ACC Points of Pride

Jul 4, 2025, 8:28 PM

ACCOMPLISHING GREATNESS

The ACC has won 29 NCAA team titles over the last four academic years (2021-25), the most of any conference in its respective league-sponsored sports to date.

Before this season, the ACC won seven or more national titles in each of the last three years, marking its best run in conference history.
In 2022-23, the ACC won the most NCAA championships of any conference with a league-record nine.
In both the 2021-22 and 2023-24 academic years, the ACC won seven NCAA championships.

This year, the ACC won six NCAA team titles, bringing the league's total to 29 in sports sponsored by the league since the start of the 2021-22 season.

North Carolina won the 2024 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship
Virginia won the 2024-25 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship
Notre Dame won the 2025 NCAA Fencing Championship
Wake Forest won the 2025 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship
North Carolina won the 2025 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Stanford won the 2025 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship

The ACC also won 32 NCAA individual national titles this season:

Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard (Virginia) – Women’s Tennis Doubles
Jadin O’Brien (Notre Dame) – Pentathlon
Simen Guttormsen (Duke) – Pole Vault
Ethan Strand (North Carolina) – 3,000 meters
Makayla Paige (North Carolina) – 800 meters
Wes Porter, Gary Martin, Conor Murphy, Alex Sherman (Virginia) – DMR
Eszter Muhari (Notre Dame) – Women’s Epee
Magda Skarbonkiewicz (Notre Dame) – Women’s Sabre
Arianna Cao (Stanford) – Women’s Foil
Chase Emmer (Notre Dame) – Men’s Foil
Vince Robinson (NC State) – Wrestling (125 pounds)
Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Claire Curzan, Maxine Parker (Virginia) - 200 medley relay
Caroline Bricker, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann, Kayla Wilson (Stanford) - 800 free relay
Torri Huske (Stanford) – 200 IM
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 50 free
Chiara Pellacani (Miami) - 3-meter diving
Gretchen Walsh, Claire Curzan, Maxine Parker, Anna Moesch (Virginia) - 200 free relay
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 100 fly
Caroline Bricker (Stanford) - 400 IM
Alex Walsh (Virginia) - 100 breast
Claire Curzan (Virginia) - 100 back
Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, Anna Moesch (Virginia) - 400 medley relay
Claire Curzan (Virginia) - 200 back
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 100 free
Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 200 breast
Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 400 free relay
Jack Alexy, Gabriel Jett, Destin Lasco, Lucas Henveaux (California) – Men’s 800 free relay
Stanford Varsity Four - Women's Rowing
Stanford Second Varsity Eight - Women's Rowing
Devoux Deysel (Miami) – Men’s Javelin
Synclair Savage (Louisville) – Women’s Long Jump
Roisin Willis (Stanford) – Women’s 800 meters

Greatness Becomes Greater in Year Two of the “ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS” Creative Campaign

The Atlantic Coast Conference embarked on the second year of its “ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS” creative campaign, unveiled on August 30, 2023. The campaign continued to showcase the ACC's outstanding achievements in both athletics and academics through a series of powerful multi-sport advertisements, highlighting the conference's success across all sports during the academic year. (Release)

This second year of ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS expanded on year one. It continued with multiple TV spots - including football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and fall, winter and spring sports - radio spots, social media creative, digital media promotion and school-specific campaign design assets for each member school. (Release)

ACC Spring Sports PSA: HERE

Second ACC Men’s Basketball PSA: HERE

Second ACC Women’s Basketball PSA: HERE

ACC Men’s Basketball PSA: HERE

ACC Women’s Basketball PSA: HERE

ACC Winter Sports PSA: HERE

Postseason ACC Football PSA: HERE

Third ACC Football PSA: HERE

Second ACC Football PSA: HERE

First ACC Football PSA: HERE

ACC Fall Sports PSA: HERE

The ACC had 12 teams that finished the season either No. 1 or No. 2 in the country in their respective national polls:

North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse – No. 1 IWLCA & Inside Lacrosse Polls (FINAL)
Stanford Rowing – No. 1 Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll (FINAL)
Stanford Women’s Golf – No. 1 WGCA & Scoreboard powered by Clippd (FINAL)
Wake Forest Men’s Tennis – No. 1 ITA National Rankings (FINAL)
North Carolina Field Hockey – No. 1 Penn Monto/NFHCA DI Coaches Poll (FINAL)
North Carolina Women’s Soccer – No. 1 United Soccer Coaches Poll (FINAL)
Notre Dame Men’s Fencing – No. 1 USFCA Poll (FINAL)
Notre Dame Women’s Fencing - No. 1 USFCA Poll (FINAL)
Virginia Women’s Swimming & Diving – No. 1 CSCAA Coaches Division I Top 25 Poll (FINAL)
Florida State Women’s Golf – No. 2 Mizuno WGCA Coaches (FINAL)
Wake Forest Women’s Soccer – No. 2 United Soccer Coaches Poll (FINAL)
Louisville Volleyball – No. 2 AVCA/TARFLEX Coaches Poll (FINAL)

