Hauser, Huff and Clark earn All-ACC honors

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Three Virginia players – Sam Hauser, Jay Huff and Kihei Clark – received All-ACC honors on Monday in a vote by a 75-member panel consisting of the league’s 15 head coaches and 60 media members.

Hauser was selected to the All-ACC first team, while Huff was voted second team and the league’s All-Defensive team, and Clark was chosen honorable mention.

Hauser was joined on the first team by ACC Player of the Year, Moses Wright, a senior at Georgia Tech. Rounding out the first team was Pitt’s Justin Champagnie, Louisville’s Carlik Jones, and Duke’s Matthew Hurt.

The All-ACC second team consisted of Huff, Virginia Tech’s Keve Aluma, Georgia Tech’s Jose Alvarado, FSU’s M.J. Walter and Clemson’s Aamir Simms, a native of Fluvanna and a former star at Blue Ridge School outside of Charlottesville.

Third team: RaiQuan Gray, FSU; Isaiah Wong, Miami; Quincy Guerrier, Syracuse; Notre Dame’s Prentiss Hubb, with UNC’s Armando Bacot and FSU’s Scottie Barnes tying for the fifth spot.

Honorable Mention: UVA’s Clark, Georgia Tech’s Michael Devoe, Syracuse’s Alana Griffin, David Johnson of Louisville, Nate Laszewski of Notre Dame, NC State’s Jericole Hellems and Virginia Tech’s Tyrece Radford.

Wright was ACC Player of the Year, while FSU’s Barnes was voted both Freshman of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year.

Virginia Tech’s Mike Young was selected as Coach of the Year, beating out Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton by two votes (all voting appears below).

Georgia Tech’s Alvarado was ACC Defensive Player of the Year, beating out UVA’s Huff by a 35-17 count. Most Improved Player in the league went to Duke’s Hurt.

Virginia’s Hauser, who transferred from Marquette and sat out last season, made the most of his senior campaign for the Cavaliers by making the first team. He leads UVA in scoring (15.8 ppg) and tops the ACC in 3-point percentage (44.4), second in made 3-pointers (2.6), fifth in field goal percentage (51.7), eighth in scoring, 13th in minutes player (34.1) and 14th in rebounding (6.8). Hauser posted five games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 24 in the Cavaliers win over Louisville two days, which allowed them to clinch the regular season title.

Huff averaged 13.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game. He ranks first in the conference in field goal percentage (59.2), second in blocked shots, 12th in rebounding and 19th in scoring, and has posted five double-doubles. He has four or more blocks in six games this season.

Clark was fourth in the ACC in assists (4.5) and sixth in assist-to-turnover ration (2.0).

Both Hauser and Huff received votes for ACC Player of the Year. Hauser finished fourth in the tabulation, while Huff finished eighth.

Virginia coach Tony Bennett finished fourth in ACC Coach of the Year voting.

2020-21 ALL-ACC TEAM

FIRST TEAM

Name, School, Points

• Moses Wright, Georgia Tech, 344
• Justin Champagnie, Pitt, 343
• Carlik Jones, Louisville, 327
• Matthew Hurt, Duke, 310
• Sam Hauser, Virginia, 281

SECOND TEAM

Name, School, Points

• Keve Aluma, Virginia Tech, 277
• Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 244
• Jay Huff, Virginia, 214
• M.J. Walker, Florida State, 200
• Aamir Simms, Clemson, 176

THIRD TEAM

Name, School, Points

• RaiQuan Gray, Florida State, 167
• Isaiah Wong, Miami, 102
• Quincy Guerrier, Syracuse, 55
• Prentiss Hubb, Notre Dame, 42
• Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 41
• Scottie Barnes, Florida State, 41

HONORABLE MENTION

Name, School, Points

• Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech, 35
• Kihei Clark, Virginia, 31
• Alan Griffin, Syracuse, 29
• David Johnson, Louisville, 22
• Nate Laszewski, Notre Dame, 18
• Jericole Hellems, NC State, 13
• Tyrece Radford, Virginia Tech, 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).

ACC PLAYER OF YEAR

Name, School, Votes

• Moses Wright, Georgia Tech, 33
• Carlik Jones, Louisville, 13
• Justin Champagnie, Pitt, 13
• Sam Hauser, Virginia, 5
• Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 4
• Matthew Hurt, Duke, 3
• Keve Aluma, Virginia Tech, 3
• Jay Huff, Virginia, 1

ACC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Name, School, Votes

• Scottie Barnes, Florida State, 53
• Day’Ron Sharpe, North Carolina, 10
• DJ Steward, Duke, 6
• Jae’Lyn Withers, Louisville, 5
• Kadary Richmond, Syracuse, 1

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

Name, School, Votes

• Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 69
• Manny Bates, NC State, 62
• Jay Huff, Virginia, 53
• Jordan Goldwire, Duke, 43
• Moses Wright, Georgia Tech, 34

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Name, School, Votes

• Scottie Barnes, Florida State, 74
• DJ Steward, Duke, 67
• Day’Ron Sharpe, North Carolina, 63
• Jae’Lyn Withers, Louisville, 58
• Caleb Love, North Carolina, 32

COACH OF THE YEAR

Name, School, Votes

• Mike Young, Virginia Tech, 26
• Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 24
• Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech, 16
• Tony Bennett, Virginia, 6
• Brad Brownell, Clemson, 2
• Chris Mack, Louisville, 1

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Name, School, Votes

• Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 35
• Jay Huff, Virginia, 17
• Manny Bates NC State, 13
• Jordan Goldwire, Duke, 5
• Aamir Simms, Clemson, 4
• Keve Aluma, Virginia Tech, 1

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

Name, School, Votes

• Matthew Hurt, Duke, 17
• Isaiah Wong, Miami, 13
• Moses Wright, Georgia Tech, 11
• Justin Champagnie, Pitt, 11
• RaiQuan Gray, Florida State, 10
• Nate Laszewski, Notre Dame, 5
• Quincy Guerrier, Syracuse, 3
• Armando Bacot, North Carolina, 2
• Jay Huff, Virginia, 2
• David Johnson, Louisville, 1

SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR

Name, School, Votes

• Scottie Barnes, Florida State, 39
• Day’Ron Sharpe, North Carolina, 24
• Nick Honor, Clemson, 6
• Jordan Goldwire, Duke, 5
• Nikola Djogo, Notre Dame, 1