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Hansbrough, Lawson, Henderson make first-team All-ACC

Mar 9, 2009

Tyler Hansbrough is the first player in ACC history to be unanimously selected four times to the all-conference team.

The All-ACC teams were announced Monday. North Carolina teammate Ty Lawson joined him on the first team, along with Florida State guard Toney Douglas, Duke swingman Gerald Henderson and Miami guard Jack McClinton.

Hansbrough leads the league with a 21-point scoring average. The reigning national player of the year and leading scorer in school history enters this week's ACC tournament 52 points shy of J.J. Redick's 3-year-old league record of 2,769 career points.

"It¹s quite an honor considering all the great players that have played in the ACC,"  Hansbrough said. "It's really a tough league year in and year our.

"If it's not the best league in a given year, it¹s always one of the best. I don¹t think in terms of individual awards and accomplishments, but to do something that¹s never been done before in a league as great as the ACC is pretty cool."

Results were determined by a vote of 76 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

ALL-ACC

(First team vote – 3 points; 2nd Team Vote – 2 points; 3rd Team Vote – 1 point)

First team (Points)
Tyler Hansbrough, Sr., North Carolina* 228
Toney Douglas, Sr., Florida State 226
Ty Lawson, Jr., North Carolina 224
Gerald Henderson, Jr., Duke 210
Jack McClinton, Sr., Miami 188
*unanimous 1st team

Second team (Points)
Jeff Teague, So., Wake Forest 185
Trevor Booker, Jr., Clemson 156
Tyrese Rice, Sr., Boston College 151
Kyle Singler, So., Duke 128
Greivis Vasquez, Jr., Maryland 116

Third team (Points)
James Johnson, So., Wake Forest 100
Malcolm Delaney, So., Virginia Tech 83
A.D. Vassallo, Sr., Virginia Tech 81
Danny Green, Sr., North Carolina 48
Gani Lawal, So., Georgia Tech 46

Honorable mention (15 or more points) Points
Wayne Ellington, Jr., North Carolina 41
K.C. Rivers, Sr., Clemson 33
Sylven Landesberg, Fr., Virginia 15


All-Freshman (Votes)
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia* 76
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest* 76
Iman Shumpert, Georgia Tech 70
Solomon Alabi, Florida State 59
Ed Davis, North Carolina 55
*unanimous

Honorable Mention (15 or more votes)
Chris Singleton, Florida State 21