#3 Troy Murphy Season 1999-00

A consensus first-team All-American, the first at Notre Dame since Adrian Dantley in 1974-75 and 1975-76 … named first-team All-American by the Associated Press, USBWA and Basketball Times … named second team All-American by The Sporting News and the NABC … was named to the John Wooden All-American team … the 1999-2000 BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year and a unanimous first-team all-conference pick … finished his sophomore season with 1,358 points, the 16th-highest total in school history … scored his 1000th career point in a win vs. St. John’s (Jan. 29) when he had 30 points and a career-high 18 rebounds … became the second-youngest player in terms of age to reach 1,000 points at Notre Dame and fifth-fastest in terms of games at 48 … one of 30 final candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and a finalist for the USBWA player of the year award and the Naismith Trophy … named BIG EAST Player of the Week six times, tying the league record set by John Wallace of Syracuse in 1995-96 … his 839 points were the fourth-highest in school history … name to the Preseason NIT all-tournament team after averaging 24.8 points per game in four contests … was named a finalist for the United States Junior National Team in the summer of 1999, but had to withdraw from the trials due to a hernia that required surgery on July 13 … one of three Irish captains along with Skylard Owens and Todd Palmer … named Notre Dame National Monogram Club Team MVP.