Black student-athletes across the years, and continuing today, have achieved both on the playing field and in the classroom. We are All-Conference and All-Americans. We have represented the University of Notre Dame and the United States of America. We have won collegiate and national championships. And as businesspeople, doctors, lawyers, parents, teachers, and more, we have gone on to become strong contributing members of our communities.
The listing below, although impressive, constitutes only one facet of who we are. But in all things, “We are ND.”
| • Baseball • Men’s Basketball • Women’s Basketball |
• Men’s Cross Country • Men’s Fencing • Women’s Fencing |
• Football • Men’s Soccer • Women’s Soccer |
• Softball • Men’s Track & Field • Women’s Track & Field |
| Baseball | |
| Edwin Hartell | 1992 All MCC Tournament Team 1993 1st Team All MCC 1993 All MCC Tournament Team 1993 Francis Patrick O’Connor Award Winner |
| Mike Amrhein | 1995 1st Team All-MCC 1995 All-MCC Tournament Team 1997 ABCA All-Mideast Region 1st Team 1997 2nd Team All-Big East 1997 Monogram Club Team MVP |
| Randall Brooks | 1995 1st Team All-MCC 1996 Monogram Club Team MVP 1996 1st Team All-Big East 1997 1st Team All-Big East |
| Men’s Basketball | |
| Tom Hawkins | 1957-58 International News Service All-American (5-man first team) 1957-58 Converse Yearbook All-American (15-man second team) 1957-58 Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (10-man secaond team) 1957-58 NABC All-American (5-man second team) 1957-58 AP All-American (5-man third team) 1957-58 UP All-American (5-man second team) 1958-59 USBWA-Look All-American (10-man team) 1958-59 Converse Yearbook All-American (15-man second team) 1958-59 Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (10-man second team) 1958-59 NABC All-American (5-man second team) 1958-59 AP All-American (5-man second team) 1958-59 UPI All-American (5-man second team) |
| Austin Carr | 1969-70 Basketball News All-American (10-man first team) 1969-70 NABC All-American (5-man second team) 1969-70 Basketball Weekly All-American (15-man team) 1969-70 Converse Yearbook All-American (10-man first team) 1969-70 USBWA-Look All-American (10-man team) 1969-70 The Sporting News All-American (8-man second team) 1969-70 UPI All-American (5-man second team) 1969-70 AP All-American (5-man second team) 1969-70 NEA-NBA Coaches All-American (5-man second team) 1969-70 Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1970-71 Basketball Weekly All-American (15-man team) 1970-71 The Sporting News All-American (6-man first team) 1970-71 NEA-NBA Coaches All-American (5-man first team) 1970-71 NABC All-American (5-man first team) 1970-71 Converse Yearbook All-American (10-man first team) 1970-71 USBWA TV-Guide All-American (10-man team) 1970-71 UPI All-American (5-man first team) 1970-71 AP All-American (5-man first team) 1970-71 Basketball News All-American (10-man first team) 1970-71 Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (36-team) 1971 AP National Player of the Year 1971 UPI National Player of the Year |
| John Shumate | 1972-73 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1973-74 USBWA All-American (10-man team) 1973-74 NBA Coaches All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 UPI All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 AP All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 NABC All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 Basketball News All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 The Sporting News All-American (5-man second team) 1973-74 Basketball Weekly All-American (5-man first team) 1973-74 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1973-74 Converse Yearbook All-American (10-man first team) |
| Gary Brokaw | 1973-74 UPI All-American (5-man third team) 1973-74 NABC All-American (5-man fifth team) 1973-74 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1973-74 Converse Yearbook All-American (15-man second team) |
| Adrian Dantley | 1974-75 NABC All-American (5-man first team) 1974-75 The Sporting News All-American (6-man first team) 1974-75 USBWA All-American (10-man team) 1974-75 Basketball Weekly All-American (5-man first team) 1974-75 UPI All-American (5-man first team) 1974-75 AP All-American (5-man first team) 1974-75 NBA Coaches All-American (5-man first team) 1974-75 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1974-75 Converse Yearbook All-American (10-man first team) 1975-76 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (36-man team) 1975-76 UPI All-American (5-man first team) 1975-76 The Sporting News All-American (5-man first team) 1975-76 AP All-American (5-man first team) 1975-76 USBWA All-American (10-man team) 1975-76 Basketball Weekly All-American (5-man first team) 1975-76 NBA Coaches All-American (5-man team) 1975-76 NABC All-American (5-man first team) 1975-76 Converse Yearbook All-American (10-man first team) 1976 US Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year |
