Okafor Named ACC POY and ROY

JahlilDuke Freshman Center Jahlil Okafor as just been named both ACC Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year by the ACC voting media. The Chicago, Illinois native helped lead Duke to a 28-3 regular season record and a soon to be announced 2nd ranked team in the country when the new polls come out. Okafor averaged 17.6 ppg to lead the Blue Devils in scoring. He also led Duke in rebounding, pulling down 9.2 boards per game while averaging 1.4 blocked shots per game. Okafor is considered by many to be the likely number one pick in the next NBA draft once he declares up the completion of the Blue Devils season.  Okafor scored a career high 28 points against Boston College.  Okafor is the first freshman ever to win the award.

2014-15 ACSMA All-ACC Teams

(First place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points)

First Team

Jahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke (64) 320

Jerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame (64) 320

Rakeem Christmas, Gr., Syracuse (51) 294

Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia (53) 293

Olivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College (29) 246

Second Team

Montrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville (21) 220

Quinn Cook, Sr., Duke (23) 219

Terry Rozier, So., Louisville (2) 154

Trevor Lacey, Jr., N.C. State (2) 123

Justin Anderson, Jr., Virginia (5) 106

Third Team

Marcus Paige, Jr., North Carolina (4) 97

Tyus Jones, Fr., Duke (2) 89

Pat Connaughton, Sr., Notre Dame 45

Anthony Gill, Jr., Virginia 42

Brice Johnson, Jr., North Carolina 40

Honorable Mention

Jamel Artis, So., Pittsburgh 33

Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami 32

London Perrantes, So., Virginia 31

Sheldon McClellan, Jr., Miami 31

Justise Winslow, Fr., Duke 29

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Fr., Florida State 24

Michael Young, So., Pittsburgh 14

Angel Rodriguez, Jr., Miami 13

Codi Miller-McIntyre, Jr., Wake Forest 12

Kennedy Meeks, So., North Carolina 10

ACC Player of the Year

Jahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke (44)

Other votes

Jerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame (14)

Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia (3)

Rakeem Christmas, Sr., Syracuse (1)

Olivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College (1)

Montrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville (1)

ACC Freshman of the Year

Jahlil Okafor, Duke (64)

ACC Coach of the Year

Tony Bennett, Virginia (52)

Other Votes

Mike Brey, Notre Dame (6)

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (5)

Mark Gottfried, NC State (1)

Defensive Player of the Year

Darion Atkins, Sr., Virginia (26)

Rakeem Christmas, Sr., Syracuse (15)

Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami (10)

Montrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville (8)

BeeJay Anya, So., N.C. State (3)

James Robinson, Jr., Pittsburgh (1)

Cameron Wright, Sr., Pittsburgh (1)

Most Improved Player

Rakeem Christmas, Sr., Syracuse (24)

Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami (14)

Quinn Cook, Sr., Duke (6)

Cat Barber, So., N.C. State (6)

Terry Rozier, So., Louisville (4)

Michael Gbinije, Jr., Syracuse (4)

Jaron Blossomgame, So., Clemson (3)

Jamel Artis, So., Pittsburgh (2)

Michael Young, So., Pittsburgh (1)

Sixth Man of the Year

BeeJay Anya, So., N.C. State (26)

Matt Jones, So., Duke (13)

Charles Mitchell, Jr., Georgia Tech (10)

V.J. Beachem, So., Notre Dame (8)

Chris Jones, So., Pittsburgh (7)

All-ACC Defensive Team

Rakeem Christmas, Gr., Syracuse, 58

Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia, 50

Darion Atkins, Sr., Virginia, 38

Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami, 38

BeeJay Anya, So., NC State, 29

All-ACC Freshman Team

Jahlil Okafor, Duke, 64

Tyus Jones, Duke, 62

Justise Winslow, Duke, 59

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 57

Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 22