Georgia Tech’s Moses Wright was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-ACC first team, and Jose Alvarado was voted the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team All-ACC honoree Monday by a vote of the ACC panel of media and coaches, highlighting the list of honors awarded to Yellow Jacket players following the team’s run to a fourth-place finish in the ACC.

Wright becomes the third Yellow Jacket to be named the conference’s top player. Mark Price was named by the Associated Press in 1985, and Dennis Scott was honored in 1990 by the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association, whose selections are recognized as the official team. Alvarado is the second Tech player to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors, following center Ben Lammers in 2017.

A native of Raleigh, N.C., Wright is the first Tech player to make the All-ACC first team since center Alvin Jones in 2001, and was the overall leading vote-getter in the balloting by the panel. Alvarado, a 6-foot senior, made the second team after being voted to the third-team in 2020. Junior guard Michael Devoe (Orlando, Fla.), who ranks high in the ACC in scoring (15.0 ppg) and three-point shooting (38.8 pct.), received honorable mention for the second year in a row, 16th in overall points received.