Sr., Sociology
Donavin Young, Stanford, Forward, So., Undeclared
J.J. Starling, Syracuse, Guard, Sr., Communications and Rhetorical Studies
Ben Hammond, Virginia Tech, Guard, So., Sports Media & Analytics
Tyler Johnson, Virginia Tech, Guard, So., Sports Media & Analytics
Marqus Marion, Wake Forest, Forward, R-So., Communication
Bold denotes Skip Prosser Award winner