David Thompson (basketball) - College Highlights

College Highlights

• Three-year letter winner (1973–1975)
• The Sporting News national Player of the Year (1975)
• USBWA College Player of the Year (1975)
• Consensus First-Team All-America (1973, 1974, 1975) by Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI), Eastman Kodak, The Sporting News
• AP National Player of the Year (1974, 1975)
• UPI Player of the Year (1975)
• Eastman Kodak Award (1975)
• Naismith Award (1975)
• Adolph Rupp Trophy (1975)
• Coach & Athlete Magazine Player of the Year (1975)
• Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1974, 1975)
• National Association of Basketball Coaches Player of the Year (1975)
• United States Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year (1975)
• Dunlop Player of the Year (1975)
• Sullivan Award finalist (1974, 1975)
• Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year (1973, 1974, 1975)
• ACC Athlete of the Year (1973, 1975)
• All-ACC First Team (1973, 1974, 1975)
• North Carolina State retired his jersey number 44 (1975)
• Led North Carolina State to the 1974 NCAA championship (30-1 record), 76-64 over Marquette University
• In national semi-final win over UCLA, scored 28 points
• In championship game, scored 21 points against Marquette
• Most Valuable Player (MVP), NCAA Tournament (1974)
• Led Wolfpack to a 79-7 record during his final three season (freshmen were ineligible then) including 57-1 during his sophomore and junior seasons (27-0, 30-1), the best in ACC history. His senior year record was 22-6.
• Scored 2,309 points (26.8 ppg) in 86 varsity games; including highs of 57 points as a senior, 41 as a junior and 40 as a sophomore
• Averaged 35.6 ppg, including a 54-point high on the North Carolina State freshman team
• Grabbed 694 rebounds (8.1 rpg) in 86 games
• World University Games MVP (1973)
• Enshrined in North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1982)
• NCAA All-Decade Team of the 1970s
• Named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in ACC history