ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 1954-2002 --------------------------------- TIDBITS -------- WINNERS BY SCHOOL ---------------- 11 North Carolina (Miller-67,68;Rosenbluth-57;Brennan-58;Shaffer-60; Cunningham-65;Kupchak-76;Ford-78;Jordan-84;Jamison-98; Forte-01) 11 Duke (Ferry-88,89; Heyman-63; Mullins-64; Vacendak-66; Gminski-79; Laettner-92; Hill-94; Brand-99; Carrawell-00;Battier-01) 9 Wake Forest (Hemric-54,55; Chappell-61,62; Duncan-96,97; Davis-71; Griffin-77; Rogers-93) 6 NC State (Thompson-73,74,75; Shavlik-56; Pucillo-59; Monroe-91) 5 Maryland (Bias-85,86; King-80; Smith-95; Dixon-02) 4 Virginia (Sampson-81,82,83; Parkhill-72) 2 South Carolina (Roche-69,70) 1 Georgia Tech (Scott-90) 1 Clemson (Grant-87) 0 Florida State MULTIPLE WINNERS ---------------- 3 David Thompson, NCSU (73,74,75) 3 Ralph Sampson, VIRG (81,82,83) 2 Dickie Hemric, WFU (54,55) 2 Len Chappell, WFU (61,62) 2 Larry Miller, UNC (67,68) 2 John Roche, USC (69,70) 2 Len Bias, MARY (85,86) 2 Danny Ferry, DUKE (88,89) 2 Tim Duncan, WFU (96,97) POY vs. ALL-ACC VOTING ---------------------- There have been 4 seasons in which the POY winner did *not* finish first (or tied for first) in All-ACC voting. They are: 60 - POY Lee Shaffer finished tied for 2nd in All-ACC voting, 3 points behind Len Chappell 66 - POY Steve Vacendak finished **NINTH** in All-ACC voting. Don't know what on earth happened that year 67 - POY Larry Miller finished 6 pts behind Bob Verga in ACC voting 80 - POY Albert King finished 5 pts behind Hawkeye Whitney in ACC voting. WORST TEAM RECORD ----------------- All but 2 of the 44 POY's played for teams with winning ACC records. The exceptions: Len Bias, MARY '86: Team finished 6-8 as Lenny won his 2nd consecutive POY Charlie Davis, WFU '71: Team finished 7-7 BIGGEST MARGIN --------------- The biggest blowouts in voting total: 75 - David Thompson gets the only UNANIMOUS nod 74 - David Thompson 139, Bobby Jones 2 97 - Tim Duncan 119, Keith Booth 2 73 - David Thompson 116, George Karl 4 98 - Antawn Jamison 96.5, Matt Harpring 5.5 94 - Grant Hill 100.5, Randolph Childress 6 62 - Len Chappell 81, Art Heyman 3 63 - Art Heyman 88, Billy Cunningham 5 84 - Michael Jordan 113, Sam Perkins 15 CLOSEST RACE ------------ The closest races: 01 - TIE: Shane Battier 32, Joseph Forte 32 02 - Juan Dixon 41, Jason Williams 38 70 - John Roche 51, Charlie Scott 47 93 - Rodney Rogers 51, Bobby Hurley 47 68 - Larry Miller 52, Bob Verga 48 THE WINNERS ----------- 02 Juan Dixon, MARY 01 TIE: Shane Battier, DUKE and Joseph Forte, UNC 00 Chris Carrawell, DUKE 99 Elton Brand, DUKE 98 Antawn Jamison, UNC 97 Tim Duncan, WFU 96 Tim Duncan, WFU 95 Joe Smith, MARY 94 Grant Hill, DUKE 93 Rodney Rogers, WFU 92 Christian Laettner, DUKE 91 Rodney Monroe, NCSU 90 Dennis Scott, GT 89 Danny Ferry, DUKE 88 Danny Ferry, DUKE 87 Horace