Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame named first team All-ACC
Junior forward Jaron Blossomgame was named First-Team All-ACC and Most Improved Player by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association and the ACC coaches.
Blossomgame is the 13th player in Clemson history to be named first-team All-ACC.
The 6-7, 220-pounder put together one of the best individual seasons in Clemson history in 2015-16. Blossomgame is third in the ACC in overall (18.6 ppg) and ACC-game (20.7) scoring. He also finished the regular season sixth in the ACC in field goal accuracy (51.6 percent), while shooting a career-best 44.9 percent from three-point distance. Blossomgame scored 373 points in the ACC regular season, third-most in program history.
Blossomgame ranked among the league leaders with 15 games with at least 20 points, and three games of 30 or more. His top scoring effort was at NC State, where he poured in a career-high 33. He averaged over 20 points per game against top-25 teams, helping the Tigers to four such wins in the month of January.
Tiger center Landry Nnoko was named to the All-ACC Defensive Team. Nnoko led the ACC in blocks per game (2.4) during the regular season, accumulating a career-high 71 over 30 games. He is the primary factor the Tigers lead the ACC as a team in blocks per game. Nnoko posted a career-best eight blocks at Virginia Tech, most by any ACC player in a game this season.
All-ACC Team
The all-Atlantic Coast Conference teams, as announced Monday following a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches.
FIRST TEAM
Brice Johnson, Sr., UNC
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
Grayson Allen, Soph., Duke
Jaron Blossomgame, Jr., Clemson
Anthony Barber, Jr., N.C. State
SECOND TEAM
Demetrius Jackson, Jr., Notre Dame
Sheldon McClellan, Sr., Miami
Brandon Ingram, Fr., Duke
Michael Gbinije, Sr., Syracuse
Marcus Georges-Hunt, Sr., Georgia Tech
THIRD TEAM
Damion Lee, Sr., Louisville
Anthony Gill, Sr., Virginia
Michael Young, Jr., Pittsburgh
Zach Auguste, Sr., Notre Dame
Tonye Jekiri, Sr., Miami
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., Virginia
Tonye Jekiri, Sr., Miami
Michael Gbinije, Sr., Syracuse
Landry Nnoko, Sr., Clemson
Chinanu Onuaku, Soph., Louisville
Brice Johnson, Sr., UNC
This story was originally published March 7, 2016 at 5:34 PM with the headline "Clemson’s Jaron Blossomgame named first team All-ACC."