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CHARLOTTE – The Fighting Irish picked up three big conference awards on Tuesday afternoon as Chris Kavanagh earned ACC Offensive Player of the Year honors, Shawn Lyght was selected as ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Matt Jeffery was named ACC Freshman of the Year as voted on by the league’s coaches.
Kavanagh becomes the third Notre Dame player to be named ACC Offensive Player of the Year since joining the league in 2014, joining his brother Pat (2024) and Bryan Costabile (2019).
The attackman leads the Irish in points (53), goals (31) and assists (22) during the 2025 campaign. The senior will go down as one of the all-time greats for Notre Dame once his career ends, as he currently ranks third in program history for career points (229), second for career goals (143) and seventh in career assists (86). Kavanagh set the program record for points in a season last year, finishing with 81.
Lyght is the latest in a long-line of great defensive players at Notre Dame, earning the program’s seventh ACC Defensive Player of the Year award. The Irish have earned the ACC Defensive Player of the Year honor more than any program in the league since the award was created during the 2012 season.
Lyght joins Matt Landis (2015, 2016) John Sexton (2018), Jack Kielty (2021) and Liam Entenmann (2023, 2024) as Irish players to earn the distinction.
Jeffery becomes the second Notre Dame player to be recognized as ACC Freshman of the Year, joining current assistant coach Ryder Garnsey (2016).
Jeffery scored in all four ACC league games this season, totaling six points off five goals and an assist as a midfielder in his first season in South Bend.
Notre Dame totaled six All-ACC Team selections, more than any other program in the league. Kavanagh and Lyght were joined by Will Donovan, Ben Ramsey, Thomas Ricciardelli and Jake Taylor. The Irish have now had 20 All-ACC Team selections over the last three seasons, the most of any ACC team.
Donovan, Kavanagh and Ramsey each earned their third All-ACC Team selections in their careers.
The Irish open postseason play in Charlotte with the ACC Tournament semifinals at 5 p.m. ET on Friday, May 2, as they take on Syracuse. The game will be broadcast on ACCN.