Duke’s Cooper Flagg Wins ACC Player and Rookie of the Year

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The 2024-25 ACC Men’s Basketball Awards: A Comprehensive Breakdown

Player of the Year: Cooper Flagg

Name Position School Votes Highlights
Cooper Flagg Guard/Forward Duke 76 Earned the most votes among all nominees, averaging 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game. A finalist for the John R. Wooden and Julius Erving Awards, and named ACC Rookie of the Week a record 12 times.

Defensive Player of the Year: Chucky Hepburn

Name Position School Votes Highlights
Chucky Hepburn Guard Louisville 32 Leads the conference in steals with 73, averaging 16.3 points and 5.9 assists per game. Named to the Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List.

Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg

Name Position School Votes Highlights
Cooper Flagg Guard/Forward Duke 79 Only the second freshman to win both Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season, following Zion Williamson.

Most Improved Player: Donald Hand Jr.

Name Position School Votes Highlights
Donald Hand Jr. Guard Boston College 25 Boosted his scoring average by 10.7 points per game, ranking 15th in the ACC. Led the team in rebounding at 6.1 rebounds per game.

Sixth Man of the Year: Jeremiah Wilkinson

Name Position School Votes Highlights
Jeremiah Wilkinson Guard California 22 Averaging 15.4 points per game, with 17.0 points in league play. Owns 10 20-point games this season.

Coach of the Year: Pat Kelsey

2024-25 ALL-ACC TEAM

First Team

Name Position School Points
Cooper Flagg Guard/Forward Duke 400
Maxime Raynaud Forward Stanford 392
Chucky Hepburn Guard Louisville 364
Chase Hunter Guard Clemson 328
Hunter Sallis Forward Wake Forest 257

Second Team

Name Position School Points
RJ Davis Guard North Carolina 241
Markus Burton Guard Notre Dame 238
Ian Schieffelin Forward Clemson 225
Kon Knueppel Forward Duke 208
Jamir Watkins Guard Florida State 150

Third Team

Name Position School Points
Terrence Edwards Jr. Guard Louisville 125
Tyrese Proctor Guard Duke 72
Baye Njongo Forward Georgia Tech 72
Boopie Miller Guard SMU 71
Jaland Lowe Guard Pitt 62

Honorable Mention

Name School Points
Matthew Cleveland Miami 49
Andrej Stojakovic California 48
Naithan George Georgia Tech 40
Isaac McKneely Virginia 38
J.J. Starling Syracuse 32
Donald Hand Jr. Boston College 29
Cameron Hildreth Wake Forest 26
Khaman Maluach Duke 23
Viktor Lakhin Clemson Viktor Lakhin
Eddie Lampkin Syracuse 19

2024-25 ACC AWARD VOTING RESULTS

Player of the Year Votes

Name School Votes
Cooper Flagg Duke 76
Maxime Raynaud Stanford 4
Chucky Hepburn Louisville 1

Defensive Player of the Year Votes

Name School Votes
Chucky Hepburn Louisville 32
Cooper Flagg Duke 26
Jaeden Zackery Clemson 8
Zack Austin Pitt 4
Maliq Brown Duke 3
Chad Venning Boston College 2
Khaman Maluach Duke 2
Sion James Duke 1
Mady Sissoko California 1
Tae Davis Notre Dame 1
Cameron Hildreth Wake Forest 1

Rookie of the Year Votes

Name School Votes
Cooper Flagg Duke 79
Jeremiah Wilkinson California 2 votes

Sixth Man of the Year Votes

Most Improved Player Votes

Name School Votes
Donald Hand Jr. Boston College 25
Jaylen Blakes Stanford 22
Tae Davis Notre Dame 8
Naithan George Georgia Tech 7
Jaland Lowe Pitt 7
Andrej Stojakovic California 4
Andrew Rohde Virginia 4
B.J. Edwards SMU 2
Eddie Lampkin Syracuse 1
Tyrese Proctor Duke 1

Coach of the Year Votes

Name School Votes
Pat Kelsey Louisville 47
Jon Scheyer Duke 25
Brad Brownell Clemson 8
Kyle Smith Stanford 1

All-Defensive Team Votes

Name School Votes
Chucky Hepburn Louisville 70
Cooper Flagg Duke 57
Jaeden Zackery Clemson 55
B.J. Edwards SMU 34
Sion James Duke 28
Zack Austin Pitt 28

All-Rookie Team Votes

Name School Votes
Cooper Flagg Duke 80
Kon Knueppel Duke 79
Ian Jackson North Carolina 65
Jeremiah Wilkinson California 59
Khaman Maluach Dukeent requested, without any additional comments or text.
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