THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Michael Devoe, a third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference player this season, has been named the 2022 Georgia Men’s College Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The 6-5 senior is the third Tech player to receive the honor in the last two seasons. Former Yellow Jacket teammates Jose Alvarado and Moses Wright, with whom he helped Tech win the 2021 ACC Championship, shared the honor last year.
Devoe finished the 2021-22 season third in the conference in scoring at 17.9 points per game. He also ranked fourth in three-point field goal percentage (36.5 pct.), 10th in three-point field goals made (2.26 per game), 15th in field goal percentage (46.2 percent), 11th in free throw percentage (73.3 percent) and eighth in minutes (34.54 per game).
The Orlando, Fla., native scored more than 30 points three times this season, including his career-high of 37 in the Yellow Jackets’ victory over Georgia in November, 33 in a close loss to Wisconsin, and 30 against Virginia Tech. He scored 20 or more points on 10 other occasions was a consistent force offensively, reaching double figures in 27 of the 31 games he played.
Improved as an all-around player, Devoe also has established career bests for rebound average (4.9 per game), while leading the Jackets in assists and ranking second in steals (1.4 per game). Only nine Division I players achieved Devoe’s averages in points, rebounds, assists and steals this season.
This season, Devoe jumped from 36th place to 12th on Georgia Tech’s career chart for points, finishing his career with 1,704, while also moving up to seventh in three-point field goals (223), 12th in assists (361) and 11th in steals (153).
Devoe was named the Most Valuable Player of last year’s ACC Tournament, when Tech won its first title in 28 years, and earned honorable mention on All-ACC voting in 2020 and 2021.
He is on track to graduate with his bachelor’s degree in business administration in May.
Michael Devoe 2021-22 season highlights
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