2024-25 ACC Champions

During the 2024-25 academic year, 12 different ACC schools won at least one ACC title, with nine schools winning multiple titles – North Carolina (4), Clemson (3), Duke (3), Notre Dame (3), Stanford (3), Virginia (3), Florida State (2), Virginia Tech (2), Wake Forest (2), California (1), Pitt (1) and Syracuse (1).

ACC Finishes with Six Schools in Top 25 of Final LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup Standings

Six ACC schools are ranked among the top 25, including three in the top 10, in the final Division I LEARFIELD College Directors’ Cup standings, announced Thursday. All 18 ACC programs finished in the top 75 of the final standings, led by Stanford at No. 3, North Carolina at No. 4 and Duke at No. 10 (Release).

ACC Network to Highlight all 18 ACC Programs with Dedicated School Takeovers, June 25-July 21

ACC Network School Takeovers returns this summer with 18 days of programming dedicated to each Atlantic Coast Conference member institution, June 25-July 21. The 24-hour ACCN takeovers will showcase some of the best games and greatest moments from the 2024-25 academic season for each school. Each day’s content will showcase instant classics and memorable performances starting at 12 a.m. ET. (Release)

Phillips Named President of CCA

ACC Commissioner James J. Phillips, Ph.D., will serve as President of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA), while Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill was approved as the organization’s Vice President, the CCA announced at the conclusion of the annual June meeting. (Release)

ACC Well-Represented Among ESPN 2025 ESPYS Nominees

The ACC was prominently featured in ESPN’s announcement on Thursday, June 26, as the nominees for the 2025 ESPYS were revealed. (Release)

Below is a list of ACC student-athletes who received nominations, along with the awards for which they are being considered:

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE

Cooper Flagg – Duke Men’s Basketball

Chloe Humphrey – North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse

BEST TEAM

North Carolina Tar Heels – NCAA Women’s Lacrosse

BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS

Cooper Flagg – Duke Basketball

BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS

Olivia Babcock – Pitt Volleyball

Kate Faasse – North Carolina Soccer

Gretchen Walsh – Virginia Swimming

Hosted by Shane Gillis, the 2025 ESPYS will air live from The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will stream live on ESPN+. The star-studded ceremony will relive the best moments of the year, honor leading athletes and performances and bring together the sports industry's fan favorites and biggest stars. Voting is now underway, and all categories will close at 5 p.m. ET on July 16, just prior to the start of The 2025 ESPYS. Fans can cast their vote at ESPN.com/ESPYS.

ACC Hosts Second Annual ACC Career Trek

Student-athletes from across the ACC visited Charlotte, North Carolina, and the ACC headquarters for the second annual ACC Career Trek, held June 25-27. Following a successful first year in 2024, the ACC Career Trek again provided student-athletes with the opportunity to visit various locations to explore potential careers, network with professionals and gain insights into what employees are seeking in potential candidates. (Release)

Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh Named 2025 Honda Cup Winner

Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh was named the 2025 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, claiming the prestigious Honda Cup, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced on Monday, June 30. The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 49 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”. The CWSA Board of Directors then selects the Honda Cup Winner from the list of 12 as the nation’s best collegiate female athlete. Previous ACC winners include NC State’s Julie Shea (Track & Field) in 1980, Virginia’s Dawn Staley (Basketball) in 1991 and North Carolina’s Mia Hamm (Soccer) in 1994. (Release)

Larson, Simon-O'Neill Start Tenure As Co-Athletic Directors

At the University of California, Berkeley, Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O'Neill have been named co-Directors of Athletics. They were appointed by Chancellor Rich Lyons following the retirement of the previous athletic director, Jim Knowlton. (Release)

Sites and Dates Announced for 2025-26 ACC Championships

The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced the dates and locations for its 27 ACC Championship events for the 2025-26 academic year. (Release)

