Published Mar 4, 2018
Omer Yurtseven earns third-team All-ACC honors
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NC State sophomore center Omer Yurtseven was named third-team All-ACC and finished third in the league's Most Improved Player category.

Wolfpack fifth-year senior shooting guard Allerik Freeman and sophomore point guard Markell Johnson both received All-ACC honorable mention. NCSU head coach Kevin Keatts finished third in Coach of the Year voting.

Yurtseven averaged 13.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in the regular season. He ranks 11th in the ACC in rebounding and eighth in blocked shots. The Istanbul, Turkey, native has also connected on 58.0 percent of his field goal attempts, third in the ACC and on pace for the highest field-goal percentage at NC State since TJ Warren shot 62.2 percent from the field as a freshman in the 2012-13 season.

Yurtseven averaged 14.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in 18 ACC tilts.

Freeman earned honorable mention honors after leading the Pack in scoring (15.3 points per game) during his only season with NC State. The Charlotte, N.C., native ranked second on the team with 37 steals, third with 79 assists and fourth with 127 rebounds.

He led NC State in scoring 14 times this season, including the Pack’s final six games of the regular season.

Johnson led the ACC with an average of 7.5 assists per game. The Cleveland, Ohio, native set an NC State record with five consecutive games of double-digit assists in the middle of the conference season. Johnson upped his assist average in ACC play, leading the conference with an average of 8.1 assists per outing for league games-only.

His season assist average is the highest at NC State since Chris Corchiani's 9.6 assists per game in the 1990-91 season.

2018 ACC postseason honors All-ACC

First Team

Marvin Bagley III, Duke, 280*

Jerome Robinson, Boston College, 273

Luke Maye, North Carolina, 246

Joel Berry II, North Carolina, 223

Kyle Guy, Virginia, 168

Second Team

Tyus Battle, Syracuse, 159

Marcquise Reed, Clemson, 143

Devon Hall, Virginia, 129

Wendell Carter, Jr., Duke, 126

Justin Robinson, Virginia Tech, 123

Third Team

Grayson Allen, Duke, 119

Matt Farrell, Notre Dame, 89

Ty Jerome, Virginia, 67

Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech, 57

Omer Yurtseven, NC State, 54

Honorable Mention

Deng Adel, Louisville, 51

Ky Bowman, Boston College, 37

Lonnie Walker, Miami (FL), 30

Bryant Crawford, Wake Forest, 23

Markell Johnson, NC State, 21

Ray Spalding, Louisville, 19

Allerik Freeman, NC State, 18

Theo Pinson, North Carolina, 14

Terance Mann, Florida State, 12

Gabe DeVoe, Clemson, 12

All-Freshman Team

Marvin Bagley III, Duke, 57*

Wendell Carter, Jr., Duke, 56

Lonnie Walker, Miami, 51

De'Andre Hunter, Virginia, 33

Oshae Brissett, Syracuse, 33

All-Defensive Team

Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 49

Anas Mahmoud, Louisville, 37

Elijah Thomas, Clemson, 34

Devon Hall, Virginia, 32

Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech, 25

Player of the Year

Marvin Bagley III, Duke, 37

Jerome Robinson, Boston College, 14

Luke Maye, North Carolina, 5

Devon Hall, Virginia, 1


Rookie of the Year

Marvin Bagley III, Duke, 56

De'Andre Hunter, Virginia, 1

Coach of the Year

Tony Bennett, Virginia, 47

Brad Brownell, Clemson, 8

Kevin Keatts, NC State, 2

Defensive Player of the Year

Isaiah Wilkins, Virginia, 42

Anas Mahmoud, Louisville, 7

Elijah Thomas, Clemson, 3

Devin Wilson, Virginia Tech, 2

Jack Salt, Virginia, 1

Rex Pflueger, Notre Dame, 1

Wendell Carter Jr., Duke, 1

Most Improved Player

Luke Maye, North Carolina, 26

Frank Howard, Syracuse, 5

Omer Yurtseven, NC State, 5

Martinas Geben, Notre Dame, 5

Doral Moore, Wake Forest, 5

Kyle Guy, Virginia, 3

Marcquise Reed, Clemson, 3

Phil Cofer, Florida State, 2

Dewan Huell, Miami, 2

Ty Jerome, Virginia, 1

Sixth Man of the Year

De'Andre Hunter, Virginia, 39

Chris Clarke, Virginia Tech, 7

Chris Lykes, Miami, 5

Keyshawn Woods, Wake Forest, 3

Trent Forrest, Florida State, 2

Marques Bolden, Duke, 1

* - Unanimous selection