Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball Player of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the women's basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) voted as the most outstanding player. It has been presented since the 1983–84, by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. The award was first given to Tresa Brown of North Carolina.

ACC women's basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding female basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (1984–present)
History
First award	1984
Most recent	Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech

Two players have won the award three times: Alana Beard of Duke and Alyssa Thomas of Maryland.^[1]

Duke has the most winners with 8 all-time.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Associated Press Player of the Year (1994–95 to present) Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present) Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present) John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the ACC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class^[a]	Reference
1983–84	Tresa Brown	North Carolina	C	Senior	^[1]
1984–85	Pam Leake	North Carolina	PG	Junior	^[1]
1985–86	Pam Leake (2)	North Carolina	PG	Senior	^[1]
1986–87	Chris Moreland	Duke	PF	Junior	^[1]
1987–88	Donna Holt	Virginia	PG	Senior	^[1]
1988–89	Vicky Bullett	Maryland	F	Senior	^[1]
1989–90	Andrea Stinson	NC State	SG	Junior	^[1]
1990–91	Dawn Staley*	Virginia	PG	Junior	^[1]
1991–92	Dawn Staley (2)*	Virginia	PG	Senior	^[1]
1992–93	Heather Burge	Virginia	C	Senior	^[1]
1993–94	Jessica Barr	Clemson	PF	Senior	^[1]
1994–95	Wendy Palmer	Virginia	F	Junior	^[1]
1995–96	Wendy Palmer (2)	Virginia	F	Senior	^[1]
1996–97	Tracy Reid	North Carolina	PF	Junior	^[1]
1997–98	Tracy Reid (2)	North Carolina	PF	Senior	^[1]
1998–99	Summer Erb	NC State	C	Senior	^[1]
1999–00	Georgia Schweitzer	Duke	PG	Junior	^[1]
2000–01	Georgia Schweitzer (2)	Duke	PG	Senior	^[1]
2001–02	Alana Beard	Duke	SG / SF	Sophomore	^[1]
2002–03	Alana Beard (2)	Duke	SG / SF	Junior	^[1]
2003–04	Alana Beard (3)*	Duke	SG / SF	Senior	^[1]
2004–05	Monique Currie	Duke	SF	Junior	^[1]
2005–06	Ivory Latta	North Carolina	PG	Junior	^[1]
2006–07	Lindsey Harding*	Duke	PG	Senior	^[1]
2007–08	Crystal Langhorne	Maryland	PF	Senior	^[1]
2008–09	Kristi Toliver	Maryland	PG / SG	Senior	^[1]
2009–10	Monica Wright	Virginia	PG	Senior	^[1]
2010–11	Shenise Johnson	Miami	PG / SG	Junior	^[1]
2011–12	Alyssa Thomas	Maryland	PF	Sophomore	^[1]
2012–13	Alyssa Thomas (2)	Maryland	PF	Junior	^[1]
2013–14	Alyssa Thomas (3)	Maryland	PF	Senior	^[1]
2014–15	Jewell Loyd	Notre Dame	PG / SG	Senior	^[1]
2015–16	Myisha Hines-Allen	Louisville	F	Sophomore	^[1]
2016–17	Alexis Peterson	Syracuse	PG	Senior	^[1]
2017–18	Asia Durr	Louisville	SG	Junior	^[1]
2018–19	Asia Durr (2)	Louisville	SG	Senior	^[1]
2019–20	Dana Evans	Louisville	SG	Junior	^[2]
2020–21	Dana Evans (2)	Louisville	SG	Senior	^[3]
2021–22	Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech	C	Junior	^[4]
2022–23	Elizabeth Kitley (2)	Virginia Tech	C	Senior	^[5]

Winners by school

School (year joined)^[6]	Winners	Years
Duke (1953)	8	1987, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Virginia (1953)	7	1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2010
Maryland (1953)^[b]	6	1989, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
North Carolina (1953)	6	1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2006
Louisville (2014)	5	2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
NC State (1953)	2	1990, 1999
Virginia Tech (2004)	2	2022, 2023
Clemson (1953)	1	1994
Miami (FL) (2004)	1	2011
Notre Dame (2013)	1	2015
Syracuse (2013)	1	2017
Boston College (2005)	0	—
Florida State (1991)	0	—
Georgia Tech (1978)	0	—
Pittsburgh (2013)	0	—
Wake Forest (1953)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a The "Class" column refers to United States terminology indicating that student's year of athletic eligibility, which usually (but not always) corresponds to the year of study. For example, a freshman is in his first year (of four) of eligibility, followed by sophomore, junior and senior.
• ^b The University of Maryland left the ACC to join the Big Ten in 2014.^[7]

References

1. "2019–20 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). theACC.com. Fall 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
2. "Louisville's Evans Named ACC Player of the Year, Boston College's Bernabei-McNamee Earns Coach of the Year". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
3. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces 2021 Award Winners". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
4. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces 2021-22 Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
5. "Acc Women's Basketball Announces 2022-23 Award Winners". The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
6. . theACC.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
7. (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 19, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved November 26, 2012.