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Matt Goncalves Leads Pitt on All-ACC Team

The Pitt Panthers landed one on the Preseason All-ACC team.

Stephen Thompson

Matt Goncalves Leads Pitt on All-ACC Team
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PITTSBURGH -- One of the Pitt Panthers' best entering the 2023 season earned preseason recognition from the ACC media last week, as they voted on the preseason all-conference team at league media days. 

The Panthers landed just one first-team All-ACC selections in offensive tackle Matt Goncalves  Their lone selections ranks last among conference teams who did earn a first-teamer, tied with Virginia, NC State, Louisville and Syracuse.

Goncalves, a first-team selection, has emerged as one of the Panthers' best offensive lineman after a strong 2022 campaign in which he helped fill in for Carter Warren, a starter and team captain who went down with a knee injury midway through the season. He projects as a starter at right tackle this coming season.

Placekicker Ben Sauls and return man M.J. Devonshire had been selected to Preseason All-ACC teams by other outlets, but missed the cut for the official selections. 

No Pitt players received any ACC Player of the Year votes. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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