NC State’s Saniya Rivers & Aziaha James Earn 1st Team All-ACC Honors

NC State Junior Guards Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James earned 1st Team All-ACC honors today.

Rivers was the ACC 6th Player of the Year Award last season, starting in only 12 of the 31 games she played in. In her first year officially as a starter for the Wolfpack, Rivers averaged 12.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists (8th in ACC) and 2.4 steals (3rd in ACC). Rivers was also named to the All-Defensive Team, becoming the first NC State player to do so since Kiara Leslie earned a spot in 2018-19.

Aziaha James led the Wolfpack in scoring this season, averaging 15.6 points per game (10th in the ACC). For comparison, she averaged 6.8 points per game last season, starting in only 6 games. The vast improvement was noticed by the ACC as well, with James garnering the 2nd most votes for the Most Improved.

ACC Most Improved
Liatu King, Pitt – 237
Aziaha James, NC State – 226
Kara Dunn, Georgia Tech – 121

This marks the first time NC State has had two players on the First Team since 2021, when the Wolfpack were represented by 3 players (Elissa Cunane, Jakia Brown-Turner and Kayla Jones).