Isaiah Wong examined the NBA waters final yr however opted to return to Coral Gables.
The determination paid off. The Hurricanes guard was named the ACC Player of the Year, which the convention introduced Monday. He was additionally considered one of three Miami gamers named to the All-ACC groups.
Wong is the second participant in UM historical past to be named ACC Player of the Year, becoming a member of 2013 winner Shane Larkin.
Wong, additionally a first-team all-conference choose, is averaging 15.9 factors, 4.4 rebounds and three.4 assists this season. The junior New Jersey native has scored 20 or extra factors 9 instances this season, serving to the Hurricanes go 24-6 and win a share of the ACC regular-season championship.
Wong completed with 30 votes, seven forward of Wake Forest’s Tyree Appleby. North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, the preseason choose for Player of the Year, completed in third with 9 votes.
Hurricanes guard Jordan Miller was named to the All-ACC second crew. Miller is Miami’s No. 2 scorer, averaging 15.1 factors this season with 6.1 rebounds and a pair of.6 assists per recreation. Miller additionally tied for second within the voting for the convention’s most improved participant award.
Forward Norchad Omier, who transferred from Arkansas State to Miami earlier than this season, was named to the convention’s third crew. He has 14.1 factors and 10 rebounds per recreation this season. Omier additionally acquired a vote for Defensive Player of the Year.
“I am so proud of all three of our All-ACC honorees,” UM coach Jim Larrañaga stated in a press launch. “Isaiah, Jordan and Norchad have all had wonderful impacts on the court docket and within the locker room. They are great basketball gamers who helped lead us to a share of the ACC regular-season title, in addition to implausible representatives of each our program and our college.
“I want to especially commend Isaiah on winning ACC Player of the Year, an award he most certainly deserves. He is one of the hardest-working players I have ever coached and I am overjoyed for him to receive this recognition.”
Larrañaga completed second within the voting for ACC Coach of the Year, receiving eight votes. Pittsburgh’s Jeff Capel gained the award with 57 votes.
Miami guard Bensley Joseph completed sixth within the voting for Sixth Man of the Year, and guard Wooga Poplar tied for fifth for Most Improved Player.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com