The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year was introduced in 1984, and Tresa Brown was the first player to win it. She attended North Carolina, and she averaged 20.8 points and 8.5 rebounds that year. Pam Leake won the award the next two seasons, and like Brown, she attended North Carolina. Great players have won this award, and some of them have ties to the Phoenix Mercury. Tracy Reid is an example, as she won ACC Player of the Year in 1997 and 1999. She also played for North Carolina, and after her years with the Tar Heels, she was drafted by the Charlotte Sting. She won Rookie of the Year after averaging 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals. Reid spent two more years with the Sting, and after a season with the Miami Sol, she joined the Mercury. She played 24 games with them in 2002, and she started in 12 of them. She averaged 4.7 points and 3.2 rebounds that year. Then, she played two games in 2003. Monique Currie won the award in 2005, and she attended Duke. She was a part of
