’97 Honors and Awards

CB Ivory Covington   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. West Virginia (8 tackles,       1 interception)DE Melvin Dansby   * - Football News All-America (honorable mention)   * - Football News All-Independents team   * - Notre Dame Lineman of the Year by Moose Krause Chapter of       National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame   * - Nick Pietrosante Award (by vote of teammates to player who best       personifies characteristics of late Irish All-America fullback)TB Autry Denson   * - Notre Dame National Monogram Club MVP Award (by vote of       teammates)   * - Football News All-America (honorable mention)   * - Football News All-Independents team   * - Nominee for Doak Walker Award as top running back in the nation   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Georgia Tech (24 for 71,       2 TDs; 2 catches for 58)   * - ABC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Purdue (22 for 104, 1 TD;       7 catches for 54, 1 TD)   * - ABC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Stanford (21 for 116; 2       catches for 15)   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. USC (30 for season-high       133, 1 TD; 6 catches for 3)   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Navy (19 for 125, 2 TDs)OT Mike Doughty   * - Selected to play in Hula Bowl postseason all-star gameILB Bobbie Howard   * Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Knute Rockne Student-Athlete     Award (3.015 grade-point average in College of Business	 Administration)   * Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl Scholarship AwardSE Malcolm Johnson   * - One of 31 preliminary candidates for 1997 Biletnikoff Award       presented to top receiver in the countryOLB Kory Minor   * - Football News All-America (honorable mention)   * - Football News All-Independents   * - One of 65 preliminary candidates for the 1997 Butkus Award       presented to the top college linebacker in the country   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Michigan State (late       first-half interception set up only Irish TD)QB Ron Powlus   * - Selected to play in Hula Bowl postseason all-star game   * - ABC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Michigan (completed 20 of       27 for 205, 1 TD, 1 int.)TE Tim Ridder   * - State Farm/Mutual Radio Student-Athlete of the Year OG Mike Rosenthal   * - Football News All-America (honorable mention)   * - Football News All-IndependentsCB Allen Rossum   * - Football News All-Independents   * - Finalist for inaugural Mosi Tatupu Special Teams Award   * - Selected to play in Senior Bowl postseason all-star game   * - NBC Sports/Chevrolet Notre Dame MVP vs. Boston College (80-yard       kickoff for TD that tied NCAA mark for career returns for TDs)P Hunter Smith   * - Football News All-Independents