GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two University of Louisville men’s basketball players have received all-conference honors for the 2015-16 season in a vote of Atlantic Coast Conference coaches.
Graduate guard Damion Lee was named to the All-ACC third team as selected by the league coaches. Sophomore forward/center Chinanu Onuaku was honored on the ACC All-Defensive team and was an honorable mention All-ACC choice.
Virginia senior Malcolm Brogdon was voted the ACC Player of the Year and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Duke’s Brandon Ingram was the choice for ACC Freshman of the Year and Miami’s Jim Larrañaga was voted the ACC Coach of the Year.
Lee led the Cardinals in scoring and is 10th in the ACC, averaging 15.9 points and 1.5 steals (fifth in the ACC) while shooting 84.3 percent from the free throw line (fifth in the ACC). Lee scoring in double figures in 26 of 30 games this season and was the Cardinals’ top scorer in 16 games. From Baltimore, Md., Lee scored his 2,000th career point last Wednesday, a figure which includes his season at Drexel.
Onuaku was eighth in the ACC in rebounding (8.5 rpg), third in blocked shots (2.0 bpg) and sixth in offensive rebounds (3.0) while averaging 9.9 points and shooting 62 percent from the field this season. The Lanham, Md. product had 11 double-doubles on the season and 13 for his career, including six consecutive in his first six ACC games this season. His 10 double-doubles in ACC games was second in the ACC.
The complete list of the coach-selected honors is listed below.
All-Atlantic Coast Conference
First Team
Brice Johnson, Sr., North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
Grayson Allen, So., Duke
Jaron Blossomgame, Jr., Clemson
Cat Barber, Jr., NC State
Second Team
Demetrius Jackson, Jr., Notre Dame
Sheldon McClellan, Sr., Miami
Brandon Ingram, Fr., Duke
Michael Gbinije, Sr., Syracuse
Marcus Georges-Hunt, Sr., Georgia Tech
Third Team
Damion Lee, Sr., Louisville
Anthony Gill, Sr., Virginia
Michael Young, Jr., Pittsburgh
Zach Auguste, Sr., Notre Dame
Tonye Jekiri, Sr., Miami
Honorable Mention
Malik Beasley, Florida State
Zach LeDay, Jr., Virginia Tech
Chinanu Onuaku, So., Louisville
London Perrantes, Jr., Virginia
Devin Thomas, Sr., Wake Forest
All-ACC Freshman Team
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Malik Beasley, Florida State
Dwayne Bacon, Florida State
Malachi Richardson, Syracuse
Bryant Crawford, Wake Forest
All-ACC Defensive Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
Tonye Jekiri, Sr., Miami
Michael Gbinije, Sr., Syracuse
Landry Nnoko, Sr., Clemson
Chinanu Onuaku, So., Louisville
Brice Johnson, Sr., North Carolina
ACC Player of the Year
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
ACC Freshman of the Year
Brandon Ingram, Duke
ACC Coach of the Year
Jim Larrañaga, Miami
ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
ACC Most Improved Co-Players of the Year
Jaron Blossomgame, Jr., Clemson
Grayson Allen, So., Duke
Sixth Man of the Year
Isaiah Hicks, Jr., North Carolina
