March 5, 2017
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2017 all-conference teams on Sunday, March 5. Junior forward Bonzie Colson was named to the All-ACC First Team, while seniors V.J. Beachem and Steve Vasturia, along with junior Matt Farrell, all earned Honorable Mention honors. Notre Dame is the only conference team to have four players earn 10 or more votes for all-conference honors this season.
Colson, who finished third in Player of the Year voting, led the league in rebounds all season and is the only conference player to average a double-double for the entire conference season. Colson also ranks in the ACC top 10 in field goal percentage (fourth, .523), blocked shots (sixth, 1.42 per game) and free throw percentage (ninth, .807). The New Bedford, Mass., native also is finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to college basketball’s player of the year and the Karl Malone Trophy, given to the nation’s top power forward.
Colson joins Jerian Grant (2015) as All-ACC first-team selections in the four years the Irish have been apart of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Farrell finished among the ACC’s top seven in three-point field goal percentage, assists and steals and also finished third for the league’s Most Improved Player Award. Vasturia is on pace to lead the league in free-throw percentage (.911) and was named ACC Player of the Week on January 16, 2017 after helping the Irish start the ACC conference schedule with a 5-0 record with several game-clinching clutch plays.
Beachem has consistently been among the league leaders in three-point shooting his season and is third in the ACC in three-point field goals made this season (82). He also is ninth in the league for blocks-per-game in conference play (1.33).
The honors are all the first for each player in their careers at Notre Dame and amount to the most all-league honors (first, second, third team or honorable mention) in program history. In 2002, current Irish assistant Ryan Humphrey earned first-team all-Big East honors, Chris Thomas third-team honors and David Graves was named honorable mention all-Big East.
A look at each player’s statistics this season, including ACC-only and where they rank in each statistical category on the conference charts:
Bonzie Colson 2016-17 Statistics
|
GP-GS |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3FG-3FGA |
3FG% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
OR |
DR |
TR |
RPG |
A |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
PPG |
|
|
Overall |
31-31 |
195-373 |
.523 |
19-48 |
.396 |
117-145 |
.807 |
91 |
231 |
322 |
10.4 |
52 |
44 |
34 |
526 |
17.0 |
|
ACC Rank |
4 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
||||||||
|
ACC |
18-18 |
118-218 |
.541 |
11-22 |
.500 |
68-91 |
.747 |
51 |
138 |
189 |
10.5 |
26 |
26 |
17 |
315 |
17.5 |
|
ACC Rank |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
t6 |
8 |
Matt Farrell 2016-17 Statistics
|
GP-GS |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3FG-3FGA |
3FG% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
OR |
DR |
TR |
RPG |
A |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
PPG |
|
|
Overall |
31-31 |
148-334 |
.443 |
71-167 |
.425 |
73-88 |
.830 |
8 |
57 |
65 |
2.1 |
169 |
5 |
46 |
440 |
14.2 |
|
ACC Rank |
4 |
t2 |
t7 |
22 |
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|
ACC |
18-18 |
88-204 |
.431 |
48-106 |
.453 |
45-59 |
.763 |
5 |
32 |
37 |
2.1 |
94 |
2 |
30 |
269 |
14.9 |
|
ACC Rank |
7 |
5 |
3 |
t3 |
t20 |
V.J. Beachem 2016-17 Statistics
|
GP-GS |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3FG-3FGA |
3FG% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
OR |
DR |
TR |
RPG |
A |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
PPG |
|
|
Overall |
31-31 |
171-388 |
.441 |
82-212 |
.387 |
54-66 |
.818 |
19 |
102 |
121 |
3.9 |
24 |
36 |
28 |
478 |
15.4 |
|
ACC Rank |
3 |
16 |
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|
ACC |
18-18 |
102-228 |
.447 |
51-129 |
.395 |
20-25 |
.800 |
13 |
51 |
64 |
3.6 |
7 |
24 |
15 |
275 |
15.3 |
|
ACC Rank |
t4 |
9 |
19 |
Steve Vasturia 2016-17 Statistics
|
GP-GS |
FG-FGA |
FG% |
3FG-3FGA |
3FG% |
FT-FTA |
FT% |
OR |
DR |
TR |
RPG |
A |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
PPG |
|
|
Overall |
31-31 |
142-325 |
.437 |
51-143 |
.357 |
82-90 |
.911 |
19 |
101 |
120 |
3.9 |
105 |
3 |
37 |
417 |
13.5 |
|
ACC Rank |
1 |
25 |
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|
ACC |
18-18 |
78-194 |
.402 |
26-87 |
.299 |
48-53 |
.906 |
9 |
68 |
77 |
4.3 |
64 |
3 |
21 |
230 |
12.8 |
|
ACC Rank |
4 |