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Deja Kelly (left) and Alyssa Ustby earned All-ACC honors for the third year in a row.
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WBB Captains Earn All-ACC Honors
March 5, 2024 | Women's Basketball
North Carolina seniors Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby are team captains, the squad's leading scorers and now All-Atlantic Coast Conference honorees. The two were part of the 2023-24 conference honors announced Tuesday, with Kelly on the All-ACC first team and Ustby on the second team.
Both are starters for the Tar Heels (19-11, 11-7 ACC), who are seeded eighth in the 2024 ACC Tournament field and open play on Thursday with a second-round game. Tipoff against ninth-seeded Miami is 1:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Kelly earned first-team honors for the third year in a row. A guard from San Antonio, Texas, she leads UNC and ranks eighth in the ACC in scoring with 16.8 points per game, 17.8 in conference action. She recently became the 11th player in program history with 1,800 career points.
The all-conference nod is also a third for Ustby, who was on the first team last year and the second team as a sophomore. A guard/forward from Rochester, Minn., she ranks in the ACC's top 10 in rebounding (4th, 9.5), field goal percentage (6th, .47.7), blocks (9th, 1.33), steals (T10, 1.77) and assists (10th, 3.6). She's second on the team in points with 12.3 per game.
Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley was named the ACC Player of the Year for the third year in a row, becoming just the third player in league history to win three times. Notre Dame freshman Hannah Hidalgo became the second player in league history to earn Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season, joining former Duke standout Elizbeth Williams in 2012.
Syracuse's Felisha Legette-Jack is the 2024 ACC Coach of the Year, while Duke freshman Oluchi Okananwa earned the ACC Sixth Player of the Year award. Pitt's Liatu King was named the Most Improved Player.
Tar Heel sophomore Indya Nivar, a guard from Apex, N.C., finished third in the voting for Sixth Player of the Year.
2023-24 All-ACC Women's Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame
Rookie of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame
Coach of the Year: Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse
Sixth Player of the Year: Oluchi Okananwa, Fr., G, Duke
Most Improved Player: Liatu King, Sr., F, Pitt
All-ACC First Team
Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech – 1,603
Dyaisha Fair, Gr., G, Syracuse – 1,463
Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame – 1,461
Georgia Amoore, Sr., G, Virginia Tech – 1,402
Ta'Niya Latson, So., G, Florida State – 1,274
Deja Kelly, Sr., G, North Carolina – 921
Aziaha James, Jr., G, NC State – 871
Saniya Rivers, Jr., G, NC State – 815
Makayla Timpson, Jr., F, Florida State – 766
Liatu King, Sr., F, Pitt – 765
All-ACC Second Team
Maddy Westbeld, Jr., F, Notre Dame – 715
Amari Robinson, Gr., F, Clemson – 698
Sonia Citron, Jr., G, Notre Dame – 651
Alyssa Ustby, Sr., G/F, North Carolina – 573
Kiki Jefferson, Gr., G, Louisville – 504
Kymora Johnson, Fr., G, Virginia – 437
Tonie Morgan, So., G, Georgia Tech – 358
Kara Dunn, So., G, Georgia Tech – 349
Reigan Richardson, Jr., G, Duke – 252
Olivia Cochran, Sr., F, Louisville – 224
All-Defensive Team
Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame – 326
Makayla Timpson, Jr., F, Florida State – 231
Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech – 170
Saniya Rivers, Jr., G, NC State – 135
Dontavia Waggoner, Sr., G, Boston College – 102
All-Freshman Team
Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame – 412
Kymora Johnson, G, Virginia – 304
Zoe Brooks, G, NC State – 162
Oluchi Okananwa, G, Duke – 125
Alyssa Latham, F, Syracuse – 120
ACC Most Improved
Liatu King, Pitt – 237
Aziaha James, NC State – 226
Kara Dunn, Georgia Tech – 121
ACC Sixth Player
Oluchi Okananwa, Duke – 298
Zoe Brooks, NC State – 277
Indya Nivar, North Carolina – 98
ACC Coach of the Year
Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse – 293
Kenny Brooks, Virginia Tech – 214
Wes Moore, NC State – 164
Both are starters for the Tar Heels (19-11, 11-7 ACC), who are seeded eighth in the 2024 ACC Tournament field and open play on Thursday with a second-round game. Tipoff against ninth-seeded Miami is 1:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Kelly earned first-team honors for the third year in a row. A guard from San Antonio, Texas, she leads UNC and ranks eighth in the ACC in scoring with 16.8 points per game, 17.8 in conference action. She recently became the 11th player in program history with 1,800 career points.
