Johnson, Keefe Named to All-ACC Team

DURHAM – Gracie Johnson and Kerry Keefe were named to the 2022 All-ACC Team, as announced by the league Monday. Johnson earned the nod on the first team while Keefe was selected to the All-Freshman team.

Both Johnson and Keefe are first-time honorees as Keefe is the 27th Blue Devil in program history to land on the All-Freshman Team.

Johnson was Duke’s engine the entire fall season, but that’s no surprise with her impressive numbers on both sides of the ball. This fall, she has seen her best offensive output since her arrival in Durham with 462 kills and a .203 hitting percentage. She also owns 53 aces, 217 digs and 43 blocks, proving she’s more than just an offensive threat. She finished the season ranked in the top 50 of eight national categories and in the top five of eight statistical categories in the ACC. She led the conference in total aces and was second in total kills and total points.

The Virginia Beach, Va., native tallied 10 or more kills 23 times this season, including a career-high 29 against Wake Forest (11/16). She also racked up 20 or more kills 13 times this fall and finished the year with 20 or more in six of the final seven matches. With one of the toughest serves in the nation, she has at least one ace in 20 matches, including a career-high seven against East Carolina (9/3).

Johnson led the team in kills in 24 of the 27 matches she’s played. Throughout her career, she owns 1,133 kills, 121 aces, 822 digs and 170 total blocks. She became the 28th Blue Devil to reach the 1,000-kill plateau in Duke’s five-set victory at Notre Dame (10/30).

Freshman Keefe emerged as one of Duke’s top offensive threats towards the middle part of the season and transitioned into a starting role on the right side.

Throughout the fall, she tallied 160 kills to rank fourth on the squad for an impressive .288 hitting percentage. She also added 42 blocks and 44 digs to showcase her volleyball IQ. In Duke’s victory over Clemson (10/16), she recorded a career-high 21 kills and just four errors on 46 swings to play to a solid .370 clip. In her first career start against Boston College (9/25), she collected a career-high seven blocks (one solo, six assisted).

She notched double-digit kills in five of the last six matches and…