Kea, Bailey Earn All-ACC Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina senior Paris Kea was named first team All-ACC on Tuesday, becoming the first Tar Heel women's basketball player to earn back-to-back first team honors since Erlena Larkins in 2006-08.

Sophomore center Janelle Bailey, the league's freshman of the year in 2018, was placed on the All-ACC second team.

From Greensboro, Kea has guided Carolina to its best record in her three seasons with the program. She leads the team in scoring at 16.7 points and is second with 3.8 assists per game.

Owner of the second highest scoring average in program history at 17.8 ppg, Kea will be remembered as one of the most prolific scorers in Tar Heel basketball history.

She ranks 20th all-time at UNC with 1,569 points in three seasons after spending her true freshman year at Vanderbilt. Entering Thursday's ACC Tournament game against Georgia Tech, Kea is 16 points shy of 1,800 career points.

Kea may be best remembered for her 30-point, 10-assist game in helping Carolina knock off No. 1 Notre Dame on Jan. 27, 2019. She is just the fourth Division I player in the last 20 years to have those numbers against a ranked opponent.

Kea was a unanimous national player of the week recipient following that performance against the Irish.

She becomes the 11th Tar Heel to earn multiple first team All-ACC honors: Pam Leake (1985, '86), Dawn Royster ('85, '87), Tonya Sampson ('92, '93, '94), Charlotte Smith ('94, '95), Marion Jones ('95, '97), Tracy Reid ('96, '97, '98), LaQuanda Barksdale (2000, '01), Coretta Brown ('02, '03), Ivory Latta ('05, '06, '07) and Larkins ('06, '07, 08).

Bailey has been a model of consistency as a sophomore. She has scored in double figures in 27-of-30 games and is the top scoring front court player in the ACC at 16.7 points per game. A top-10 finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award given to the nation's top center, Bailey averages a team-leading 8.9 rebounds a game and ranks third in the ACC with 12 double-doubles.

Hailing from Charlotte, Bailey is 27 points away from 1,000 and has already gone over 500 rebounds in less than two full seasons. She was named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 31, 2018, after a 30-point, 14-rebound performance in a win over Howard.

She also registered a career-high 31 points in late February in a victory over Boston College.

Carolina (17-13) is the eighth seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament and will take on ninth seed Georgia Tech on Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Greensboro Coliseum.

2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's Blue Ribbon Panel)
First Team
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Beatrice Mompremier, Jr., F, Miami (FL)
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami (FL)
Kiara Leslie, Sr., G, NC State
Paris Kea, Gr., G, North Carolina
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse

Second Team
Janelle Bailey, So., C, North Carolina
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Freshman Team
Makayla Dickens, G, Boston College
Miela Goodchild, G, Duke
Valencia Myers, F, Florida State
Elizabeth Balogun, G, Georgia Tech
Elizabeth Dixon, F, Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane, C, NC State
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, F, Syracuse
Dara Mabrey, G, Virginia Tech

2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's head coaches)
First Team
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Emese Hof, Jr., F, Miami (FL)
Beatrice Mompremier, Sr., F/C, Miami (FL)
Paris Kea, Sr., G, North Carolina
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech

Second Team
Kobi Thornton, Jr., G, Clemson
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Marina Mabrey, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Freshman Team
Makayla Dickens, G, Boston College
Miela Goodchild, G, Duke
Valencia Myers, F, Florida State
Elizabeth Balogun, G, Georgia Tech
Elizabeth Dixon, F, Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane, C, NC State
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, F, Syracuse
Dara Mabrey, G, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Defensive Team
Danielle Edwards, Sr., G, Clemson
Simone Westbrook, Gr., G, Clemson
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami (FL)
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame

Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

Paris Kea

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