Rak Rolls In ACC Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Monday continued to be a day of recognition for Syracuse graduate student Rakeem Christmas with his selection as the ACC Most Improved Player and the league's Co-Defensive Player of the Year, in voting by the league's 15 head coaches.

Christmas was also named First Team All-ACC and to the ACC All-Defensive Team.

Christmas was joined on the First Team All-ACC squad by Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor, Notre Dame senior Jerian Grant, Virginia junior Malcolm Brogdon and Boston College's Olivier Hanlan, a junior.

Christmas led the Orange in scoring (17.5 ppg.), rebounding (9.1 rpg.) and blocked-shot (2.5 bpg.) averages. He started all 31 ames and logged an average of 34.3 minutes per game, the third highest total on the team.

First Team All-ACC
Olivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College
Jahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke
Jerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame
Rakeem Christmas, Gr. Syracuse
Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia

Second Team All-ACC
Quinn Cook, Sr., Duke
Montrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville
Terry Rozier, So., Louisville
Marcus Paige, Jr., North Carolina
Justin Anderson, Jr., Virginia

Third Team All-ACC
Tyus Jones, Fr., Duke
Brice Johnson, Jr., North Carolina
Trevor Lacey, Jr., NC State
Pat Connaughton, Sr., Notre Dame
Jamel Artis, So., Pitt

All-ACC Defensive Team
Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami
BeeJay Anya, So., NC State
Jerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame
Rakeem Christmas, Gr., Syracuse
Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia
Antony Gill, Jr, Virginia

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