Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is an award given to the freshman basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association as the most outstanding freshman player.

ACC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding freshman male basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association
First awarded	1976
Currently held by	Markus Burton, Notre Dame

Winners

Virginia's Ralph Sampson won the award in 1980.

Joe Smith won in 1994 while playing for Maryland.

Chris Bosh won the award in 2003 as a freshman at Georgia Tech.

Wake Forest's Chris Paul won the award in 2004.

North Carolina's Harrison Barnes captured the award in 2011.

Zion Williamson of Duke won the award in 2019.

Year	Player	School
1976	Jim Spanarkel	Duke
1977	Mike Gminski	Duke
	Hawkeye Whitney	NC State
1978	Gene Banks	Duke
1979	Buck Williams	Maryland
1980	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1981	Sam Perkins	North Carolina
1982	Michael Jordan	North Carolina
1983	Mark Price	Georgia Tech[1]
1984	Bruce Dalrymple	Georgia Tech
1985	Duane Ferrell	Georgia Tech
1986	Tom Hammonds	Georgia Tech
1987	J. R. Reid	North Carolina
1988	Dennis Scott	Georgia Tech
1989	Bryant Stith	Virginia
1990	Kenny Anderson	Georgia Tech
1991	Rodney Rogers	Wake Forest
1992	Bob Sura	Florida State
1993	Martice Moore	Georgia Tech
1994	Joe Smith	Maryland[2]
1995	Greg Buckner	Clemson
1996	Stephon Marbury	Georgia Tech
1997	Ed Cota	North Carolina
1998	Robert O'Kelley	Wake Forest
1999	Chris Williams	Virginia
2000	Joseph Forte	North Carolina
2001	Chris Duhon	Duke
2002	Ed Nelson	Georgia Tech[3]
2003	Chris Bosh	Georgia Tech[4]
2004	Chris Paul	Wake Forest[5]
2005	Marvin Williams	North Carolina[6]
2006	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina
2007	Brandan Wright	North Carolina
2008	Kyle Singler	Duke[7]
2009	Sylven Landesberg	Virginia
2010	Derrick Favors	Georgia Tech[8]
2011	Harrison Barnes	North Carolina[9]
2012	Austin Rivers	Duke
2013	Olivier Hanlan	Boston College
2014	Jabari Parker	Duke[10]
2015	Jahlil Okafor	Duke[11]
2016	Brandon Ingram	Duke[12]
2017	Dennis Smith Jr.	NC State[13]
2018	Marvin Bagley III	Duke[14]
2019	Zion Williamson	Duke[15]
2020	Vernon Carey Jr.	Duke[16]
2021	Scottie Barnes	Florida State[17]
2022	Paolo Banchero	Duke[18]
2023	Kyle Filipowski	Duke[19]
2024	Markus Burton	Notre Dame[20]

Winners by school

School (year joined)[21]	Winners	Years
Duke (1953)	14	1976, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Georgia Tech (1978)	11	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2010
North Carolina (1953)	9	1981, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
Virginia (1953)	4	1980, 1989, 1999, 2009
Wake Forest (1953)	3	1991, 1998, 2004
NC State (1953)	2	1977, 2017
Maryland (1953)[a 1]	2	1979, 1994
Boston College (2005)	1	2013
Clemson (1953)	1	1995
Florida State (1991)	2	1992, 2021
Notre Dame (2013)	1	2024
Miami (2004)	0	—
Pittsburgh (2013)	0	—
South Carolina (1953)[a 2]	0	—
Syracuse (2013)	0	—
Virginia Tech (2004)	0	—

1. Maryland left the ACC for the Big Ten Conference after the 2013–14 season.
2. South Carolina left the ACC after the 1970–71 season. It is now a member of the Southeastern Conference.

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
• List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams

References

1. "Price Named Top ACC Rookie". oklahoman.com. The Oklahoman. March 16, 1983. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
2. "No Surprise: TERPS' Smith Named Top Freshman In ACC". greensboro.com. Greensboro News & Record. March 16, 1994. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
3. "Ed Nelson Named ACC Rookie of the Year". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. March 13, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
4. "Chris Bosh named ACC Rookie of the Year". greensboro.com. Greensboro News & Record. March 19, 2003. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
5. "Chris Paul is ACC Rookie of the Year". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. March 15, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
6. Communications Athletic, UNC (March 15, 2005). "Marvin Williams Named ACC Rookie of the Year". goheels.com. UNC Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
7. Information Sports, Duke (March 11, 2008). "Kyle Singler Named ACC Freshman of the Year". goduke.com. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
8. "Favors Named ACC Rookie of the Year". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Institute of Technology. March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
9. "Duke's Nolan Smith Named ACC Player of the Year, Harrison Barnes Named Freshman of the Year". nesn.com. March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
10. "Jabari Parker Named ACC Rookie of the Year". Duke Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
11. "Duke's Jahlil Okafor picked as ACC Player, rookie of year". Chicago Tribune. March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
12. "ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
13. "ACC Announces All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
14. "ACC Announces All-Conference Team, Postseason Awards". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
15. "2019 Men's Basketball Awards Winners Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
16. "2020 ACC Men's Basketball Award Winners Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
17. "ACC Men's Basketball Awards Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
18. "ACC Unveils 2021-22 Men's Basketball Awards". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
19. "Miami's Wong Leads ACC Basketball 2022-23 Season Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
20. "UNC's RJ Davis Leads ACC Men's Basketball 2023-24 Season Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
21. "About the ACC". theACC.com. 2009. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

External links

• 2008-09 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide Click on the link "Pages 83-112" to access the Rookie of the Year information.
• Duke Update: ACC Rookie of the Year