LaToya Pringle Named ACC Defensive Player Of The Year

Posted Mar 5, 2008

UNC senior LaToya Pringle was named the 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Pringle joins former Tar Heel Nikita Bell, who won the league's top defensive award in 2005. Pringle led the ACC with 78 blocks during the regular season. The Fayetteville, N.C., forward/center is also just 10 blocks away from tying Dawn Royster's UNC career record of 329. (Tar Heel Blue)

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