Duke's Tre Jones, FSU's Leonard Hamilton Among 2020 ACC Award Winners

Duke guard Tre Jones was named ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year on Monday, one of several players honored with ACC men's basketball awards this season.

Jones was also named to the All-ACC first team, where he's joined by teammate Vernon Carey Jr., Louisville's Jordan Nwora, Notre Dame's John Mooney and Syracuse's Elijah Hughes.

Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton earned his third ACC Coach of the Year honor.

As for the remaining awards, Carey Jr. won Rookie of the Year, North Carolina's Garrison Brooks won Most Improved Player of the Year and Florida State's Patrick Williams won Sixth Man of the Year.

Jones, Virginia's Mamadi Diakite, Florida State's Trent Forrest, Georgia Tech's James Banks III and Boston College's Steffon Mitchell were named to the All-Defensive Team.

Carey Jr., Williams, North Carolina's Cole Anthony, Virginia Tech's Landers Nolley II and Duke's Cassius Stanley were named to the All-Freshmen Team.

Jones averaged 16.2 points, 6.4 assists and 4.2 rebounds to lead Duke to a 25-6 regular-season record. After taking a bit of a backseat during his freshman year, Jones took full reins of the leadership role on both ends of the floor as a sophomore. His clutch play earned him the nickname "Tre Stones."

Jones joins Malcolm Brogdon (2016) as the only players in ACC history to win Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. 

“Just looking at it, that only one other player has done it, that’s something I try to pride myself on is playing on both sides of the basketball—offensively and defensively,” Jones said Monday on ACC Network’s Packer and Durham (via The News & Observer). “Obviously that’s something I’m proud of.”

Hamilton, in his 18th season at Florida State, brought home the ACC regular-season championship for the first time. The Seminoles are 26-5 heading into the ACC tournament with a shot at receiving a No. 1 seed for the first time in program history.