#3 Troy Murphy Season 1998-99

The 1999 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year … was named to the Basketball News national all-freshman team … was named the BIG EAST newcomer of the year by Basketball News and BIG EAST Briefs and named to the national all-freshman team by College Hoops Insider … his 519 points set the Notre Dame freshman scoring record previously held by Adrian Dantley (511) in 1973-74 … BIG EAST Rookie of the Week eight times, the second-most in a single season in BIG EAST history … the first freshman to lead the BIG EAST in rebounding at 10.3 per game (conference games) … named National Monogram Club Team MVP.