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. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from NYU and one player from CCNY. At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.
Irv Torgoff, LIU Brooklyn, 1939
Jim White, St. John's, 1942
Andrew Levane, St. John's, 1943
Dolph Schayes, NYU, 1948
NYU Violets men's basketball
The NYU Violets men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents New York University, located in New York City. The team currently competes in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. NYU previously competed as an NCAA Division I program until 1971, when the team was disbanded due to a budget crisis. The team was reinstated in 1983 as a Division III program.
Nat Holman
Dolph Schayes