University of North Carolina Athletics
Jamison Named ACC Legend
January 25, 2017 | Men's Basketball
by ACC Media Relations
GREENSBORO—Former North Carolina forward Antawn Jamison, the 1998 National Player of the Year, is among 14 former standout players and an inspirational national championship coach headlining this year's class of Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Legends presented by New York Life.
The Legends will be recognized during the 2017 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 7-11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Jamison was the unanimous National Player of the Year in 1998, when he also became the second Tar Heel and third player in ACC history to be named ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, NCAA Regional MVP and National Player of the Year in the same season. He averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds in 1998, the first double-double by a Tar Heel since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. He was voted the 1998 ACC Male Athlete of the Year.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, native remains the only player in ACC history to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior. He led UNC to ACC Tournament titles and Final Fours in 1997 and 1998. Despite playing just three college seasons, Jamison still ranks sixth at UNC in career rebounds with 1,027 and eighth in scoring with 1,974 points.
He played in the NBA All-Star Game in 2005 and 2008 and spent a total of 16 years in the league. Jamison is one of only 40 players in NBA history to score at least 20,000 career points (20,042).
The 2017 ACC Legends Class:
Troy Bell, Boston College
Edward Scott, Clemson
Shelden Williams, Duke
Tim Pickett, Florida State
Matt Harpring. Georgia Tech
Rodney McCray, Louisville
Wayne Buckner, Miami
Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
Jim Valvano, NC State
Gary Brokaw, Notre Dame
Curtis Aiken, Pitt
Pearl Washington, Syracuse
Junior Burrough, Virginia
Bobby Beecher, Virginia Tech
Josh Howard, Wake Forest
