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University of North Carolina Athletics
Forte, Battier Co-ACC Players of the Year
March 13, 2001 | Men's Basketball
March 13, 2001
Joseph Forte and Duke's Shane Battier have been named co-Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, the conference announced on March 13. It is the first time in ACC history that two players have tied for the award. Both Forte and Battier received 32 of the 72 votes cast. Duke's Jason Williams received eight votes.
This season marks the 11th time that a Carolina player has been named ACC Player of the Year. UNC and Duke are tied for the most ACC Player of the Year award winners with 11 apiece. Past Tar Heel winners are Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Pete Brennan (1958), Lee Shaffer (1960), Billy Cunningham (1965), Larry Miller (1967 and 1968), Mitch Kupchak (1976), Phil Ford (1978), Michael Jordan (1984) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
