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The '''Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award''' is given to the top men's college basketball player from an [[NCAA Division I]] school in the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref name=HaggertyHistory>{{cite web |url=https://metbasketballwriters.org/sports/2014/1/13/HAG_0113142015.aspx |title=Haggerty Award history |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=MetBasketballWriters.org |publisher=Sidearm Sports |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> The playersHaggerty onAward thisis listpresented whoby representthe modernMetropolitan dayBasketball non-Division IWriters schoolsAssociation are(MBWA).<ref fivename=MBWA>{{cite playersweb from|url=https://metbasketballwriters.org/sports/2014/1/13/HAG_0113145613.aspx [[NYU|title=All-time Violetswinners men'slist basketball|NYU]]author=<!--Not ([[Benstated--> Auerbach]],|date=2024 [[Sid|website=MetBasketballWriters.org Tanenbaum]],|publisher=Sidearm [[DolphSports Schayes]]|access-date=April 27, [[Satch2024}}</ref> Sanders]],First andawarded [[Barryin Kramer]])1936, andit oneis playerthe fromoldest [[CCNYand Beaversarguably men'smost basketball|CCNY]]prestigious ([[Bernieaward Fliegel]]).given Atto thea timemetropolitan ofarea theirplayer.<ref awards,name=MBWA/><ref>{{cite bothnews|last NYU=Cannizzaro| andfirst CCNY=Mark| weretitle=Seton classifiedHall, asRutgers Division Ireap schools.<ref>{{citehoop webawards |url=https://nyulocalwww.newspapers.com/the-history-of-nyu-basketball-you-didnt-know-c981f1cf0e4image/223419048 |titlenewspaper=The[[Courier History Of NYU Basketball You Didn’t KnowNews]] |lastlocation=Bray[[Somerville, |first=TylerNew Jersey]] |date=NovemberApril 1318, 20141989 |websitepage=NYUlocal.com 9|publishervia =[[Medium (website)|MediumNewspapers.com]] |access-dateaccessdate = April 2730, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite webIt |url=https://wwwis named after Frank J.wbur.org/onlyagame/2020/04/03/city-college-of-new-york- Haggerty, a basketball-scandal |title='Fromand Heroesbaseball Tostar Villains':athlete CCNYfrom Basketball's[[Long DramaticIsland|Long FallIsland, FromNew GloryYork]] |last=Changwho "was the |first=Jonathan |date=Aprilgraduate 3,of 2020both |website=WBUR[[Chaminade High School]] and St.org |publisher=John's University to die in military service during [[NPRWorld War II]] |access-date=April… 27The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, 2024}}to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.</ref> name=HaggertyHistory/>
The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]] in [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica, New York]] has the most at 27, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]]. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from [[NYU Violets men's basketball|NYU]] ([[Ben Auerbach]], [[Sid Tanenbaum]], [[Dolph Schayes]], [[Satch Sanders]], and [[Barry Kramer]]) and one player from [[CCNY Beavers men's basketball|CCNY]] ([[Bernie Fliegel]]). At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nyulocal.com/the-history-of-nyu-basketball-you-didnt-know-c981f1cf0e4 |title=The History Of NYU Basketball You Didn’t Know |last=Bray |first=Tyler |date=November 13, 2014 |website=NYUlocal.com |publisher=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2020/04/03/city-college-of-new-york-basketball-scandal |title='From Heroes To Villains': CCNY Basketball's Dramatic Fall From Glory |last=Chang |first=Jonathan |date=April 3, 2020 |website=WBUR.org |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
The Haggerty Award is presented by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA).<ref name=MBWA>{{cite web |url=https://metbasketballwriters.org/sports/2014/1/13/HAG_0113145613.aspx |title=All-time winners list |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=MetBasketballWriters.org |publisher=Sidearm Sports |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> First awarded in 1936, it is the oldest and arguably most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player.<ref name=MBWA/><ref>{{cite news|last =Cannizzaro| first =Mark| title=Seton Hall, Rutgers reap hoop awards |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/223419048 |newspaper=[[Courier News]] |location=[[Somerville, New Jersey]] |date=April 18, 1989 |page= 9|via =[[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 30, 2024}}</ref> It is named after Frank J. Haggerty, a basketball and baseball star athlete from [[Long Island|Long Island, New York]] who "was the first graduate of both [[Chaminade High School]] and St. John's University to die in military service during [[World War II]] … The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.<ref name=HaggertyHistory/>
The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]] in [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica, New York]] has the most at 27, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]].
Three players won the award three times: [[Jim McMillian]] of [[Columbia Lions men's basketball|Columbia]] (1968–1970), [[Chris Mullin]] of St. John's (1983–1985) and [[Charles Jenkins (basketball)|Charles Jenkins]] of [[Hofstra Pride men's basketball|Hofstra]] (2009–2011). McMillian went on to win the [[1972 NBA Finals|1972 NBA championship]] with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]; Mullin went on to win two [[Olympic gold medal#Olympic Games|Olympic gold medals]] (1984, 1992) with Team USA, was a five-time [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] and was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the [[NBA]] and Europe.
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