A richly deserved honor for Coach Lawson
This Duke Basketball season has been immensely satisfying for Blue Devil fans, and that’s on both the men’s and women’s side.
Both teams won regular season ACC Championships and on Tuesday, women’s coach Kara Lawson was named ACC Coach of the Year.
It’s richly deserved.
You’ll remember that when Duke played West Virginia on November 14th, and after a scuffle right before halftime and multiple ejections, the Mountaineers beat Duke with just five available players.
The Blue Devils fell to 3-6 before they started winning, running off 17 straight victories before losing at Clemson.
Duke finished the regular season ranked #13 nationally.
It was truly a remarkable coaching job and the honor is richly deserved.
In addition to Lawson, four other players were honored: Toby Fournier is first-team All-ACC, while according to GoDuke.com, “…senior Taina Mair made her All-ACC debut with first-team honors by the Blue Ribbon Panel and second-team recognition in a vote of the league’s coaches. Senior Ashlon Jackson was voted to the first team by the coaches and to the second team by the Blue Ribbon Panel. Both Fournier and Mair were tabbed to the All-Defensive Team by both voting groups. Freshman Arianna Roberson rounded out Duke’s selections with All-Freshman Team honors for both lists.”
This has been an immensely satisfying season, and of course, it’s not over yet. The ACC Tournament starts on Wednesday, and then it’s on to the NCAAs.
Let’s go Duke!
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