Grant, CLEM 86 Len Bias, MARY 85 Len Bias, MARY 84 Michael Jordan, UNC 83 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 82 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 81 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 80 Albert King, MARY 79 Mike Gminski, DUKE 78 Phil Ford, UNC 77 Rod Griffin, WFU 76 Mitch Kupchak, UNC 75 David Thompson, NCSU **UNANIMOUS*** 74 Davis Thompson, NCSU 73 David Thompson, NCSU 72 Barry Parkhill, VIRG 71 Charlie Davis, WFU 70 John Roche, USC 69 John Roche, USC 68 Larry Miller, UNC 67 Larry Miller, UNC 66 Steve Vacendak, DUKE 65 Billy Cunningham, UNC 64 Jeff Mullins, DUKE 63 Art Heyman, DUKE 62 Len Chappell, WFU 61 Len Chappell, WFU 60 Lee Shaffer, UNC 59 Lou Pucillo, NCSU 58 Pete Brennan, UNC 57 Lennie Rosenbluth, UNC 56 Ronnie Shavlik, NCSU 55 Dickie Hemric, WFU 54 Dickie Hemric, WFU THE VOTING ---------- 54 1 18 Dickie Hemric, WFU 54 2 10 Mel Thompson, NCSU 54 3 8 Gene Shue, MARY 54 4 4 Ronnie Shavlik, NCSU 54 4 3 Herb Applebaum, NCSU -------------------------------- 55 1 22 Dickie Hemric, WFU 55 2 12 Ronnie Shavlik, NCSU 55 3 11 Buzz Wilkinson, VIRG -------------------------------- 56 1 31 Ronnie Shavlik, NCSU 56 2 10 Vic Molodet, NCSU 56 3 7 Lennie Rosenbluth, UNC ----------------------------------- 57 1 43 Lennie Rosenbluth, UNC 57 2 4 Grady Wallace, USC ----------------------------------- 58 1 56 Pete Brennan, UNC 58 2 2 Lou Pucillo, NCSU ----------------------------------- 59 1 43 Lou Pucillo, NCSU 59 2 25 John Richter, NCSU 59 3 2 York Larese, UNC 59 4t 1 Lee Shaffer, UNC 59 4t 1 Ray Pericola, USC 59 4t 1 George Stepanovich, NCSU 59 4t 1 Bob MacGillivray, NCSU ------------------------------------ 60 1 50 Lee Shaffer, UNC 60 2 16 Len Chappell, WFU ------------------------------------ 61 1 50 Len Chappell, WFU 61 2 15 Art Heyman, DUKE 61 - v Doug Moe, UNC 61 - v York Lareses, UNC ------------------------------------ 62 1 81 Len Chappell, WFU 62 2 3 Art Heyman, DUKE ------------------------------------ 63 1 88 Art Heyman, DUKE 63 2 5 Billy Cunningham, UNC ------------------------------------ 64 1 78 Jeff Mullins, DUKE 64 2 22 Billy Cunningham, UNC ------------------------------------ 65 1 52 Billy Cunningham, UNC 65 2 16 Larry Lakins, NCSU 65 3 11 Bob Leonard, WFU 65 - v Jack Marin, DUKE 65 - v Bob Verga, DUKE 65 - v Steve Vacendak, DUKE 65 - v Larry Worsley, NCSU 65 - v Gary Ward, MARY ------------------------------------- 66 1 51 Steve Vacendak, DUKE 66 2 29 Jack Marin, DUKE 66 3 19 Bob Lewis, UNC 66 - v Bob Verga, DUKE 66 - v Eddie Biedenbach, NCSU 66 - v Gary Ward, MARY 66 - v Larry Miller, UNC 66 - v Bob Leonard, UNC 66 - v Paul Long, WFU -------------------------------------- 67 1 52 Larry Miller, UNC 67 2 48 Bob Verga, DUKE -------------------------------------- 68 1 76 Larry Miller, UNC 68 2 34 Mike Lewis, DUKE --------------------------------------- 