The all-conference nod is also a third for Ustby, who was on the first team last year and the second team as a sophomore. A guard/forward from Rochester, Minn., she ranks in the ACC's top 10 in rebounding (4th, 9.5), field goal percentage (6th, .47.7), blocks (9th, 1.33), steals (T10, 1.77) and assists (10th, 3.6). She's second on the team in points with 12.3 per game.
Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley was named the ACC Player of the Year for the third year in a row, becoming just the third player in league history to win three times. Notre Dame freshman Hannah Hidalgo became the second player in league history to earn Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season, joining former Duke standout Elizbeth Williams in 2012.
Syracuse's Felisha Legette-Jack is the 2024 ACC Coach of the Year, while Duke freshman Oluchi Okananwa earned the ACC Sixth Player of the Year award. Pitt's Liatu King was named the Most Improved Player.
Tar Heel sophomore Indya Nivar, a guard from Apex, N.C., finished third in the voting for Sixth Player of the Year.
2023-24 All-ACC Women's Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame
Rookie of the Year: Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame
Coach of the Year: Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse
Sixth Player of the Year: Oluchi Okananwa, Fr., G, Duke
Most Improved Player: Liatu King, Sr., F, Pitt
All-ACC First Team
Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech – 1,603
Dyaisha Fair, Gr., G, Syracuse – 1,463
Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame – 1,461
Georgia Amoore, Sr., G, Virginia Tech – 1,402
Ta'Niya Latson, So., G, Florida State – 1,274
Deja Kelly, Sr., G, North Carolina – 921
Aziaha James, Jr., G, NC State – 871
Saniya Rivers, Jr., G, NC State – 815
Makayla Timpson, Jr., F, Florida State – 766
Liatu King, Sr., F, Pitt – 765
All-ACC Second Team
Maddy Westbeld, Jr., F, Notre Dame – 715
Amari Robinson, Gr., F, Clemson – 698
Sonia Citron, Jr., G, Notre Dame – 651
Alyssa Ustby, Sr., G/F, North Carolina – 573
Kiki Jefferson, Gr., G, Louisville – 504
Kymora Johnson, Fr., G, Virginia – 437
Tonie Morgan, So., G, Georgia Tech – 358
Kara Dunn, So., G, Georgia Tech – 349
Reigan Richardson, Jr., G, Duke – 252
Olivia Cochran, Sr., F, Louisville – 224
All-Defensive Team
Hannah Hidalgo, Fr., G, Notre Dame – 326
Makayla Timpson, Jr., F, Florida State – 231
Elizabeth Kitley, Gr., C, Virginia Tech – 170
Saniya Rivers, Jr., G, NC State – 135
Dontavia Waggoner, Sr., G, Boston College – 102
All-Freshman Team
Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame – 412
Kymora Johnson, G, Virginia – 304
Zoe Brooks, G, NC State – 162
Oluchi Okananwa, G, Duke – 125
Alyssa Latham, F, Syracuse – 120
ACC Most Improved
Liatu King, Pitt – 237
Aziaha James, NC State – 226
Kara Dunn, Georgia Tech – 121
ACC Sixth Player
Oluchi Okananwa, Duke – 298
Zoe Brooks, NC State – 277
Indya Nivar, North Carolina – 98
ACC Coach of the Year
Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse – 293
Kenny Brooks, Virginia Tech – 214
Wes Moore, NC State – 164
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