#4 Ryan Humphrey Season 2001-02

AS A FIFTH-YEAR PLAYER: Became Notre Dame’s second first round draft pick in as many seasons as the 19th over-all selection in the 2002 NBA Draft … drafted by the Utah Jazz and was later traded to the Orlando Magic … tri-captain of 2001-02 Irish squad along with teammates David Graves and Harold Swanagan … Basketball News Second Team All-America selection .. First Team All-BIG EAST selection … also was named to the Basketball Times All-Mideast Team … selected as Notre Dame National Monogram Club MVP … averaged team-leading 18.9 points and 10.9 rebounds in 31 games … netted 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in Notre Dame’s two NCAA tournament games … scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked three shots in first-round victory over Charlotte and then scored 15 points and hauled in 12 rebounds … also tied his season best by blocking six shots … also dished off four assists in the game … averaged 21.0 points and 14.5 rebounds in two BIG EAST Tournament games … scored 21 points and grabbed 13 boards versus St. John’s and had 21 points and 16 rebounds against Connecticut…equalled his season best with six blocked shots against St. John’s … grabbed 1,000th career rebound in the win over the Red Storm … set Notre Dame single-season record with 87 blocked shots … also his 2.77 career blocked shot average also set a new Irish mark. .. ranked 9th nationally in rebounding and 18th in blocked shots with 2.81 blocks … finished the season by recording double-doubles in 11 straight games and in 22 contests overall … scored in double figures in all but one game (Rutgers at home) and had 10-plus rebounds in 23 contests … started 31 games during the season after missing the opening two contests of the season due to a secondary NCAA violation … was expected to miss time with a stress reaction in his left leg, but continued to play … scored 20-plus points on 13 occasions …… closed out regular season with a double double in win over Providence as he scored 21
points and grabbed 13 rebounds … also had a career-high seven assists, two blocked shots and three steals versus the Friars … had a BIG EAST career-best 29 points against St. John’s in addition to grabbing 11 rebounds for his sixth consecutive double double … scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in win at Miami…in second meeting against West Virginia, scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds … recorded third consecutive double double and 14th of the season against Syracuse as he tallied 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds … scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds versus Rutgers … had 23 points and hauled in 14 rebounds in four-overtime contest versus Georgetown … grabbed 14 rebounds and scored eight points against the Scarlet Knights in first meeting between the two teams… in win at Seton Hall, he scored 11 p0ints and grabbed 1 O rebounds … recorded four consecutive double doubles against Seton Hall, Georgetown, Kentucky and Syracuse … in win over Pittsburgh at the Joyce Center, scored 17 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished off three assists … recorded his 10th double double of the season and 30th of his career against Seton Hall in first meeting between the two teams at the Joyce Center as he tallied It points and grabbed 12 rebounds … posted third consecutive double double and ninth of the season against Georgetown scoring.19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in first meeting between the two teams … had 14 points and 12 rebounds in previous outing versus Kentucky … registered one of his top performances in an Irish uniform, scoring 28 points (previ­ously a BIG EAST best) and grabbing 11 rebounds against Syracuse in previous outing … was the lone Irish player in double figures in that contest as he made 13-of- 21 field goal attempts … that performance marked his seventh double double of the season and sixth in the last 10 games … netted 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds versus Pittsburgh while playing most of the second half with four fouls … scored 18 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked three shots against West Virginia in 38 minutes of action … regis­tered sixth double double of the season and 26th of his career against Villanova as he scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds … posted fifth double double of the season against Colgate scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds … also had four assists and four blocked shots in the contest in 36 minutes of action … recorded his fourth double double in 2001-02 against Canisius as he scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds … recorded back-to-back double doubles against Indiana (23 points, 12 rebounds) and DePaul (18 points, 16 rebounds) … blocked six shots in consecutive outings against Indiana and Miami-Ohio … against the RedHawks, he also had 18 points, seven rebounds and a personal best six assists … played a career-high 40 minutes in the contest … scored 20 or more points in his first four games this season and in 10 games total after hitting the 20-point mark just four times throughout 2000-01. .. tallied 16 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots against Alabama … has started all 56 games he has played in an Irish uniform and has start­ed 102 of the last 104 games in which he has participated… paced Notre Dame with 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds vs. DePaul…earned Wendell Smith Award, given to the outstanding player each year in the Notre Dame- DePaul game.Jed Irish with 27 points and eight rebounds on 12-of-15 shooting against Army … blocked four shots vs. the Black Knights, marking the 19th time in his career he has blocked four or more shots in a game … shots in a game.Jed Notre Dame in scor­ing in all three games of Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic on his way to captur­ing tournament MVP honors, as well as a share of the BIG EAST player-of-the-week award (Nov. 26) … became just the fourth Irish player to be named BIG EAST player of the week, joining Pat Garrity (twice), Keith Friel (once) and Troy Murphy (11 times) … combined with Chris Thomas to become the first Irish pair to win both BIG EAST weekly awards in the same season … scored 21 points vs. Monmouth and 20 against Tennessee-Chattanooga in tournament play … registered career-high 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting in first game of season, against Hawaii Pacific … also had team-high 10 rebounds … has totaled 1,633 career points and 1,040 rebounds … scored 997 during his Irish career and grabbed 597 rebounds … grabbed 500th rebound in an Irish uniform against West Virginia in second meeting between the two team … finished career with 42 career double doubles … participated in the Slam Dunk contest in Atlanta during the NCAA Final Four … a starter in all 60 games during his career with the Irish.