GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Virginia Tech senior center Elizabeth Kitley is the repeat recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Kay Yow Award for women’s basketball, while Clemson graduate forward Hunter Tyson has been chosen as the recipient of the ACC’s 2022-23 Skip Prosser Award for men’s basketball.
 
The ACC women’s basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is named in memory of the legendary Yow, who won 737 games as a head coach while directing NC State to four ACC Tournament championships and the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team to a gold medal. Yow, who passed away in January of 2009, is also remembered for her leadership and courage in her fight against breast cancer.
 
The Skip Prosser Award is presented annually to the top scholar-athlete in ACC men’s basketball. It is named in memory of Wake Forest head basketball coach George Edward “Skip” Prosser, who passed away on July 26, 2007. Prosser compiled a 291-146 career record in 14 seasons as a head coach, including a 126-68 mark in his six years with Wake Forest. Every Wake Forest senior he coached graduated, and the Demon Deacons placed nine players on the All-ACC Academic Basketball Team during his tenure.
 
ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters. The award is based 60 percent on academic achievement and 40 percent on athletic accomplishment.
 
A native of Summerfield, North Carolina, Kitley has also been voted the ACC Player of the Year each of the past two seasons. Kitley is the only ACC player to average a double-double, as she ranks fourth in the conference with 18.8 points per game and a league-best 10.7 rebounds per contest. She has posted a conference-best 18 double-doubles this season, including her last four games to help Virginia Tech seal a double-bye in this week’s Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Kitley won ACC Player of the Week four times this season, the most of any player.
 
With a 3.95 career GPA, Kitley is a three-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree and has been named to the Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll every semester during her time at Virginia Tech. Majoring in Human nutrition, foods and exercise, Kitley is the fourth back-to-back Kay Yow Award honoree in ACC history and the first since Duke’s Lexie Brown in 2017-18.
 
A team co-captain, Tyson is having his best season in a Clemson uniform, leading the Tiger in points (15.7 per game), rebounds (9.4 per game) and steals (29) while crossing 1,000 career points. He was named to the 2023 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Top 10 Watch List as well as the 2023 USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Year Watch List.
 
Tyson graduated in August 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in sports communication and a minor in athletic leadership in three years and began working on his Master’s degree in the fall of 2021. A native of Monroe, North Carolina, Tyson will graduate with his Master of Science in Athletic Leadership in May. He is a three-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree and a four-time recipient of the ACC Academic Honor Roll distinction.
                                                                                                 
The basketball All-ACC Academic Teams will be announced following the completion of the 2022-23 season.