Vernon Carey Jr. , Tre Jones, Cassius Stanley Pick Up Awards For Duke

The regular season is in the rear view mirror now and three players from Duke have picked up awards.

Who are they?

Vernon Carey Jr., Tre Jones and Cassius Stanley.

– Duke sophomore Tre Jones has been named both the 2020 ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while freshman Vernon Carey Jr., was voted as the ACC Freshman of the Year as the Blue Devils become the first program to sweep the conference's major men's basketball individual awards in a single-season. “ “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/3/9/mens-basketball-jones-carey-sweep-acc-basketball-postseason-awards.aspx

Both Jones and Carey earned first-team All-ACC mention, while Carey and classmate Cassius Stanley were selected to the All-Freshman Team. Jones was also tapped to the All-Defensive Team for the second straight season. The voting was conducted by a 75-member panel that included the league's head coaches and selected media.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/3/9/mens-basketball-jones-carey-sweep-acc-basketball-postseason-awards.aspx

Jones, an honorable mention All-ACC pick last season, becomes just the second player in conference history to win Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season, joining Virginia's Macolm Brogdon in 2015-16.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/3/9/mens-basketball-jones-carey-sweep-acc-basketball-postseason-awards.aspx