ACC women’s basketball honors announced. NC State, UNC and Duke receive recognition
After leading N.C. State to its first ACC regular season title in 32 years, Wolfpack head coach Wes Moore was named the 2022 ACC Coach of The Year.
Moore’s best player, Elissa Cunane, was named first-team all-ACC.
N.C. State is having another spectacular season and heads into the ACC tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Wolfpack is projected to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season.
Moore has led N.C. State to an overall record of 26-3 and 17-1 in the ACC. The Pack went undefeated at home in league play this season.
“I got a great team and a lot of great players,” said Moore on the ACC Network Tuesday after all-conference honors were announced. “It’s been a heck of a year.”
Cunane, the senior from Summerfield, N.C., led the team in scoring (13.4) and rebounding (7.6).
North Carolina guard Deja Kelly was also named to the first team after averaging 15.8 points per game. Tar Heels guard Alyssa Ustby was named to the second team.
N.C. State’s Aziaha James and Duke’s Shayeann Day-Wilson were named to the all-ACC freshman team. Day-Wilson was named freshman of the year.
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Wolfpack sophomore Diamond Johnson, the transfer guard from Rutgers, was named The ACC Sixth Person Of The Year. Johnson was second on the team in scoring (11.2). She also led the team in steals and 3s. It’s the second straight year N.C. State had The ACC Sixth Person Of The Year. Last year Jada Boyd took home the award.
All-ACC First Team | |
Cameron Swartz (Sr.) | Boston College |
Delicia Washington (Sr.) | Clemson |
Lorela Cubaj (5th year) | Georgia Tech |
Emily Engstler (Sr.) | Louisville |
Hailey Van Lith (So.) | Louisville |
Deja Kelly (So.) | North Carolina |
Elissa Cunane (Sr.) | NC State |
Olivia Miles (Fr.) | Notre Dame |
Elizabeth Kitley (Jr.) | Virginia Tech |
Jewel Spear (So.) | Wake Forest |
All-ACC Second Team | |
Taylor Soule (Jr.) | Boston College |
Morgan Jones (Sr.) | Florida State |
Alyssa Ustby (So.) | North Carolina |
Maya Dodson (Gr.) | Notre Dame |
Aisha Sheppard (Gr.) | Virginia Tech |
All-ACC Freshman Team | |
Maria Gakdeng | Boston College |
Shayeann Day-Wilson | Duke |
O’Mariah Gordon | Florida State |
Makayla Timpson | Florida State |
Payton Verhulst | Louisville |
Ja’Leah Williams | Miami |
Aziaha James | NC State |
Sonia Citron | Notre Dame |
This story was originally published March 1, 2022 at 9:49 AM.