| Toby Knight | 1976-77 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (39-man team) |
| Orlando Woolridge | 1980-81 UPI All-American (5-man third team) 1980-81 Converse Yearbook (13-man second team) 1980-81 Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation All-American (32-man team) |
| David Rivers | 1986-87 Basketball Weekly All-American (5-man third team) 1987-88 NABC All-American (5-man second team) 1987-88 Basketball Times All-American (5-man third team) 1987-88 Basketball Weekly All-American (5-man third team) |
| Ryan Humphrey | 2001-02 Basketball News All-American (5-man second team) 2001 Big East Third Team All-Conference 2001 Big East Player of the Week Honoree 2002 Big East First Team All-Conference |
| Chris Thomas | 2002 Basketball Times National Freshman of the Year 2002 Basketball News National Freshman of the Year 2002 Big East Third Team All-Conference 2003 Big East Second Team All-Conference 2003 Big East Player of the Week Honoree 2003-04 AP All-American (honorable mention) 2004 Big East Third Team All-Conference 2004 Big East Player of the Week Honoree 2005 Big East Third Team All-Conference |
| Torin Francis | 2003 Big East Player of the Week Honoree 2004 Big East Honorable Mention All Conference |
| Russell Carter | 2007 Big East First Team All-Conference |
| Women’s Basketball | |
| Coquese Washington | 1990-91 Midwestern Collegiate Second Team Conference Team 1990-91 Midwestern Collegiate Newcomer Team 1992-93 Midwestern Collegiate Second Team Conference Team |
| Letitia Bowen | 1992-93 Midwestern Collegiate Second Team Conference Team 1992-93 Midwestern Collegiate Player of the Week 1993-94 Midwestern Collegiate First Team Conference Team 1993-94 Midwestern Collegiate All-Tournament Team |
| Katryna Gaither | 1994-95 Midwestern Collegiate First Team Conference Team 1994-95 Midwestern Collegiate Player of the Week 1995-96 All-American Honorable Mention 1995-96 Big East National Women’s Invitation All-Tournament Team 1995-96 Big East Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team 1995-96 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 1995-96 Big East Player of the Week 1995-96 Big East All-Tournament Team 1996-97 All-American Honorable Mention 1996-97 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 1996-97 Big East All-Tournament Team 1996-97 Big East Player of the Week |
| Niele Ivey | 2000-01 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 2001 All-American Third Team 2001 Francis Pomeroy Naismith Award |
| Jacqueline Batteast | 2002 US Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Year 2001-02 Big East Rookie of the Year 2001-02 Big East Second Team All-Conference Team 2001-02 Big East All Freshman Team 2001-02 Big East Rookie/Freshman of the Week 2002-03 Big East Second Team All-Conference Team 2002-03 Big East Player of the Week 2003-04 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 2003-04 Big East Player of the Week 2003-04 Big East All-Academic Team 2003-04 Big East Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team (MVP) 2004-05 Big East Player of the Year 2004-05 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 2004-05 Big East All-Academic Team |
| Charel Allen | 2006-07 Big East First Team All-Conference Team 2006-07 Big East Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team 2006-07 Big East Player of the Week 2006-07 Big East Weekly Honor Roll 2006-07 Big East All Academic Team 2007 All-American Honorable Mention |
| Men’s Cross Country | |
| Ron Gregory | 1958 Cross Country All-American |
| Men’s Fencing | |
| Kevin Tindell | 1981 Men’s Epee MVP 1982 Steve Donlon Epee Leadership Award |
| Kevin Stoutermire | 1987 2nd Team All-American Sabre 1987 Dan Mulligans Sabre Leadership Award |
| James Taliaferro | 1990 2nd Team All-American Sabre 1992 1st Team All-American Sabre |
| Carl Jackson | 1995 2nd Team All-American Epee 1995 Men’s Epee MVP 1998 Steve Donlon Epee Leadership Award 1998 3rd Team All-American Epee 1999 Men’s Epee MVP |
