On Monday, the ACC announced season honors for the 2023-24 men’s basketball season. Virginia Tech point guard Sean Pedulla was named Third Team All-ACC.
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The 6-foot-1 Pedulla led the Hokies (18-13, 10-10 ACC) in scoring and assists this season with marks of 16.1 and 4.4, respectively. He ranked 11th in the conference in points per game and fourth in assists per game.
He eclipsed 20 points on five different occasions and 30 points twice — in back-to-back games against Clemson and Miami in January, which earned him ACC Player of the Week honors. He had nine games with six or more assists, too, including a nine-assist outing at NC State on Jan. 20.
The junior from Edmond, Okla., also corralled 10 rebounds in the aforementioned game against the ‘Canes, one of his two double-doubles on the year. According to Ken Pomeroy, he ranked second in the league in percent of possessions used (30.8%), fourth in fouls drawn per 40 minutes (5.4), seventh in percentage of shots (27.4%), seventh in assist rate (27.0) and 10th in free throw rate (39.5).
Pedulla is the third player under Mike Young earn all-conference recognition, joining Keve Aluma — a two-time Second Team All-ACC performer in 2021 and ’22 — and Grant Basile (honorable mention). He’s also the sixth player in Tech history to be named Third Team All-ACC, joining Jamon Gordon (2007), Malcolm Delaney (2009), AD Vassallo (2009), Dorenzo Hudson (2010) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker (2019).
Virginia Tech center Lynn Kidd finished third in voting for the ACC’s Most Improved Player. The conference’s leader in field goal percentage (66.1%), he averaged 13.1 points and a team-best 6.6 rebounds per game. Those were massive jumps from the 5.0 and 3.4 he averaged in 2022-23, respectively.
The Gainesville, Fla., native was extremely effective on the offensive end for the Hokies this season and ranked third in the conference in defensive rebounding percentage (24.6%), according to Ken Pomeroy. He also was seventh in 2-point percentage (62.4%) and eighth in offensive rating (122.9); nationally, those marks were 51st (66.1%) and 50th (128.3), respectively.
North Carolina’s RJ Davis was the ACC Player of the Year. He was joined by Clemson’s PJ Hall, Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis and Pitt’s Blake Hinson on the All-ACC First Team. UNC’s Hubert Davis was named ACC Coach of the Year.
Here is a full breakdown of the conference’s postseason awards for 2023-24:
2023-24 ACC Postseason Awards
2023-24 ALL-ACC TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Name, School, Points
RJ Davis, North Carolina, 373
PJ Hall, Clemson, 363
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 346
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 292
Blake Hinson, Pitt, 280
SECOND TEAM
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 271
Reece Beekman, Virginia, 263
Judah Mintz, Syracuse, 219
Norchad Omier, Miami, 172
Quinten Post, Boston College, 135
THIRD TEAM
DJ Horne, NC State, 109
Harrison Ingram, North Carolina, 91
Jeremy Roach, Duke, 85
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 69
Sean Pedulla, Virginia Tech, 62
HONORABLE MENTION
Joseph Girard III, Clemson, 54
Jamir Watkins, Florida State, 47
Jared McCain, Duke, 29
Ian Schieffelin, Clemson, 24
Miles Kelly, Georgia Tech, 16
Carlton Carrington, Pitt, 12
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, Louisville, 10
Ryan Dunn, Virginia, 10
Note: All-ACC Team points are determined on a 5-3-1 system (five points for first team, three points for second team, one point for third team).
Player of the Year
RJ Davis, North Carolina, 68 votes
Kyle Filipowski, Duke, 3
PJ Hall, Clemson, 2
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 1
Quinten Post, Boston College, 1
Defensive Player of the Year
Reece Beekman, Virginia, 43 votes
Ryan Dunn, Virginia, 19
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 4
Maliq Brown, Syracuse, 4
Quinten Post, Boston College, 2
Jaeden Zackery, Boston College, 1
Jack Clark, Clemson, 1
Quadir Copeland, Syracuse, 1
Rookie of the Year
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 46 votes
Jared McCain, Duke, 20
Carlton Carrington, Pitt, 5
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 2
Caleb Foster, Duke, 1
Kyshawn George, Miami, 1
Most Improved Player
Ian Schieffelin, Clemson, 30 votes
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 18
Lynn Kidd, Virginia Tech, 12
Harrison Ingram, North Carolina, 5
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, Louisville, 3
Maliq Brown, Syracuse, 3
Devin McGlockton, Boston College, 3
Isaac McKneely, Virginia, 1
Sixth Man Of the Year
Ishmael Leggett, Pitt, 33 votes
Quadir Copeland, Syracuse, 20
Seth Trimble, North Carolina, 6
Kyle Sturdivant, Georgia Tech, 5
Mason Madsen, Boston College, 4
Primo Spears, Florida State, 4
Caleb Foster, Duke, 3
Coach of the Year
Hubert Davis, North Carolina, 49 votes
Jeff Capel, Pitt, 12
Adrian Autry, Syracuse, 6
Micah Shrewsberry, Notre Dame, 3
Jon Scheyer, Duke, 2
Brad Brownell, Clemson, 1
Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech, 1
Tony Bennett, Virginia, 1
All-Defensive Team
Reece Beekman, Virginia, 73 votes
Ryan Dunn, Virginia, 65
Maliq Brown, Syracuse, 48
Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 26
Quinten Post, Boston College, 21
All-Rookie Team
Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 73 votes
Jared McCain, Duke, 73
Carlton Carrington, Pitt, 65
Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 60
Elliot Cadeau, North Carolina, 39
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Congrats to Sean – definitely deserves it. His play the last month is at a very high level, he has turned the corner, great kid and player for us.
Kudos to SP!
Good to see Lynn Kid get some recognition. He came out of nowhere to be a real stalwart for VT.
Bravo, Sean Pedulla! He’s definitely left it all on the floor this year.
BTW, how in the world does Tony Bennett rate even one vote for coach of the year? Best Performance For a Team With No Offense, perhaps?
I have to agree with both comments! Sean played his heart out.
And Bennett’s vote was resting on his laurels.
Bennett should have been ACC coach of the year for going 22-9 and 13-7 with that crew of D-2 players, of course he gets dinged for recruiting those guys.
and a slap on the wrist to those for all the grief he’s gotten this year.