CHAPEL HILL – Justin Jackson, the 18th consensus first-team All-America in University of North Carolina history, and the third Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year honors and win an NCAA title in the same year, received the 2017 Dean Smith Most Valuable Player Award at the annual awards ceremony held on Tuesday evening at the Carolina Inn.
Junior point guard Joel Berry II, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Final Four, was named the team’s captain (John Lotz Award). He is the first non-senior to be named a UNC captain in a national championship season.