| Andre Compton | 2000 Dan Mulligans Sabre Leadership Award 2001 2nd Team All-American Sabre 2001 Men’s Sabre MVP 2002 2nd Team All-American Sabre 2002 National Monogram Club Fencing MVP 2002 Men’s Sabre MVP 2002 Walt Langford Memorial Award |
| Women’s Fencing | |
| Danielle Davis | 2004 Women’s Sabre MVP |
| Football | |
| Alan Page | 1966 Consensus All-American 1966 2nd Team AP All-American 1966 2nd Team United Press International All-American 1966 1st Team Newspaper Enterprise Association- All-American 1966 1st Team Sporting News All-American 1966 1st Team Look All-American 1966 1st Team Time All-American 1966 1st Team Central Press All-American 1966 1st Team Football News All-American 1992 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award |
| Tom Gatewood | 1970 Consensus All-American 1970 1st Team United Press International All-American 1970 1st Team Newspaper Enterprise Association- All-American 1970 1st Team American Football Coaches- Association All-American 1970 2nd Team Sporting News All-American 1970 1st Team Look All-American 1970 1st Team Central Press All-American 1970 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation- All-American 1970 CoSIDA Academic All-American 1971 2nd Team United Press International 1971 1st Team Time 1971 CoSIDA Academic All-American 1971 NFFCHF Post-Graduate Scholarship ($18000) 1972 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship ($7500) |
| Clarence Ellis | 1970 1st Team United Press International 1970 1st Team Newspaper Enterprise Association 1971 Consensus All-American 1971 1st Team AP 1971 1st Team United Press International 1971 1st Team Newspaper Enterprise Association 1971 1st Team Sporting News 1971 1st Team Time 1971 1st Team Football News 1971 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Mike Townsend | 1973 1st Team AP 1973 1st Team United Press International 1973 1st Team NEA 1973 1st Team Sporting News 1973 1st Team Football Writers Association of – America 1973 1st Team Time 1973 1st Team Football News 1973 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Ross Browner | 1976 Consensus All-American 1976 1st Team AP 1976 1st Team United Press International 1976 1st Team NEA 1976 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1976 1st Team Sporting News 1976 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1976 1st Team Football News 1976 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1976 Outland Trophy Winner 1977 Consensus All-American 1977 1st Team AP 1977 1st Team United Press International 1977 1st Team NEA 1977 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1977 1st Team Sporting News 1977 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1977 1st Team Football News 1977 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1977 1st Team College and Pro Football newsweekly 1977 Rotary Lombardi Award Winner 1977 Maxwell Award Winner 1999 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee |
| Luther Bradley | 1976 2nd Team NEA 1976 1st Team Football News 1976 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1977 Consensus All-American 1977 2nd Team AP All-American 1977 1st Team United Press International 1977 2nd Team NEA 1977 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1977 1st Team Football News 1977 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Vagas Ferguson | 1979 Consensus All-American 1979 2nd Team AP 1979 1st Team United Press International 1979 2nd Team NEA 1979 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1979 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1979 1st Team Football News 1979 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Allen Pinkett | 1983 2nd Team AP 1983 2nd Team UPI 1983 1st Team Sporting News 1983 1st Team Football News 1985 1st Team Football News |
| Tim Brown | 1986 1st Team AP 1986 1st Team UPI 1986 1st Team Sporting News 1986 1st Team Football News 1986 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1987 Heisman Winner 1987 Consensus All-American 1987 1st Team AP 1987 1st Team United Press International 1987 1st Team NEA 1987 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1987 1st Team Sporting News 1987 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1987 1st Team Football News 1987 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1987 Walter Camp Player of the Year Winner |
