After putting together one of the best regular-season runs in program history, the NC State women’s basketball squad (26-3, 17-1 ACC) collected high honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference as the league announced its yearly award winners on Tuesday morning. Elissa Cunane, Diamond Johnson, Aziaha James and Kayla Jones were all recognized for their successes during the 2021-22 campaign, as was head coach Wes Moore.
Johnson (ACC Sixth Player of the Year) and Moore (ACC Coach of the Year) were honored with annual awards, and four members of the Wolfpack squad were placed on the league’s various all-conference teams.
Cunane was a consensus First Team All-ACC honoree, and James was a consensus All-Freshman honoree. Jones earned a spot on the Second Team All-ACC as voted on by the conference’s coaches and was an honorable mention honoree on the Blue Ribbon Panel’s list. Johnson was also an honorable mention honoree as designated by the Blue Ribbon Panel.
Wes Moore • Head Coach • Ninth Season at NC State
- 2021 WBCA National Coach of the Year recognition last season; was also honored as ACC Coach of the Year by his colleagues in 2020-21
- Currently on late season watch list for 2022 Naismith Coach of the Year
- Guided the Pack to a 26-3 overall record and a 17-1 mark in league play during the 2021-22 regular season
- Team secured the first ACC regular season title in 32 years
- Authored seven victories over nationally-ranked teams, including two over top-five teams – No. 2 Maryland and No. 3 Louisville
- Wolfpack owns the longest active top-five streak in NCAA Division I women’s basketball at 32 polls; team spent three weeks this season at No. 2, tying as a program best ranking
- Multiple milestone victories in 2021-22: 100 ACC wins (fourth-fastest active coach to reach mark), 200 wins at NC State (fifth-fastest head coach to reach at ACC school), 400 ACC wins for NC State (first league team to that mark)
- Winningest active ACC head coach with 774 career victories, which includes a 216-68 (.761) record at NC State
