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Mutts selected Preseason All-ACC

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BLACKSBURG – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its preseason men's basketball awards Tuesday live on ACC PM, with Virginia Tech forward Justyn Mutts earning Preseason All-ACC honors.

Mutts was named to the second team after averaging 10.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in 2021-22. He enters his third season in Blacksburg with 107 games started, which are the third-most in the ACC. Tech was picked to finish seventh in the league's predicted order of finish. All voting was conducted by media covering ACC Tipoff in Charlotte last week.

After exploring his professional options, Mutts opted to return to Blacksburg for the 2022-23 season. The Millville, New Jersey native reached double-figure scoring 17 times, including a season-high 24 vs. Notre Dame on Jan. 15, 2022. He dialed up Tech's second-ever triple-double behind 12 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists vs. Syracuse on Feb. 12, 2022.

The 2022 Skip Prosser Award winner is equally as impressive off the court. Mutts has already earned a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees in his college tenure.

The Hokies open the 2022-23 season vs. Delaware State at Cassell Coliseum on Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. Single-game tickets can be found HERE.

Preseason Predicted Order of Finish

RankTeamVotes (First Place)
1North Carolina1504 (90)
2Duke1339 (2)
3Virginia1310 (6)
4Miami1138 (2)
5Florida State1064
6Notre Dame971
7Virginia Tech921 (1)
8Syracuse700
9Wake Forest672
10NC State548
11Clemson528
12Louisville477
13Boston College368
14Pitt320
15Georgia Tech260


Preseason All-ACC First Team

NameTeamVotes
Armando BacotNorth Carolina100
Isaiah WongMiami81
Caleb LoveNorth Carolina58
Terquavion SmithNC State46
Jeremy RoachDuke35


Preseason All-ACC Second Team

NameTeamVotes
Jayden GardnerVirginia32
Dereck Lively IIDuke19
Justyn MuttsVirginia Tech18
PJ HallClemson17
RJ DavisNorth Carolina14


Preseason ACC Player of the Year

NameTeamVotes
Armando BacotNorth Carolina82
Isaiah WongMiami5
Caleb LoveNorth Carolina4
Jeremy RoachDuke3
PJ HallClemson2
RJ DavisNorth Carolina2
Terquavioin SmithNC State1
Hunter CattoorVirginia Tech1
Dariq WhiteheadDuke1


Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year

NameTeamVotes
Dereck Lively IIDuke57
Dariq WhiteheadDuke25
Tyrese ProctorDuke5
Mark MitchellDuke3
Tyler NickelNorth Carolina2
Jalen WashingtonNorth Carolina2
JJ StarlingNotre Dame2
Kyle FilipowskiDuke2
Prince AligbeBoston College1
Isaac McKneelyVirginia1
Seth TrimbleNorth Carolina1