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Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s
Basketball Silver Anniversary Team
The Atlantic Coast Conference honored the following
group of individuals as the ACC Women’s
Basketball Silver Anniversary Team. These 24
players were all named to the Silver Anniversary
Team as a result of being selected as an ACC Tournament
Most Valuable Player. These athletes were
honored during the semifinal games of the 2002
ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Silver Anniversary Team
1978 Tara Heiss ...........................Maryland
1979 Kris Kirchner .......................Maryland
1980 Genia Beasley .......................NC State
1981 Barbara Kennedy ..................Clemson
1982 Marcia Richardson ..............Maryland
Barbara Kennedy ..................Clemson
1983 Linda Page ............................NC State
Jasmina Perazic ..................Maryland
1984 Tresa Brown ................ North Carolina
1985 Dawn Royster .............. North Carolina
1986 Deanna Tate ........................Maryland
1987 Donna Holt.............................Virginia
1988 Deanna Tate ........................Maryland
1989 Vicky Bullett ........................Maryland
1990 Andrea Stinson .....................NC State
1991 Sharon Manning ...................NC State
1992 Dawn Staley ...........................Virginia
1993 Dena Evans ............................Virginia
1994 Charlotte Smith ........... North Carolina
1995 Charlotte Smith ........... North Carolina
1996 Laura Cottrell ........................Clemson
1997 Marion Jones............... North Carolina
1998 Tracy Reid ................... North Carolina
1999 Itoro Umoh ............................Clemson
2000 Nikki Teasley ............... North Carolina
2001 Georgia Schweitzer ....................Duke
2002 Monique Currie ..........................Duke
1978 - Maryland’s TARA HEISS was named the
first ACC Tournament MVP in 1978 after leading
the Terrapins to an 89-82 victory over NC State.
Heiss scored a game-high 30 points in the championship
contest and totaled 60 points for the
inaugural event.
1979 - KRIS KIRCHNER earned the MVP award
after leading the Terps to their second-straight
ACC Title. Kirschner recorded a double-double
performance of 24 points and 10 rebounds against
NC State in the title bout that led her to MVP
recognition.
1980 - GENIA BEASLEY was named MVP of the
1980 ACC Tournament after scoring 28 points and
grabbing nine rebounds against Maryland in the
championship contest. It was the first ACC Championship
for the Wolfpack.
1981 & 1982 - BARBARA KENNEDY was the first
player in ACC history to be named MVP when her
team did not play in the championship. In ‘81,
she had an amazing 21 rebounds and 30 points in
the first round and followed that with a 30-point,
seven-rebound performance in the semifinals. In
‘82, Kennedy led Clemson to the title game where
she earned co-MVP honors, totaling 88 points and
29 boards for the tournament.
1982 - MARCIA RICHARDSON was a member of
three ACC Championship teams for Maryland, earning
co-MVP honors in 1982. Richardson scored a
team-high 22 points in the championship contest,
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leading Maryland to a 93-81 victory. She totaled
49 points in three games for the Terps that year
in Raleigh, N.C.
1983 - NC State’s LINDA PAGE set an ACC Tournament
record in 1983, scoring 100 points in three
games. Most impressive, however, was her semifinal
performance against Clemson. In that contest,
Page set a single-game scoring record that still
stands with 42 points on 13-of-22 shooting from
the floor and 16-of-18 from the line.
1983 - JASMINA PERAZIC earned co-MVP honors
for Maryland as she led the Terps to their thirdstraight
title in 1983. She totaled 55 points,
including 16 in the championship. Even more
impressive was her field goal percentage of .604
for the tournament.
1984 - TRESA BROWN became the first player in
North Carolina history to earn ACC Tournament
MVP honors. Brown led the Tar Heels to their
first ACC Title chipping in 32 points on 14-of-20
shooting from the floor in the championship game,
totaling 75 points for the tournament.
1985 - DAWN ROYSTER earned ACC Tournament
MVP honors in 1985, even though her Tar Heel
team lost a tough 81-80 contest to NC State in the
finals. Royster led all scorers with 23 points in
the title match. Royster put in a total of 70 points
and pulled down 36 boards for the tournament,
averaging a double-double.