FALL SPORTS

Football

The ACC announced that the 2025 ACC Football Kickoff event will once again be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, the home of the ACC, on July 22-24 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown. The event will feature all 17 football teams, with ACC Network providing coverage throughout all three days, including live interviews with head coaches and student-athletes, press conferences and more. Additional information on credentials, media schedules, student-athletes attending and other logistics will be announced in the future. (Release)
The ACC, in partnership with Bowl Season, officially announced the full slate of bowl matchups for the 2025 season. Mark your calendars, as the 2025 ACC bowl schedule will feature 11 marquee matchups on ABC and ESPN, and one each on CBS and Fox. (Release)
The ACC, in conjunction with its television partners, announced the kickoff times and network designations for more than 40 football games scheduled during the first three weeks of the 2025 season. The announcement also includes broadcast details for the league’s Thursday and Friday matchups throughout the season. (Release)
The 2025 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 6, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on ABC. The league’s football championship game will showcase the top two teams based on regular-season conference winning percentage. (Release)
ACC Football is set to dominate Friday nights this fall, with a league-record 12 games scheduled on Fridays. The specific game times and television networks will be announced at a later date. No other conference has more scheduled Friday games than the ACC. (Release)
The ACC continues to shine on the national stage with nine standout football players named to the 2025 Walter Camp Preseason All-America Teams, as announced by the Walter Camp Football Foundation on July 1. The ACC boasts nine players, with five on the First Team and four on the Second Team. (Release)
21 ACC football student-athletes were named to the 2025 Athlon Sports’ All-America teams, led by six first-team honorees in Pitt’s Desmond Reid (AP) and Kyle Louis (LB), Miami’s Francis Mauigoa (OL) and Keelan Marion (KR) and Clemson’s T.J. Parker (DL) and Peter Woods (DL). In addition to the six first-team selections, the ACC had five players named to each of the second, third and fourth teams. Clemson had the highest number of selections with eight, followed by Miami, Pitt, and Duke, each with three selections.
23 ACC standout players were named Phil Steele 2025 Preseason All-Americans, highlighted by six first-team selections in Clemson’s Cade Klubnik (QB), TJ Parker (DE) and Peter Woods (DT), Pitt’s Kyle Louis (LB) and Desmond Reid (AP), and Miami’s Keelan Marion (KR). In addition to the six first-team honorees, the ACC had seven second-team selections, seven third-team honorees and five fourth-team recipients for a total of 25 preseason All-America honors. Clemson topped the list with seven honorees, followed by Miami with four, Duke with three, Pitt with three, Georgia Tech with two, Louisville with two, and California, NC State, SMU, and Wake Forest each having one.
Boston College Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Relations Jamie DiLoreto will be recognized as a Walter Camp Football Foundation Honorary Member at the organization's Ring of Honor dinner on Sunday, July 13, in Orange, Connecticut. (Release)

Field Hockey

Mia Abello (Virginia), Carter Ayars (Louisville), Kelsey Bing (Stanford), Jans Croon (Virginia), Charlotte De Vries (Syracuse), Katie Dixon (North Carolina), Fusine Govaert (Boston College), Ryleigh Heck (North Carolina), Ashley Hoffman (North Carolina), Daniela Mendez-Trendler (North Carolina), Mia Schoenbeck (Wake Forest), Meredith Sholder (North Carolina), Cassie Sumfest (North Carolina), Megan Valzonis (California), and Jillian Wolgemuth (Duke) were named to the United States Senior Women's National Team. The USWNT will compete July 5-6 against New Zealand in Charlotte, North Carolina, and from July 24 to August 3 in the Pan American Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Mia Abello (Virginia), Madison Beach (Duke), Izzy Bianco (Louisville), Molly Catchpole (North Carolina), Sofia Ferri (North Carolina), Hope Haynes (North Carolina), Ryleigh Heck (North Carolina), Lauren Masters (Louisville), Alaina McVeigh (Duke), Daniela Mendez-Trendler (North Carolina), Ava Moore (Wake Forest), Riley Savage (Virginia), Merritt Skubisz (North Carolina), Opal Sparling (Stanford), Macy Szukics (Duke) and Rylie Wollerton (Louisville) have each earned a spot on the U21 United States Women’s National Team. The team will compete July 18-20 at the U-21 & Senior Nexus Championship in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and from August 9-19 at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Men’s Soccer

Three former ACC men’s soccer players were selected to the 2025 Major League Soccer All-Star Game: Brian White (Duke), Sebastian Berhalter (UNC) and Miles Robinson (Syracuse). They will play as part of the MLS All-Star Team against LIGA MX on July 23 in Austin, Texas.
Berhalter, Robinson and White join Mark McKenzie (Wake Forest) are part of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s roster in the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. The U.S. plays Mexico for the gold medal on Sunday in Houston, Texas.

Women’s Soccer

North Carolina’s Women's Soccer standout Kate Faasse is one of four nominees for the 'Best Collegiate Athlete – Women's Sports’ Award for The 2025 ESPYS.
Five of the Starting XI for the US Women’s National Team’s friendly against Canada on Wednesday, July 2, were from current ACC institutions: Claudia Dickey (North Carolina), Naomi Girma (Stanford), Avery Patterson (North Carolina), Michelle Cooper (Duke) and Emily Sonnett (Virginia). Former UNC standouts Ally Sentnor and Sam Meza entered as substitutes.

