University of North Carolina Athletics
Patterson Medal Winners
Luke Maye
- Induction:
- 2019
- Class:
- 2019
2019– Luke Maye: Men’s Basketball (Huntersville, N.C.)
Maye grabbed more rebounds in consecutive seasons than any Tar Heel ever, became the first Tar Heel to score 30 points in games at both Duke and NC State and became the first Tar Heel to average a double-double in points and rebounds in consecutive seasons in more than 40 years. His game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds to play to beat Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA South Regional final that sent UNC to the Final Four where it won the NCAA title will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable plays in college basketball history.
Maye earned Most Outstanding Player honors in that regional – with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the Sweet 16 win over Butler and 17 points in the Elite Eight triumph over the Wildcats.
He played in 59 ACC wins, which equaled the most by any Tar Heel, and Carolina won 121 games over his four-year career. He scored 1,392 points, had the 10th-most rebounds (942) in school history and made 104 three-pointers. He scored 30 or more points five times and had five 30-point/10-rebound games, a figure exceeded in UNC history only by Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham. He grabbed 373 rebounds as a junior and 377 as a senior; the 750 rebounds were the most in back-to-back seasons by a Tar Heel.
He earned first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America honors as a junior and was second-team all-conference in 2019.
He was a four-time Academic All-ACC honoree, won Academic All-America honors and was the ACC's top scholar-athlete in men's basketball in both 2018 and 2019.
Maye grabbed more rebounds in consecutive seasons than any Tar Heel ever, became the first Tar Heel to score 30 points in games at both Duke and NC State and became the first Tar Heel to average a double-double in points and rebounds in consecutive seasons in more than 40 years. His game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds to play to beat Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA South Regional final that sent UNC to the Final Four where it won the NCAA title will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable plays in college basketball history.
Maye earned Most Outstanding Player honors in that regional – with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the Sweet 16 win over Butler and 17 points in the Elite Eight triumph over the Wildcats.
He played in 59 ACC wins, which equaled the most by any Tar Heel, and Carolina won 121 games over his four-year career. He scored 1,392 points, had the 10th-most rebounds (942) in school history and made 104 three-pointers. He scored 30 or more points five times and had five 30-point/10-rebound games, a figure exceeded in UNC history only by Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham. He grabbed 373 rebounds as a junior and 377 as a senior; the 750 rebounds were the most in back-to-back seasons by a Tar Heel.
He earned first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America honors as a junior and was second-team all-conference in 2019.
He was a four-time Academic All-ACC honoree, won Academic All-America honors and was the ACC's top scholar-athlete in men's basketball in both 2018 and 2019.
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