For the last 49 years, Charlie Scott has been well aware that honors bestowed at the whims of others are unpredictable.
It was 1969 when Scott, an All-America selection by both the AP and UPI and the only Atlantic Coast Conference player so chosen, was left off a handful of All-ACC ballots and lost the ACC Player of the Year award to South Carolina's John Roche.
Scott went on to collect numerous other awards; he was an Academic All-America pick, ACC Athlete of the Year, and his jersey hangs in the Smith Center rafters. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and enjoyed a decade-long professional career.