Volleyball

The ACC has over 20 volleyball student-athletes on national team rosters this summer. Georgia Tech leads the way with eight, Pitt and Miami have four each, Louisville has three, and NC State and Stanford have one apiece.
Pitt Volleyball standout Olivia Babcock has been tabbed an ESPY nominee for ‘Best College Athlete in Women's Sports’, announced on Thursday. She is the first Pitt female athlete in history to receive a nomination.

WINTER SPORTS

Men’s Basketball

Eight ACC players were selected in the 2025 NBA Draft, highlighted by Duke’s Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick. He was the first of five Blue Devils to be chosen in the draft. (Day 1 Release | Day 2 Release)
Duke’s Cooper Flagg, who led Duke to the Final Four while leading the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks, was nominated for “Best Collegiate Athlete – Men’s Sports” and “Best Breakthrough Athlete”, which would make him the first men’s college basketball player to win the category.

Women’s Basketball

Former Florida State standout Natasha Howard was named the MVP of the WNBA’s Commissioner’s Cup, as she led the Indiana Fever with 16 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in its 74-59 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, July 1. She is the second former ACC player to win MVP honors, joining former Duke star Chelsea Gray, who won the award in 2022 with the Las Vegas Aces.
Former Stanford standout Nneka Ogwumike was named a starter for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced on Monday, June 30. (Release)

Swimming & Diving

The ACC had 14 women’s and 12 men’s programs named to the CSCAA Spring Scholar All-America Teams. To earn this prestigious honor, teams were required to achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher during the Spring 2025 semester. Among Division I programs, the University of Miami (FL) led the women’s standings with a 3.89 GPA.
Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh was named the 2025 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, claiming the prestigious Honda Cup, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced on Monday, June 30. (Release)
The ACC had 17 male and female student-athletes named to the 2025 World University Games Roster, which will take place from July 16 to July 27. (Roster)

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball

Twelve ACC student-athletes were named to the 26-man USA Baseball roster for the 2025 Collegiate National Team, which will compete in the 45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Series in various locations across Japan from July 8-13. The ACC’s 12 selections comprise nearly half of the roster and are the most of any conference. (Release)
The College Baseball Foundation (CBF) announced 21 standouts who will be inducted as part of the 2025 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The class is comprised of players, coaches and other builders of the game – all who have positively impacted college baseball. Inductees from the Class of 2025 with ties to the current ACC teams include: Gene Ammann (Pitcher, Florida State, 1968-70), Kris Benson (Pitcher, Clemson, 1994-96), Gene Hooks (Third Baseman, Wake Forest, 1947-50), Mike Loynd (Pitcher, Florida State, 1982-84), Clint Evans (Coach, California, 1930-54) and Ray Tanner (Shortstop/Third Baseman/Coach, NC State, 1977-96). (Release)
A total of 26 ACC baseball student-athletes were named to All-America teams following the 2025 season. The ACC’s 26 student-athletes accounted for 79 total All-America selections across six media outlets. A total of 12 schools had at least one All-American, with Florida State leading the way with 15 total selections. The Seminoles were followed by North Carolina (14) and Georgia Tech (12). Of the 12 schools, 10 accounted for multiple selections. (Release)
Louisville advanced to the national semifinals before seeing its season come to an end. With Louisville’s trip to the Men’s College World Series, at least one ACC team has reached the MCWS in each of the past 19 years it has been held, with multiple ACC teams advancing 12 times during that span. The ACC has placed a total of 36 teams in the past 19 Men’s College World Series, averaging just under two per season.
Duke named Corey Muscara as its next head coach on Thursday, June 19, following a nationwide search. Muscara brings 15 years of collegiate coaching experience to Duke, including the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, where he helped guide the Demon Deacons to an average of 43 wins per season and reached the College World Series in 2023 for the first time since 1955. (Release)
Chris Pollard was named the next head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers on Tuesday, June 10. Pollard has spent the last 13 seasons at Duke, leading the Blue Devils to a 420-296 record, seven NCAA tournament berths, four Super Regional appearances and two ACC Baseball Tournament championships. His 420 wins are the most by a head coach in Duke baseball history. (Release)
Georgia Tech named James Ramsey as its new head coach on Thursday, June 5. Ramsey, who joined Georgia Tech baseball’s staff in 2019 as an assistant coach and was named associate head coach in 2021, replaces legendary head coach Dan

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