69 1 56 John Roche, USC 69 2 39 Charlie Scott, UNC 69 - v Butch Zatezalo, CLEM 69 - v Bill Bunting, UNC 69 - v Vann Williford, NCSU --------------------------------------- 70 1 51 John Roche, USC 70 2 47 Charlie Scott, UNC 70 3 16 Vann Williford, NCSU 70 4 4 Charlie Davis, WFU --------------------------------------- 71 1 86 Charlie Davis, WFU 71 2 30 John Roche, USC 71 3 4 Dennis Wuycik, UNC --------------------------------------- 72 1 80 Barry Parkhill, VIRG 72 2 12 Dennis Wuycik, UNC 72 3 10 Bob McAdoo, UNC 72 - v Tom McMillen, MARY 72 - v Tom Burleson, NCSU 72 - v Bill Chamberlain, UNC ---------------------------------------- 73 1 116 David Thompson, NCSU 73 2 4 George Karl, UNC 73 3t 1 Barry Parkhill, VIRG 73 3t 1 Tom Burleson, NCSU 73 3t 1 Tom McMillen, MARY ----------------------------------------- 74 1 139 Davis Thompson, NCSU 74 2 2 Bobby Jones, UNC 74 3 1 Monte Towe, NCSU ----------------------------------------- 75 1 ??? David Thompson, NCSU **UNANIMOUS*** ----------------------------------------- 76 1 74 Mitch Kupchak, UNC 76 2 50 Kenny Carr, NCSU 76 3 21 Phil Ford, UNC 76 - v Wally Walker, VIRG 76 - v John Lucas, MARY 76 - v Tate Armstrong, DUKE ----------------------------------------- 77 1 89 Rod Griffin, WFU 77 2 31 Phil Ford, UNC 77 - v Skip Brown, WFU 77 - v Wayne Rollins, CLEM 77 - v Kenny Carr, NCSU 77 - v Walter Davis, UNC ------------------------------------------ 78 1 86 Phil Ford, UNC 78 2 33 Rod Griffin, WFU ------------------------------------------ 79 1 70 Mike Gminski, DUKE 79 2 16 Jeff Lamp, VIRG 79 - v Jim Spanarkel, DUKE 79 - v Dudley Bradley, UNC 79 - v Mike O'Koren, UNC 79 - v Al Wood, UNC 79 - v Hawkeye Whitney, NCSU 79 - v Bobby Conrad, CLEM ------------------------------------------ 80 1 71 Albert King, MARY 80 2 26 Hawkeye Whitney, NCSU 80 - v Mike Gminski, DUKE 80 - v Greg Manning, MARY 80 - v Mike O'Koren, UNC 80 - v Jeff Lamp, VIRG 80 - v Buck Williams, MARY ------------------------------------------- 81 1 79 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 81 - v Jeff Lamp, VIRG 81 - v Gene Banks, DUKE 81 - v Al Wood, UNC 81 - v Frank Johnson, WFU 81 - v Buck Williams, MARY ------------------------------------------- 82 1 69 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 82 2 33 James Worthy, UNC ------------------------------------------- 83 1 75 Ralph Sampson, VIRG 83 2 61 Michael Jordan, UNC 83 3 2 Sam Perkins, UNC ------------------------------------------- 84 1 113 Michael Jordan, UNC 84 2 15 Sam Perkins, UNC 84 3 2 Lorenzo Charles, NCSU ------------------------------------------- 85 1 54 Len Bias, MARY 85 2 35 Lorenzo Charles, NCSU 85 3 28 Mark Price, GT 85 4 4 Brad Daugherty, UNC 85 5t 2 Johnny Dawkins, DUKE 85 5t 2 Kenny Green, WFU 85 7t 1 John Salley, GT 85 7t 1 Adrian Branch, MARY ------------------------------------------- 