Three Seminoles Earn All-ACC Awards

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Florida State Women’s Basketball’s Morgan Jones (All-ACC First Team), O’Mariah Gordon (Freshman Team) and Makayla Timpson (Freshman Team) earned All-ACC honors on Tuesday morning as the league’s 2021-22 awards were announced on Packer and Durham.

Jones, a senior from Jonesboro, Ga., earned All-ACC First Team honors from the league’s 15 head coaches. She joins Seminole legends Natasha Howard (2013, 2014), Shakayla Thomas (2016-18) and Kiah Gillespie (2019, 2020) in receiving multiple first team honors from the ACC – just the fourth player in program history to achieve the feat. Jones was named a first-teamer last year as well.

Gordon and Timpson became the 12th and 13th players in program history to earn All-ACC Freshman Team honors. It marks the first time that FSU has produced multiple All-ACC Freshman performers in the same season.

All three players were instrumental in helping the Seminoles to their seventh consecutive season of reaching double-digit ACC wins based on a full conference schedule. Florida State finished 7-3 down the stretch of the regular season with NET Top 50 wins over Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Boston College.

Overall, Jones’ repeated first team bid marks the 32nd time a Seminole has achieved first-team accolades. She was selected to the second team on the ACC’s Blue Ribbon Panel.

Jones finishes the regular season as FSU’s leader in scoring (14.5), rebounding (5.9), field goals made (145), free throws made (102) and attempted (133), steals (30) as well as co-leading in blocked shots (29).

Among her ACC counterparts, Jones ranks in the Top 10 in scoring (eighth), field goal percentage (fifth), free throw percentage (ninth), blocked shots (T10th) and defensive rebounding (10th).

Coming to FSU as the state of Florida’s reigning Gatorade Player of the Year, Gordon has backed up her hype with strong play as a freshman. She is averaging 7.1 points, 2.9 assists and shooting 45.9 percent from the floor. The Bradenton, Fla., native is the first true freshman starting point guard at FSU since Courtney Ward in the 2007-08 season.

Timpson has also had a strong first season with the Seminoles. Hailing from Edison, Ga., Timpson has proven to be a dominant force in the post. The athletic forward averages 6.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, shoots 62 percent from the floor and picks up 1.04 blocked shots per game.

Gordon and Timpson were the only set of teammates to make this year’s All-ACC Freshman Team.

Florida State enters the ACC Tournament as the No. 9 seed and will face eighth-seeded Boston College this Thursday at 2 p.m. in the second round on Bally Sports Sun and several other regional sports networks.

2021-22 Blue Ribbon Panel Awards
ACC Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, Jr., C
ACC Freshman of the Year: Sonia Citron, Notre Dame, Fr., G
ACC Coach of the Year: Wes Moore, NC State

Blue Ribbon Panel
All-ACC First Team
Cameron Swartz, Boston College, Sr., G
Delicia Washington, Sr., G, Clemson
Lorela Cubaj, Georgia Tech, 5th Yr., F
Emily Engstler, Louisville, Sr., F
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville, So., G
Deja Kelly, North Carolina, So., G
Elissa Cunane, NC State, Sr., C
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame, Fr., G
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, Jr., C
Jewel Spear, Wake Forest, So., G

All-ACC Second Team
Taylor Soule, Jr., F, Boston College
Morgan Jones, Florida State, Sr., G
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina, So., F
Maya Dodson, Notre Dame, Gr., F
Aisha Sheppard, Virginia Tech, Gr., G

Honorable Mention
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen, Georgia Tech, Sr., G
Kelsey Marshall, Miami, Gr., G
Diamond Johnson, NC State, So., G
Kayla Jones, NC State, Gr., F
Teisha Hyman, Syracuse, R-So., G
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech, So., G

2021-22 Head Coaches Awards
ACC Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, Jr., C
ACC Freshman of the Year: Shayeann Day-Wilson, Duke, Fr., G
ACC Coach of the Year: Wes Moore, NC State
ACC Defensive Player of the Year: Lorela Cubaj, Georgia Tech, 5th Yr., F
ACC Sixth Player of the Year: Diamond Johnson, NC State, So., G
ACC Most Improved Player: Cameron Swartz, Boston College, Sr., G

Head Coaches Awards
All-ACC First Team
Cameron Swartz, Boston College, Sr., G
Morgan Jones, Florida State, Sr., G
Lorela Cubaj, Georgia Tech, 5th Yr., F
Emily Engstler, Louisville, Sr., F
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville, So., G
Deja Kelly, North Carolina, So., G
Elissa Cunane, NC State, Sr., C
Maya Dodson, Notre Dame, Gr., F
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame, Fr., G
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, Jr., C

All-ACC Second Team
Taylor Soule, Boston College, Sr., F
Delicia Washington, Clemson, Gr., G
Kayla Jones, NC State, Gr., F
Aisha Sheppard, Virginia Tech, Gr., G
Jewel Spear, Wake Forest, So., G

Honorable Mention
Kelsey Marshall, Miami, Gr., G
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech, So., G

All-Defensive Team
Lorela Cubaj, Georgia Tech, 5th Yr., F
Emily Engstler, Louisville, Sr., F
Mykasa Robinson, Louisville, Sr., G
Maya Dodson, Notre Dame, Gr., F
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech, Jr., C

All-Freshman Team (Blue Ribbon & Head Coaches are the same)
Maria Gakdeng, Boston College, C
Shayeann Day-Wilson, Duke, G
O’Mariah Gordon, Florida State, G
Makayla Timpson, Florida State, F
Payton Verhulst, Louisville, G
Ja’Leah Williams, Miami, G
Aziaha James, NC State, F
Sonia Citron, Notre Dame, G