CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A pair of Hurricanes collected regular season Atlantic Coast Conference honors on Tuesday as the league announced its league-wide awards voted on by the ACC coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel.
University of Miami freshman Ja’Leah Williams was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team and graduate student Kelsey Marshall earned All-ACC Team honorable mention for the 2021-22 season.
Williams exploded onto the college basketball scene this season, averaging 7.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, good for second on the Hurricanes in both categories. She ranks in the top five among ACC freshman in steals (first), rebounding (third), scoring (fourth) and assists (fourth), one of just two league rookies to do so.
The Pompano Beach, Fla., native has started 22 of 28 games played and has totaled eight double-digit outings as a freshman this season. She earned ACC Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 21 after averaging 8.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in Miami’s three wins that week.
Williams becomes just the fifth Hurricane to earn ACC All-Freshman Team honors, joining the likes current assistant coach Shenise Johnson, current teammates Mykea Gray and Kelsey Marshall and 2017 graduate Adrienne Motley.