CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia fourth-year guard Kymora Johnson has been named a preseason All-ACC selection following a vote by the league’s head coaches and Blue-Ribbon Panel, the conference announced Tuesday (Oct. 13).
Additionally, the Cavaliers were picked to finish sixth in the ACC preseason poll, marking their highest position in the poll since they were picked to finish sixth in 2017.
Johnson received the third-most votes on the Preseason All-ACC Team for the second consecutive season. She comes off a junior season in which she averaged 19.5 points, 5.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game in 2025-26 and was one of just three players in NCAA Division I to average at least 19 points and 5.5 assists on the year. In the NCAA tournament, Johnson averaged 22 points, 5.7 assists and 6.2 rebounds to guide Virginia to its first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 26 years as UVA became the first team in history to reach the Sweet Sixteen after playing in the First Four.
She set program records for three pointers in a single game (10), single season (103) and career with 231. Her 41 points against Winthrop also marked the second-highest single-game total in program history and her career total of 1,725 points ranks ninth in program history.
Preseason Player of the Year
Hannah Hidalgo, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Preseason All-ACC Team (76 voters)
Hannah Hidalgo, Sr., G, Notre Dame 871
Toby Fournier, Jr., F, Duke 767
Kymora Johnson, Sr., G, Virginia 655
Uche Izoje, So., C, Syracuse 466
Khamil Pierre, Sr., F, NC State 456
Zoe Brooks, Sr., F, NC State 455
Tajianna Roberts, Jr., G, Louisville 265
Imari Berry, Jr., G, Louisville 220
Talayah Walker, Jr., G, Georgia Tech 202
Lulu Twidale, Sr., G, California 113
Preseason All-Freshman Team
Kate Harpring, G, North Carolina 493
Jacy Abii, G/F, Notre Dame 376
Autumn Fleary, G, Duke 274
Bella Flemings, G, Duke 205
Missy Odom, F, Florida State 99
Kimora Fields, F, Clemson 96
Predicted Order of Finish (76 voters)
- Duke (49), 1649
- Louisville (22), 1580
- North Carolina (1), 1462
- Notre Dame (4), 1450
- NC State, 1337
- Virginia, 1085
- Syracuse, 1009
- Virginia Tech, 1003
- Clemson, 988
- California, 786
- Miami, 689
- Georgia Tech, 684
- Stanford, 674
- Florida State, 603
- SMU, 373
- Wake Forest, 296
- Pitt, 236
- Boston College, 170