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Alvarez Named to All-ACC Academic Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Duke rising junior Nicolas Alvarez earned a place on the 2016 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team, as announced Thursday by league commissioner John Swofford. It was the second straight year Alvarez was named to the league’s academic squad.

Alvarez was one of just three sophomores to be placed on the team, joining Wake Forest’s Skander Mansouri and Virginia’s Hernik Wiersholm. A psychology major, Alvarez owns a cumulative 3.712 GPA.

On the court in 2015-16, Alvarez was a First Team All-ACC honoree for the second straight season. He ended the year ranked No.