Andrew White, Tyler Lydon honored in ACC postseason awards

On Sunday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its season award winners and all-league basketball team.

North Carolina junior Justin Jackson won ACC Player of the Year after earning 24 votes by the head coaches and selected media. Wake Forest’s John Collins finished second with 15 votes, according to the release.

North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. was named ACC Freshman of the Year. He averaged 18.5 points, 6.3 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Wolfpack.

As for the Orange, Andrew White was named to the third-team All-ACC team. He led Syracuse with 17.9 points per game, and has made 101 3-pointers, which ranked fifth all-time in Syracuse history. Those numbers were boosted with a 40-point performance in the season finale victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday. White went 8-of-9 from 3-point range.

Sophomore Tyler Lydon, who averaged 13.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game was named an Honorable Mention.

Here is the official press release from theacc.com:

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