Georgia Tech guard Michael Devoe earned third-team All-ACC honors Monday, recognition for being one of the league’s top scorers despite facing defenses that have been focused on slowing him down.
Devoe completed the regular season as the conference’s No. 3 scorer at 18.0 points per game while finishing fourth in 3-point field-goal percentage (36.7%) and fifth in minutes per game (34.9). Devoe led the Jackets with 3.2 assists per game and his career-high five rebounds per game was third on the team.
Devoe hit double figures in scoring in 26 of 30 regular-season games and has reached 30 points in three games. A four-year starter at Tech, Devoe earned honorable-mention All-ACC status as a sophomore and junior and was also the MVP of the 2021 ACC Tournament.
As Tech goes into the ACC Tournament in New York – beginning Tuesday night against Louisville in the opening round – Devoe is 12th all-time in scoring at Tech with 1,689 points with a chance at passing Marcus Georges-Hunt (1,728) and Malcom Mackey (1,736) depending on how long the Jackets last in the tournament. He’s also seventh in 3-pointers (220) and top 15 in assists and steals.
“I just wanted to created a legacy for myself,” Devoe said Friday before his final home game at Tech. “The biggest thing that coach Pastner says is, ‘Not only do you play for Georgia Tech, but you also play for the name on your back. For the Devoes, for who I am as an individual, I just want to leave a legacy as being one of the greats. There’s so many legends here that played before me, and I always want to give all my respect to them.”
Tech has now had an All-ACC player in each of the past three seasons (Jose Alvarado in 2020, Alvarado and Moses Wright in 2021 and Devoe this year).
For the first time in Pastner’s tenure, there was not a Tech post player on the All-ACC defensive team, ending a run that included Ben Lammers, James Banks and Wright.
Wake Forest’s Alondes Williams was named player of the year, Duke’s Paolo Banchero was rookie of the year, Wake Forest’s Steve Forbes was coach of the year, Duke’s Mark Williams was defensive player of the year, N.C. State’s Dereon Seabron was most improved player and Florida State’s Matthew Cleveland was sixth man of the year. Cleveland is a graduate of Pace Academy.