| Chris Zorich | 1988 1st Team NEA 1988 3rd Team Football News 1989 Consensus All-American 1989 1st Team AP 1989 1st Team United Press International 1989 2nd Team NEA 1989 1st Team Sporting News 1989 1st Team Football News 1989 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1989 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1990 Consensus All-American 1990 1st Team AP 1990 1st Team United Press International 1990 1st Team NEA 1990 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1990 1st Team Sporting News 1990 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1990 1st Team Football News 1990 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1990 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1990 Rotary Lombardi Award 2007 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee |
| Ricky Watters | 1988 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Todd Lyght | 1989 Consensus All-American 1989 1st Team AP 1989 1st Team United Press International 1989 1st Team NEA 1989 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1989 1st Team Sporting News 1989 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1989 1st Team Football News 1989 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1990 Consensus All-American 1990 2nd Team AP 1990 1st Team United Press International 1990 1st Team NEA 1990 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1990 2nd Team Football News 1990 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Raghib Ismail | 1989 1st Team AP 1989 2nd Team United Press International 1989 1st Team NEA 1989 1st Team Sporting News 1989 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1989 1st Team Football News 1990 Consensus All-American 1990 1st Team AP 1990 1st Team United Press International 1990 1st Team NEA 1990 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1990 1st Team Sporting News 1990 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1990 1st Team Football News 1990 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1990 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1990 Walter Camp Player of the Year Winner |
| Tony Rice | 1987 Timmie Award Winner 1989 1st Team Football News 1989 Johny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner |
| Demetrius Dubose | 1991 2nd Team NEA 1991 1st Team Football News |
| Jerome Bettis | 1991 2nd Team NEA 1991 2nd Team Football News 1991 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Aaron Taylor | 1992 Consensus All-American 1992 1st Team AP 1992 1st Team United Press International 1992 1st Team Sporting News 1992 1st Team Football News 1992 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1992 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1993 Consensus All-American 1993 1st Team AP 1993 1st Team United Press International 1993 1st Team NEA 1993 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1993 1st Team Sporting News 1993 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1993 1st Team Football News 1993 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1993 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1993 Rotary Lombardi Award Winner |
| Reggie Brooks | 1992 2nd Team AP 1992 2nd Team United Press International 1992 2nd Team NEA 1992 2nd Team Sporting News 1992 2nd Team Football News 1992 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Irv Smith | 1992 2nd Team NEA |
| Jeff Burris | 1993 Consensus All-American 1993 1st Team AP 1993 1st Team United Press International 1993 1st Team NEA 1993 2nd Team Sporting News 1993 1st Team Football News 1993 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1993 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Bryant Young | 1993 2nd Team AP 1993 2nd Team United Press International 1993 1st Team Sporting News 1993 2nd Team Football News 1993 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Bobby Taylor | 1993 3rd Team AP 1993 1st Team NEA 1993 1st Team Sporting News 1993 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 1993 2nd Team Football News 1993 3rd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly 1994 Consensus All-American 1994 3rd Team AP 1994 1st Team United Press International 1994 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 1994 1st Team Sporting News, 1st Team Football News 1994 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 1994 1st Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Derrick Mayes | 1995 3rd Team AP 1995 2nd Team Football News |
| Autry Denson | 1998 2nd Team AP |
| Anthony Denman | 2000 2nd Team AP 2000 2nd Team Sporting News 2000 3rd Team Football News 2000 2nd Team College and Pro Football Newsweekly |
