North Carolina junior Justin Jackson received the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player Award during the Tar Heels' annual awards ceremony on Tuesday night at the Carolina Inn, adding another honor in a season full of them.
Jackson was a consensus first-team All-American, the 18th in school history, and he became UNC's third player to win ACC Player of the Year honors and a national championship in the same season. Jackson, the 6-foot-8 wing forward, announced last week that he is entering the NBA draft.
Joel Berry, the junior point guard who earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the Final Four, was named UNC's permanent team captain (the John Lotz Award).