AUSTIN, Texas Clemson forward Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) has been named to the 2022-23 Academic All-America men’s basketball Third Team as selected by the College Sports Communicators. Tyson is the first Tiger to earn Academic All-America honors since Bobby Conrad in 1980 (3rd) and is just the third ever (Jim Sutherland, 1967; Richie Mahaffey, 1968). The four Academic All-America teams, totaling 55 players, have a 3.87 average grade-point average with 16 members posting a perfect 4.0 GPA. After being named Academic All-District, Tyson was named to the All-America Third Team with a 3.55 undergraduate GPA in sports communications and a 3.90 GPA in athletic leadership. This marks Tyson’s first career All-ACC honor. Tyson is having a career year this season. He is averaging a team-best 15.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game while shooting 48.6 percent from the floor, 41.3 percent from three and 83.8 percent at the free throw line. In league play, he’s been even better. He