ACC Basketball Awards: Virginia Wins Two Awards, Three All-ACC Selections
Today, after finishing the season as the No.1-ranked team via KenPom, the Virginia Cavaliers were prominently featured in the ACC’s end-of-season awards. De’Andre Hunter was honored as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and on the ACC All-Defensive Team, Tony Bennett won ACC Coach of the Year, and Hunter, Kyle Guy, and Ty Jerome all made All-ACC teams.
Hunter and Braxton Key received votes in other categories — ACC Player of the Year (Hunter); ACC Sixth Man of the Year (Key) — but failed to win.
2018-19 ACC Basketball Awards: Results
BOLD = Virginia
First Team All-ACC
- Zion Williamson, Duke, 350 (unanimous)
- RJ Barrett, Duke, 346
- De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 302
- Cameron Johnson, North Carolina, 277
- Kyle Guy, Virginia, 231
Second Team All-ACC
- Luke Maye, North Carolina, 221
- Ky Bowman, Boston College, 188
- Ty Jerome, Virginia, 177
- Coby White, North Carolina, 171
- Kerry Blackshear Jr., Virginia Tech, 170
Third Team All-ACC
- Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 135
- Marcquise Reed, Clemson, 129
- Tyus Battle, Syracuse, 128
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech, 72
- John Mooney, Notre Dame, 71
Honorable Mention All-ACC
- Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State, 69
- Cam Reddish, Duke, 37
- Tre Jones, Duke, 18
- Terance Mann, Florida State, 16
- Elijah Thomas, Clemson, 10
ACC All-Defensive Team
- De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 60
- Tre Jones, Duke, 56
- Zion Williamson, Duke, 53
- Elijah Thomas, Clemson, 31
- James Banks III, Georgia Tech, 29
ACC All-Freshman Team
- Zion Williamson, Duke, 70 (unanimous)
- Coby White, North Carolina, 67
- RJ Barrett, Duke, 66
- Xavier Johnson, Pitt, 40
- Tre Jones, Duke, 38
ACC Player of the Year
- Zion Williamson, Duke, 49 (winner)
- RJ Barrett, Duke, 16
- De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 4
- Ky Bowman, BC, 1
ACC Coach of the Year
- Tony Bennett, Virginia, 30 (winner)
- Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech, 12
- Roy Williams, North Carolina, 11
- Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 10
- Chris Mack, Louisville, 7
ACC Defensive Player of the Year
- De’Andre Hunter, Virginia, 46 (winner)
- Tre Jones, Duke, 19
- David Skara, Clemson, 3
- Trent Forrest, Florida State, 2
ACC Rookie of the Year
- Zion Williamson, Duke, 47 (winner)
- RJ Barrett, Duke, 21
- Coby White, North Carolina, 2
ACC Most Improved Player
- Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 30 (winner)
- John Mooney, Notre Dame, 27
- Cameron Johnson, North Carolina, 5
- Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State, 4
- Kerry Blackshear Jr., Virginia Tech, 2
- Chris Lykes, Miami, 2
ACC Sixth Man of the Year
- Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State, 60 (winner)
- DJ Funderburk, NC State, 3
- Jared Wilson-Frame, Pitt, 3
- Nassir Little, North Carolina, 2
- Braxton Key, Virginia, 2
(via TheACC.com)