The 2021 All-ACC Team and award winners were determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Notre Dame graduate defenseman Jack Kielty was voted ACC Defensive Player of the Year, while Duke attackman Brennan O’Neill was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year. North Carolina head coach Joe Breschi was voted ACC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career (2010, 2013).
ACC co-champions Duke and North Carolina led all schools with five All-ACC honorees apiece. Virginia placed four on the team, while Notre Dame had three honorees and Syracuse two.
The All-ACC team featured three repeat honorees, including Syracuse redshirt junior long-stick midfielder Brett Kennedy, who earned All-ACC honors for the third straight season. Virginia senior attackman Matt Moore and Duke graduate defender JT Giles-Harris claimed All-ACC honors for the second straight season.
Gray is the only player to rank among the top 10 nationally in goals per game, assists per game and points per game this season. He leads the ACC in goals (42), goals per game (3.23), points (77) and points per game (5.92). A junior attackman from Wading River, New York, Gray also averages 2.69 assists per game, which is second in the ACC. Among all Division I players this season, the Tewaaraton nominee ranks second in points per game, seventh in goals per game and eighth in assists per game. Gray owns three game-winning goals this season, second most among ACC players.
Kielty has led a strong Notre Dame defense that holds opponents to an ACC-low 8.5 goals per game, which is third fewest nationally. The graduate close defenseman from Morristown, New Jersey, has locked down some of the nation’s top attacking players all season and is a nominee for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award. The Fighting Irish have held four of their opponents to season lows in scoring in 2021: Robert Morris (7), Marquette (3), Duke (8) and Syracuse (8).
An attackman from Bay Shore, New York, O’Neill leads ACC freshmen in goals (38) and goals per game (2.71). He ranks second among all ACC players in goals, third in goals per game and 10th in points per game (3.29).
Breschi guided the Tar Heels to a share of the ACC championship with Duke, marking UNC’s first ACC title since 2017. Now in his 13th season at his alma mater, Breschi has led UNC to an 11-2 record and the top seed in the NCAA Tournament this season. It marks the Tar Heels’ first No. 1 overall seed in the tournament since 1993. UNC leads the nation in scoring this season with 17.1 goals per game.
All five ACC programs have earned bids to the 2021 NCAA Tournament, which begins Saturday. North Carolina (1), Duke (2), Virginia (4) and Notre Dame (6) each earned seeds, while Syracuse also claimed an at-large bid. At least one current ACC member team has advanced to the national semifinals in 39 of the last 40 years, and the current five ACC teams have combined for 24 national championships.
2021 Men’s Lacrosse All-ACC Team
A - Chris Gray, Sr., North Carolina
A - Pat Kavanagh, So., Notre Dame
A - Michael Sowers, Gr., Duke
A - Stephen Rehfuss, Gr., Syracuse
A - Brennan O'Neill, Fr., Duke
A - Matt Moore, Sr., Virginia
M - Justin Anderson, Gr., North Carolina
M - Nakeie Montgomery, Sr., Duke
M - Connor Shellenberger, R-Fr., Virginia
D - Jack Kielty, Gr., Notre Dame
D - Will Bowen, R-So., North Carolina
D - JT Giles-Harris, Gr., Duke
FO - Petey LaSalla, Jr., Virginia
SSM - Connor Maher, Jr., North Carolina
LSM - Jared Conners, Gr., Virginia
LSM - Matt Wright, So., North Carolina
LSM - Brett Kennedy, R-Jr., Syracuse
G - Liam Entenmann, So., Notre Dame
G - Mike Adler, Gr., Duke
Offensive Player of the Year: Chris Gray, Sr., A, North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Kielty, Gr., D, Notre Dame
Freshman of the Year: Brennan O’Neill, A, Duke
Coach of the Year: Joe Breschi, North Carolina
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