1986 & 1988 - Maryland’s DEANNA TATE became
just the second two-time MVP award winner in
conference history, winning the honor in 1986 and
‘88. Tate poured in 32 points in the ‘86 championship
game and 20 in ‘88. She totaled 77 points in
the ‘86 tournament and 62 in ‘88, and still owns
the record for most steals in a tournament with
14 in 1988.
1987 - DONNA HOLT earned ACC Tournament MVP
honors in 1987. Holt’s outstanding performance
began in the first round where she had 27 points
and a tournament total of 44.
1989 - VICKY BULLETT put together an incredible
tournament in 1989, earning MVP honors. Bullett
led Maryland’s rebounding efforts in each
game, averaging 12.3 for the tournament. Most
impressive was Bullett’s 21-point, 13-rebound
performance in the championship contest.
1990 - NC State’s ANDREA STINSON had an incredible
tournament in 1990. She poured in 76 points
and pulled down 29 rebounds, helping lead the
Wolfpack to the championship. Stinson ranks first
all-time at NC State in career scoring average with
a 22.7 mark.
1991 - NC State won its first title since ‘87 and
its fourth overall in ‘91 as SHARON MANNING
put together an incredible 31-point, 19-rebound
performance in the championship contest, leading
the Pack to an 84-61 victory over Clemson in the
final tournament held in Fayetteville, N.C.
1992 - Two-time ACC Player of the Year DAWN
STALEY helped lead the Cavaliers to two ACC
Tournament titles during her career. In 1992, she
earned MVP accolades after scoring a game-high
24 points in UVa’s 70-69 win over Georgia Tech.
She put together 41 points for the tournament
and went on to earn National Player of the Year
honors twice.
1993 - DENA EVANS was named ACC Tournament
MVP after one of the most memorable championship
games in ACC history. Evans scored
19 points for Virginia to lead the Cavaliers to a
106-103 win in the only triple overtime game in
ACC Tournament history, marking the Cavaliers’
second-straight title.
1994 & 1995 - North Carolina’s CHARLOTTE
SMITH averaged 21 points and nine rebounds
in ‘94 to earn MVP honors. She then increased
those numbers to 23.3 points and 11.0 boards a
game to be named MVP for the second-straight
season in 1995.
1996 - Clemson won its first ACC Title in 1996, led
by the efforts of LAURA COTTRELL. Cottrell averaged
12.3 rebounds over three games. She had a
double-double in the title bout against Duke with
12 points and 10 boards.
1997 - North Carolina won its third ACC Title in
four years in 1997, much to the credit of superstar
MARION JONES. Jones put together back-to-back
games of 23 points in the semifinals and finals and
led the Tar Heels to a 62-58 win over Clemson.
1998 - TRACY REID began UNC’s 1998 title run
with a 31-point, 12-rebound performance in the
quarterfinals. Reid went on to post a double-double
in each game and average 21.0 points and 11.0
rebounds during three games in Charlotte, N.C.
1999 - Clemson’s ITORO UMOH earned ACC Tournament
MVP honors in 1999 after the Tigers defeated
North Carolina, 87-72, in the championship game
in Charlotte, N.C. Umoh scored a game-high 26
points in the finals on 8-of-13 shooting from the
floor and an impressive 8-of-10 from the line.
2000 - North Carolina’s NIKKI TEASLEY earned the
new millennium’s first MVP honor. After scoring
just six points in the quarterfinals, Teasley went on
to score 17 in the semis and an impressive 31 in the
finals to lead the Heels. Her effort was not enough,
though, as UNC fell to Duke by a 79-76 count.
2001 - GEORGIA SCHWEITZER earned the first MVP
honor in Duke history in 2001 as she led the Blue
Devils to their second-straight ACC Championship
in the form of a 57-45 victory over NC State.
Schweitzer scored 61 points in the tournament to
help Duke remain undefeated in the Greensboro
Coliseum.
2002 - MONIQUE CURRIE earned the final slot
on the Silver Anniversary team as she led the
Blue Devils to their third-straight ACC Title in her
freshman campaign. She averaged 16.3 points per
game in the tournament, including a game-high
30 against North Carolina in the finals.
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