CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ACC/SMU) – Senior guard Boopie Miller was named All-ACC Second Team and senior guards B.J. Edwards and Jaron Pierre Jr. both earned All-ACC Honorable Mention, the ACC announced on Monday. Edwards was also selected to the ACC All-Defensive Team and earned votes for Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player.
 
Miller is averaging 19.4 points (5^th ACC / 48^th NCAA), 6.6 assists (2^nd ACC, 13^th NCAA), 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals (11^th ACC) with a 2.44 assist-to-turnover ratio (6^th ACC, 83^rd NCAA). He is shooting 47.5% from the field, 42.4% on threes and 87.0% on free throws (4^th ACC / 58^th NCAA) while recording five points-assists double-doubles. His late-game heroics include a half-court buzzer-beater for the 77-76 win versus Virginia Tech on Jan. 14.
 
Miller had 27 points and in the win versus [12/12] North Carolina on Jan. 3 to earn honors as ACC Player of the Week, AP National Player of the Week and one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week (Jan. 6). He was a preseason All-ACC Second Team selection as well as part of the Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List and Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. He was also No. 30 on the ESPN Top 50 Players at midseason and received votes on The Athletic Midseason All-America Teams. He was on the All-ACC Third Team in 2024-25.
 
Edwards earned three ACC Player of the Week honors this season. He is averaging 12.7 points (31^st ACC), 5.9 rebounds (19^th ACC), 4.9 assists (7^th ACC / 67^th NCAA) and 2.3 steals (1^st ACC / 11^th NCAA) with a 2.56 assist-to-turnover ratio (4^th ACC / 69^th NCAA). He has two triple-doubles this season, and is one of three players in the nation with multiple triple-doubles. He also leads the nation with three games of at least 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals; and is one of just six players to record three such games in a season since 2004.
 
This is the second straight Edwards is on the ACC All-Defensive Team and receiving votes ACC Most Improved Player. Only ACC Player of the Year, Cameron Boozer from Duke, earned more ACC Player of the Week Honors this season.
 
Pierre Jr. is averaging 17.5 points (8^th ACC), 5.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.9 steals while shooting 46.3% overall, 37.7% on threes and 75.0% on at the free-throw line. He was the Hoop Hype XL Player of the Game after scoring 35 points in the 93-80 overtime win versus Texas A&M on Dec. 7. He has a dozen 20-point games for the Mustangs this season.
 
In the second season under Head Coach Andy Enfield, the Mustangs are 19-12 overall. SMU recorded a pair of ranked wins over [12/12] North Carolina on Jan. 3 (97-83) and [21/21] Louisville on Feb. 17 (95-85). That is the most ranked wins for SMU since 2019-20 (2) and the most ranked wins at Moody Coliseum since 2013-14 (3). The program at least received votes in the AP or USA Today Coaches Poll in nine weeks and was No. 24 in the AP Top 25 and No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Jan. 5. That was the first time the Mustangs were ranked since the final poll of the 2016-17 season.
 
 SMU is averaging 85.0 points (2^nd ACC, 20^th NCAA) and 17.1 assists (3^rd ACC, 30^th NCAA) while shooting 49.3% (3^rd ACC, 22^nd NCAA) overall and 37.8% on threes (2^nd ACC, 23^rd NCAA). The No. 11 seeded Mustangs will face No. 14 seeded Syracuse (15-16) in the first round of the T. Rowe Price ACC Tournament on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. CT.
 
ACC Release
 
2025-26 ACC AWARDS
Player of the Year – Cameron Boozer, Fr., F, Duke
Defensive Player of the Year – Maliq Brown, Sr., F, Duke
Rookie of the Year – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Most Improved Player – Juke Harris, So., G, Wake Forest
Sixth Man of the Year – Maliq Brown, Sr., F, Duke
Coach of the Year – Jon Scheyer, Duke
 
2025-26 ALL-ACC TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Name, School, Points
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 425
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 410
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford, 356
Malik Reneau, Miami, 344
Thijs De Ridder, Virginia, 302
 
SECOND TEAM
Boopie Miller, SMU, 293
Juke Harris, Wake Forest, 237
Henri Veesaar, North Carolina, 215
Tre Donaldson, Miami, 204
Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 201
 
THIRD TEAM
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 151
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 147
Quadir Copeland, NC State, 98
Robert McCray V, Florida State, 90
Dai Dai Ames, California, 51
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Jaron Pierre Jr., SMU, 45
Donnie Freeman, Syracuse, 36
RJ Godfrey, Clemson, 32
Amani Hansberry, Virginia Tech, 29
Seth Trimble, North Carolina, 27
Patrick Ngongba II, Duke, 26
Justin Pippen, California, 18
Darrion Williams, NC State, 16
Jalen Haralson, Notre Dame, 15
B.J. Edwards, SMU, 15
 
Note: All-ACC Team points are determined on a 5-3-1 system (five points for first team, three points for second team, one point for third team).
 
Player of the Year
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 84 votes
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford, 1
Thijs De Ridder, Virginia, 1
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Maliq Brown, Duke, 25
Dame Sarr, Duke, 15
Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia, 13
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 10
B.J. Edwards, SMU, 8
Ernest Udeh Jr., Miami, 4
William Kyle III, Syracuse, 3
Patrick Ngongba II, Duke, 2
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 2
Quadir Copeland, Syracuse 2
Johann Grünloh, Virginia, 2
 
Rookie of the Year
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 82 votes
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford, 3
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 1
 
Sixth Man Of the Year
Maliq Brown, Duke, 38
Jacari White, Virginia, 20
Tru Washington, Miami, 19
Adrian Wooley, Louisville, 5
Jeremy Dent-Smith, Stanford, 2
Nojus Indrusaitis, Pitt, 1
Cayden Boozer, Duke, 1
 
Most Improved Player
Juke Harris, Wake Forest, 55 votes
Dai Dai Ames, California, 8
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 6
Cole Certa, Notre Dame, 5
Malik Reneau, Miami, 3
B.J. Edwards, SMU, 3
Fred Payne, Boston College, 2
Paul McNeil, Jr., NC State, 1
Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia, 1
Ben Hammond, Virginia Tech, 1
Patrick Ngongba II, Duke, 1
 
Coach of the Year
Jon Scheyer, Duke, 51 votes
Jai Lucas, Miami, 19
Ryan Odom, Virginia, 9
Luke Loucks, Florida State, 4
Brad Brownell, Clemson, 2
Mark Madsen, California, 1
 
All-Defensive Team
Maliq Brown, Duke, 63 votes
Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia, 58
B.J. Edwards, SMU, 55
Dame Sarr, Duke, 48
Ernest Udeh Jr., Miami, 40
 
All-Rookie Team
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 84 votes
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 84
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford, 82
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 64
Thijs De Ridder, Virginia, 62
 
86 total votes
Note: coaches cannot vote for their players