The ACC announced its All-Academic Team Wednesday morning with four Virginia Tech student-athletes making the list; Aisha Sheppard, Elizabeth Kitley, Georgia Amoore and Cayla King.
Amoore studies communication sciences & social inquiry, Sheppard is enrolled in leadership studies while both King and Kitley are in human nutrition, foods and exercise classes.
King has started 19 of 21 games and averages 8.7 points per game. She ranks fourth in the conference with 51 made 3's and hit a career-best seven triples in the Hokies' first win over Pitt back in December. In that contest, King scored 29 points which included 7 for 12 on 3's and eight made free throws, also a career best. The sophomore from Greensboro, also averages 3.0 rebounds per game.
Sheppard, a First Team All-ACC selection, concluded the regular season second in the conference in scoring at 19.38 points per game and the Alexandria, Virginia native led the league with 84 3's, tying her own single-season record at Virginia Tech and cemented herself at the top of the charts in program history. Her career total of 303 ranks seventh all-time in the ACC.
Her 77 made free throws are third in the league. She also averaged a career-best 3.2 assists this season playing 33.5 minutes per game.
Sheppard has scored 20 or more nine times this season, including a 28-point effort as the Hokies earned the best win in school history, defeating then-No. 2 NC State 83-71 in overtime. She scored all of her points after halftime, including 18 in the overtime period alone.
She was recognized as the ACC Player of the Week on February 1 and is one of two players in the conference to record 10 or more points in each game this season.
Kitley, another First Team player, ranks among the top four in the league in points (18.57), rebounds (10.9), field goal percentage (54.2), blocks (1.95 per game) and free throws (79), in addition to leading the conference in double-doubles with 13.
The Summerfield, North Carolina native is the only ACC athlete to register two 30-point scoring games this season and was one of two players to record a 20-rebound game, which she did in a contest vs. Wake Forest where she tied a school record with 21.
She was recognized as the ACC's Co-Player of the Week on January 18 and recorded six games of 20 or more points this season.
Amoore, who collected All-Freshman Team honors Tuesday, averaged 11.2 points, 4.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 2020-21, culminating with an All-Freshman Team nod. The Australia native ranks fourth in the conference in assists and is second in 3-point field goal percentage (42%).
She was awarded Freshman of the Week honors on February 15 after scoring 17 points on 5 of 6 shooting from beyond the arc and registering five assists and four steals in a 20-point win at Miami.
Her 11.2 points per game is the fourth-highest total for a rookie in the league. Her 97 total assists are by far the most for a frosh, with Carolina's Deja Kelly in second place with 62 on the season.