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ACC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding freshman male basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference Country United States Presented by Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association First awarded 1976 Currently held by Markus Burton, Notre Dame
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is an award given to the freshman basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association as the most outstanding freshman player.
Virginia's Ralph Sampson won the award in 1980. Joe Smith won in 1994 while playing for Maryland. Chris Bosh won the award in 2003 as a freshman at Georgia Tech. Wake Forest's Chris Paul won the award in 2004. North Carolina's Harrison Barnes captured the award in 2011. Zion Williamson of Duke won the award in 2019. School (year joined)[ 21] Winners Years Duke (1953) 14 1976, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Georgia Tech (1978) 11 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2010 North Carolina (1953) 9 1981, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Virginia (1953) 4 1980, 1989, 1999, 2009 Wake Forest (1953) 3 1991, 1998, 2004 NC State (1953) 2 1977, 2017 Maryland (1953)[ a 1] 2 1979, 1994 Boston College (2005) 1 2013 Clemson (1953) 1 1995 Florida State (1991) 2 1992, 2021 Notre Dame (2013) 1 2024 Miami (2004) 0 — Pittsburgh (2013) 0 — South Carolina (1953)[ a 2] 0 — Syracuse (2013) 0 — Virginia Tech (2004) 0 —
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