ACC Leads Nation with 17 Named to Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Continuing to showcase its nationwide prominence and depth of expertise, the Atlantic Coast Conference had a nation-leading 17 soccer student-athletes named to the preseason watch listing for the 89th Maxwell Award, offered yearly to probably the most excellent participant in faculty soccer. 

The ACC’s 17 choices tie the SEC for probably the most amongst all conferences, with the league’s 11 quarterbacks main all conferences on the place, highlighting the ACC’s sturdy custom of dynamic quarterback play heading into the 2025 season. 

Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pitt and Virginia Tech every had two gamers acknowledged, whereas Duke, Florida State, Miami, NC State, SMU, Virginia and Wake Forest every had one honoree. 

First awarded in 1937, the Maxwell Award honors the College Player of the Year and is known as in reminiscence of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, a standout at Swarthmore College who went on to change into a revered sportswriter and soccer official. 

ACC Players Named to the Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List 

Name, School, Class, Position 

Cade Klubnik, Clemson, Senior, QB 

Antonio Williams, Clemson, Junior, WR 

Darian Mensah, Duke, Sophomore, QB 

Tommy Castellanos, Florida State, Senior, QB 

Haynes King, Georgia Tech, Senior, QB 

Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech, Senior, RB 

Miller Moss, Louisville, Senior, QB 

Isaac Brown, Louisville, Sophomore, RB 

Carson Beck, Miami, Senior, QB 

CJ Bailey, NC State, Sophomore, QB 

Eli Holstein, Pitt, Sophomore, QB 

Desmond Reid, Pitt, Senior, RB 

Kevin Jennings, SMU, Junior, QB 

Chandler Morris, Virginia, Senior, QB 

Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech, Senior, QB 

Terion Stewart, Virginia Tech, Senior, RB 

Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest, Senior, RB