| Shane Walton | 2002 Consensus All-American 2002 1st Team AP 2002 1st Team American Football Coaches Association 2002 1st Team Sporting News 2002 1st Team Football Writers Association of America 2002 1st Team Walter Camp Football Foundation |
| Courtney Watson | 2002 2nd Team Walter Camp Football Foundation 2002 3rd Team Sporting News 2002 1st Team ESPN.com |
| Vontez Duff | 2002 3rd Team AP |
| Men’s Soccer | |
| Jean Joseph | 1991 2nd Team All-Conference 1991 MCC All-Newcomer Team 1991 Indiana All-State Selection 1995 Francis Patrick O’Connor Award Recipient |
| Alan Woods | 1997 2nd Team All Great Lakes Region |
| Reginald McKnight | 1999 Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne- Student-Athlete Award 2000 Francis Patrick O’Connor Award Recipient |
| Women’s Soccer | |
| Shannon Boxx | 1995 Soccer America All-Freshmen Team 1995 2nd Team All-Big East 1996 2nd Team All-Big East 1997 2nd Team All-Big East 1998 Big East-Notre Dame Scholar-Athlete Award |
| Lakeysia Beene | 1996-1999 Under 21 Women’s National Team 1997 1st Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 1997 NSCAA 1st Team All-American 1997 1st Team All-Big East 1998-2005 Olympic Team Member 1998 1st Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 1998 1st Team All-Big East 1998 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year 1999 College Cup All-Tournament Team 1999 2nd Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 1999 2nd Team All-Big East 1999 National Monogram Club Team MVP |
| Candace Chapman | 1999-2002 Under 20 Women’s National Team 2001 All-Big East Rookie Team 2001 1st Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 2001 NSCAA All-American Freshman Team 2001 1st Team All-Big East 2002 1st Team All-Big East 2002-Present US Olympic Team Member 2002 NSCAA All-American 2nd Team 2002 1st Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 2002 Big East Defender of the Year 2004 2nd Team All-Big East 2004 College Cup All-Tournament Team 2005 1st Team NSCAA Great Lakes Region Honors 2005 NSCAA All-American 3rd Team 2005 1st Team All-Big East 2005 Big East Defender of the Year |
| Softball | |
| Andrea Loman | 2000 Big East Rookie of the Year 2000 1st Team All-Big East 2000 All-Big East Rookie Team 2001 1st Team All-Big East 2002 NFCA Third Team All-American 2002 NFCA 1st Team All-Mideast Region 2002 1st Team All-Big East 2003 NFCA Third Team All-American 2003 NFCA 1st Team All-Mideast Region 2003 Big East Player of the Year 2003 1st Team All-Big East 2003 Monogram Club MVP |
| Men’s Track & Field | |
| Aubrey Lewis | 1956 All-American 400m Hurdles 1956 NCAA Champion 400-Meter IH 1957 All-American 400m Hurdles |
| Bill Hurd | 1968 All-American 55m 1968 All-American 100m 1968 All-American 200m 1969 All-American 100y 1969 All-American 220y |
| Raghib Ismail | 1991 All-American 55m |
| Allen Rossum | 1995 All-American 55m 1997 All-American 55m |
| Lamarr Justice | 1996 Big East Champion Triple Jump (outdoor) |
| Errol Williams | 1998 All-American 55m 1998 All-American 110m 1998 Academic All-American 1998 Big East Champion 55M Hurdles (indoor) 1998 Big East Champion 400M |
| Marshaun West | 1999 All-American Indoor Long Jump 1999 Big East Champion 200M (indoor) 1999 Big East Champion 200M (outdoor) 2000 All-American Outdoor Long Jump 2000 Big East Champion Long Jump (indoor) 2000 Big East Champion 4x100M Relay |
| Kymia Love | 2002 All-American 4x400m Relay |
| Selim Nurudeen | 2002 Big East Champion 110M Hurdles 2003 Big East Champion 110M Hurdles 2004 Big East Champion 110M Hurdles 2004 Big East Champion 60M Hurdles (indoor) 2005 Big East Champion 60M Hurdles (indoor) 2005 Big East Champion 200M (indoor) 2005 Big East Champion 110M Hurdles 2005 All-American 60m Hurdles 2005 All-American 110m Hurdles |
| Godwin Mbagwu | 2003 Big East Champion Triple Jump 2004 Big East Champion Long Jump |
| Women’s Track & Field | |
| Alison Howard | 1997 Big East Champion 400M (outdoor) |
| Tameisha King | 2000 All-American Long Jump 2002 All-American Long Jump 2003 All-American Indoor Long Jump 2003 All-American Long Jump 2003 Big East Champion 60M Hurdles (indoor) 2003 Big East Champion Long Jump (indoor) |
| Kristen Dodd | 2004 Big East Champion 4x400M Relay (indoor) |
| Tiffany Gunn | 2004 Big East Champion 4x400M Relay (indoor) 2005 Big East Champion 500M (indoor) |
| Okechi Ogbuokiri | 2004 Big East Champion 4x400M Relay (indoor) 2005 Big East Champion 400M (indoor) 2007 Big East Champion 4x400M Relay |
| Maryann Erigha | 2005 Big East Champion 100 Meters 2006 Big East Champion 200M (indoor) 2007 Big East Champion Academic All-Americans 2007 Big East Champion 4x100M Relay |