GREENSBORO – Duke sophomore Matthew Hurt has been named the 2021 ACC Most Improved Player and was selected to the All-ACC First Team, while DJ Steward was tapped to the All-Freshman Team and senior Jordan Goldwire earned All-Defensive Team honors as the conference's men's basketball postseason awards were announced Monday.
Hurt becomes the second Blue Devil to claim the ACC Most Improved Player award, joining Grayson Allen in 2016. He is Duke's 74th All-ACC First Team selection, which ranks second in conference history, and the 49th player to have earned first-team status under head coach Mike Krzyzewski -- the most such honors in the ACC in the Coach K era.