The following release is from Notre Dame athletics:
University of Notre Dame men’s basketball senior guard Dane Goodwin has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday, December 27, 2021, after leading the Irish through a 2-0 week in Purcell Pavilion.
Goodwin averaged 19.5 points per game last week, while pulling down 5.5 rebounds per contest and shooting .692 (9-13) from three-point range. He shares the ACC award with Femi Odukale from Pittsburgh who scored 28 points against Jacksonville.
Against Western Michigan, the Upper Arlington, Ohio, native scored 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting with five rebounds and four three pointers. Two days later against Texas A&M Corpus Christi Goodwin logged his first 20-point game of the season, scoring a game-high 21 points and 7-of-14 shooting with five three pointers, six rebounds and three steals.
The honor is the first conference weekly award of Goodwin’s career. He is the first Irish player to earn ACC player of the week accolades since John Mooney on February 6, 2020. Teammate and freshman Blake Wesely was named ACC Rookie of the Week on December 13 of this season.