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Blossomgame voted 3rd Team All-ACC |
CLEMSON, S.C. — Jaron Blossomgame was named to the All-ACC Third Team on Sunday, following a blue ribbon panel vote that included the league’s 15 head coaches and selected members of the media. It was Blossomgame’s second straight season earning an all-conference accolade, the first Tiger since Trevor Booker in 2009 and 2010 to earn multiple honors.
Blossomgame leads the Tigers and is ninth among all ACC players with a scoring average of 17.3 points per game. He surpassed 500 points for a second straight season, a first for any Clemson player since K.C. Rivers from 2006-08. Blossomgame is also second on the team with an average of 6.2 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-7 forward ranks eighth in Clemson history with 1,668 points and 811 rebounds. He is also tied for third in career starts (122), tied for fifth in 20-point games (30), tied for sixth in free throws (369), seventh in 10-point games (84), eighth in minutes played (3,820) and 10th in field goals (602). Blossomgame earned his undergraduate sociology degree from Clemson last August. 2016-17 All-ACC Teams, Honors All-Atlantic Coast Conference (5 points per 1st team vote, 3 points per 2nd team vote, 1 point per 3rd team vote) FIRST TEAM School Points Luke Kennard Duke *265 Justin Jackson North Carolina 256 John Collins Wake Forest 255 Bonzie Colson Notre Dame 253 Donovan Mitchell Louisville 231 SECOND TEAM Dwayne Bacon Florida State 141 Dennis Smith Jr. NC State 126 Ben Lammers Georgia Tech 109 Joel Berry II North Carolina 102 London Perrantes Virginia 90 THIRD TEAM Michael Young Pittsburgh 85 Jaron Blossomgame Clemson 67 Andrew White III Syracuse 67 Davon Reed Miami 66 Jayson Tatum Duke 51 ALL-HONORABLE MENTION (10-or-more points) Kennedy Meeks North Carolina 34 Matt Farrell Notre Dame 25 Zach LeDay Virginia Tech 24 Jerome Robinson Boston College 23 Jonathan Isaac Florida State 20 Seth Allen Virginia Tech 18 Jamel Artis Pittsburgh 17 V.J. Beachem Notre Dame 12 Steve Vasturia Notre Dame 11 Tyler Lydon Syracuse 10 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Ben Lammers Georgia Tech 50 Isaiah Wilkins Virginia 41 Donovan Mitchell Louisville 39 Davon Reed Miami 25 Xavier Rathan-Mayes Florida State 19 Matt Jones Duke 19 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Dennis Smith NC State 51 Jonathan Isaac Florida State 51 Jayson Tatum Duke 50 Josh Okogie Georgia Tech 49 Ky Bowman Boston College 32 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Justin Jackson North Carolina 24 John Collins Wake Forest 15 Bonzie Colson Notre Dame 8 Luke Kennard Duke 5 Donovan Mitchell Louisville 1 ACC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Dennis Smith NC State 36 Jayson Tatum Duke 8 Josh Okogie Georgia Tech 3 Ky Bowman Boston College 3 Jonathan Isaac Florida State 3 ACC COACH OF THE YEAR Josh Pastner Georgia Tech 24 Roy Williams North Carolina 8 Mike Brey Notre Dame 7 Leonard Hamilton Florida State 4 Danny Manning Wake Forest 3 Buzz Williams Virginia Tech 3 Jim Larrañaga Miami 2 Rick Pitino Louisville 2 ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ben Lammers Georgia Tech 37 Isaiah Wilkins Virginia 6 Kamari Murphy Miami 4 Matt Jones Duke 3 Xavier Rathan-Mayes Florida State 1 Dennis Smith NC State 1 Steve Vasturia Notre Dame 1 ACC MOST IMPROVED John Collins Wake Forest 26 Ben Lammers Georgia Tech 15 Matt Farrell Notre Dame 9 Justin Jackson North Carolina 1 Luke Kennard Duke 1 Donovan Mitchell Louisville 1 ACC SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR Seth Allen Virginia Tech 43 Tadric Jackson Georgia Tech 4 Frank Jackson Duke 3 Marcquise Reed Clemson 2 Markell Johnson NC State 1 *Denotes unanimous
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