Dennis Smith Jr. named ACC Freshman of the Year

Smith also earned second-team All-ACC honors.

The 2016-17 ACC all-conference basketball teams and award winners were announced Sunday afternoon. The lone NC State player to receive recognition is Dennis Smith, who made the All-ACC second team and is the league’s Freshman of the Year.

DSJ also received one vote for Defensive Player of the Year, while Markell Johnson received a vote for Sixth Man of the Year.

UNC’s Justin Jackson won Player of the Year honors (I think Bonzie Colson or John Collins are more deserving, personally), though he was somehow not a unanimous first-team All-ACC selection. Seems like there’s a weird quirk in the voting every year. Jackson, Luke Kennard, Donovan Mitchell, John Collins, and Bonzie Colson make up the first-team.

Josh Pastner won Coach of the Year for leading Georgia Tech to an 11th-place finish. Makes sense!

Here is the complete list of honorees, via TheACC.com:

2016-17 All-ACC Teams, Honors

All-Atlantic Coast Conference

(5 points per 1st team vote, 3 points per 2nd team vote, 1 point per 3rd team vote)

FIRST TEAM, School, Points

Luke Kennard, Duke, *265

Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 256

John Collins, Wake Forest, 255

Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, 253

Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 231

SECOND TEAM

Dwayne Bacon, Florida State, 141

Dennis Smith Jr., NC State, 126

Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 109

Joel Berry II, North Carolina, 102

London Perrantes, Virginia, 90

THIRD TEAM

Michael Young, Pittsburgh, 85

Jaron Blossomgame, Clemson, 67

Andrew White III, Syracuse, 67

Davon Reed, Miami, 66

Jayson Tatum, Duke, 51

ALL-HONORABLE MENTION (10-or-more points)

Kennedy Meeks, North Carolina, 34

Matt Farrell, Notre Dame, 25

Zach LeDay, Virginia Tech, 24

Jerome Robinson, Boston College, 23

Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 20

Seth Allen, Virginia Tech, 18

Jamel Artis, Pittsburgh, 17

V.J. Beachem, Notre Dame, 12

Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame, 11

Tyler Lydon, Syracuse, 10

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 50

Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 41

Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 39

Davon Reed, Miami, 25

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 19

Matt Jones, Duke, 19

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Dennis Smith, NC State, 51

Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 51

Jayson Tatum, Duke, 50

Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech, 49

Ky Bowman, Boston College, 32

ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 24

John Collins, Wake Forest, 15

Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame, 8

Luke Kennard, Duke, 5

Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 1

ACC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Dennis Smith, NC State, 36

Jayson Tatum, Duke, 8

Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech, 3

Ky Bowman, Boston College, 3

Jonathan Isaac, Florida State, 3

ACC COACH OF THE YEAR

Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech, 24

Roy Williams, North Carolina, 8

Mike Brey, Notre Dame, 7

Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 4

Danny Manning, Wake Forest, 3

Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech, 3

Jim Larrañaga, Miami, 2

Rick Pitino, Louisville, 2

ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 37

Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 6

Kamari Murphy, Miami, 4

Matt Jones, Duke, 3

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 1

Dennis Smith, NC State, 1

Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame, 1

ACC MOST IMPROVED

John Collins, Wake Forest, 26

Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 15

Matt Farrell, Notre Dame, 9

Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 1

Luke Kennard, Duke, 1

Donovan Mitchell, Louisville, 1

ACC SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR

Seth Allen, Virginia Tech, 43

Tadric Jackson, Georgia Tech, 4

Frank Jackson, Duke, 3

Marcquise Reed, Clemson, 2

Markell Johnson, NC State, 1

*Denotes unanimous

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