86 1 81 Len Bias, MARY 86 2 40 Johnny Dawkins, DUKE 86 3t 5 Brad Daugherty, UNC 86 3t 5 Mark Price, GT 86 5t 1 Mark Alarie, DUKE 86 5t 1 David Henderson, DUKE ------------------------------------------- 87 1 102 Horace Grant, CLEM 87 2 27 Kenny Smith, UNC 87 3 7 Derrick Lewis, MARY 87 4t 2 Tyrone Bogues, WFU 87 4t 2 Joe Wolf, UNC ------------------------------------------- 88 1 90 Danny Ferry, DUKE 88 2 25 J.R. Reid, UNC 88 3 8 Tom Hammonds, GT 88 4 2 Duane Ferrell, GT ------------------------------------------- 89 1 104 Danny Ferry, DUKE 89 2 5 Tom Hammonds, GT ------------------------------------------- 90 1 77 Dennis Scott, GT 90 2 4 Dale Davis, CLEM 90 3t 2 Kenny Anderson, GT 90 3t 2 Elden Campbell, CLEM 90 3t 2 Bryant Stith, VIRG 90 6 1 Tony Massenburg, MARY ------------------------------------------- 91 1 54 Rodney Monroe, NCSU 91 2 32 Christian Laettner, DUKE 91 3 21 Kenny Anderson, GT ------------------------------------------- 92 1 81 Christian Laettner, DUKE 92 2 23 Walt Williams, MARY 92 3t 1 Tom Gugliotta, NCSU 92 3t 1 Rodney Rogers, WFU 92 3t 1 Bryant Stith, VIRG ------------------------------------------- 93 1 51 Rodney Rogers, WFU 93 2 47 Bobby Hurley, DUKE 93 3t 2 George Lynch, UNC 93 3t 2 Eric Montross, UNC ------------------------------------------- 94 1 101 Grant Hill, DUKE (Actually 100.5 votes) 94 2 6 Randolph Childress, WFU 94 3 4 Bob Sura, FSU (Actually 3.5 votes) 94 4t 1 James Forrest, GT 94 4t 1 Joe Smith, MARY 94 4t 1 Eric Montross, UNC ------------------------------------------- 95 1 84 Joe Smith, MARY 95 2 13 Randolph Childress, WFU 95 3 7 Jerry Stackhouse, UNC 95 4t 1 Tim Duncan, WFU 95 4t 1 Rasheed Wallace, UNC -------------------------------------------- 96 1 88 Tim Duncan, WFU 96 2 14 Todd Fuller, NCSU 96 3 4 Matt Harpring, GT 96 4 1 Stephon Marbury, GT -------------------------------------------- 97 1 119 Tim Duncan, WFU 97 2 2 Keith Booth, MARY -------------------------------------------- 98 1 97 Antawn Jamison, UNC (actually 96.5 votes) 98 2 6 Matt Harpring, GT (actually 5.5 votes) -------------------------------------------- 99 1 70 Elton Brand, DUKE (actually 69.5 votes) 99 2 17 Trajan Langdon, DUKE 99 3 4 William Avery, DUKE 99 4 3 Steve Francis, MARY (actually 2.5 votes) 99 5 2 Terrence Morris, MARY 99 6 1 Shane Battier, DUKE ------------------------------------------------------- 00 1 82 Chris Carrawell, DUKE (actually 81.5 votes) 00 2 16 Shane Battier, DUKE (actually 15.5 votes) 00 3 3 Will Solomon, CLEM 00 4 2 Juan Dixon, MARY 00 5 1 Lonnie Baxter, MARY -------------------------------------------- 01 1t 32 Shane Battier, DUKE 01 1t 32 Joseph Forte, UNC 01 3 8 Jason Williams, DUKE ---------------------------------- 02 1 41 Juan Dixon, MARY 02 2 38 Jason Williams, DUKE 02 3 4 Mike Dunleavy, DUKE 02 4 1 Anthony Grundy, NCSU --------------------------------