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Andre Norris

  • Award
    MVP
  • Week Of
    3/6/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    University of Dubuque
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Plainfield, Ill.
  • High School
    Plainfield Central
Norris led Dubuque in points (614), rebounds (31), steals (37), blocks (24), field goal percentage (56.1), three-point percentage (40.4), field goals made (222), free throws made (115), and double-doubles (18). In league play, he averaged a league high 22.4 points, 11.5 rebounds, 10.8 defensive rebounds, 35.9 minutes per game, and had 10 double-doubles to led Dubuque to the title. His 22.4 points per game were the highest in IIAC action since Dubuque's Taylor Blum averaged 22.7 ppg in 2009-10. You have to go back to 1997-98 to find a better rebounding average than Norris' 11.5 rebounds per game when Adam Doll of Simpson averaged 14.6 boards.

In the latest NCAA statistical rankings, Norris leads the nation in defensive rebounds (11.12), is third in double doubles (18), fourth in rebounds per game (12.0), and 15th in points per game (23.6). He also leaves UD as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,936 points.

The two-time MVP joins elite company as one of only nine to earn multiple IIAC MVP honors. Norris joins an even smaller list as just the fifth men's basketball player to be a four-time All-IIAC selection having earned second team honors as a freshman, first team honors as a sophomore, and MVP as a junior and senior.