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Daniel M. McGovern

  • Class
    1997
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Running Back ... Owner of 13 school records and Upstate New York’s all-time leading rusher and scorer upon graduation … 1995: Broke six school single season or career records, including rushing yards in a game (twice) and in a season, all-purpose yards in a game and a season, touchdowns in a season and points in a season … Tied three school records … Ranked sixth in NCAA in rushing … UCAA Offensive Player of the Week four times … ECAC Offensive Player of the Week twice … Don Hansen’s Football Gazette National Offensive Player of the Week twice … Team Offensive MVP … All-UCAA First Team … UCAA Offensive Player of the Year … All-ECAC First Team … Set school and ECAC Playoff Game record for rushing yards in a game … ECAC Championship Game MVP … Don Hansen All-American Second Team … Hewlett Packard All-American Third Team … 1996: Pre-Season All-American … Broke seven school singles season or career records, including rushing yards in a career, TDs in a season, points in a season, touchdowns in a career, points in a career, carries in a season and carries in a game … Twice tied two school records … Ranked eighth in NCAA in rushing and ninth in scoring … UCAA Offensive Player of the Week six (of 9) times … ECAC Player of the Week once … ECAC Honor Roll four times … Team Offensive MVP … All-UCAA First Team … UCAA Offensive Player of the Year … UCAA All-Academic … All-ECAC First Team … Don Hansen All-American Third Team … National Academic All-American First Team … 1997: Pre-Season All-American by USA Football … Pre-Season All-American in Don Hanson's College Football Preview … Entered senior season with 14 career 100-yard rushing games, eight 200-yard games and one 300-yard effort … Captain … UCAA Offensive Player of the Week four times … ECAC Offensive Player of the Week once … Team Offensive MVP … All-UCAA First Team … UCAA Offensive Player of the Year … All-ECAC Second Team … All-East Region Second Team … National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Capital District Chapter Scholar-Athlete … Other: Inducted into Olympia … 1995-96 Olympia Male Athlete of the Year … 1996-97 Olympia Male Athlete of the Year … 1997-98 Olympia Male Career Athlete of the Year … Chair of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Management ... South Glens Falls, New York ... South Glens Falls High School.
                                           
                                             
 
RUSHING
 
RECEIVING
 
KICKOFF RETURNS
 
Team
 
GP
ATT
GAIN
LOSS
NET
YDS/GM
YDS/ATT
TD
 
REC
REC/GM
YDS
YDS/REC
TD
 
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
 
W
L
1994
1
3
27
0
27
27
9
1
 
0
0
0
0
0
 
0
0
0
0
 
8
1
1995
10
258
1745
47
1698
169.8
6.6
18
 
3
0.3
39
13
0
 
8
184
23
0
 
8
2
1996
9
271
1510
76
1434
159.3
5.3
19
 
6
0.7
52
8.7
0
 
0
0
0
0
 
5
4
1997
10
181
829
29
800
80
4.4
8
 
20
2
229
11.4
1
 
10
283
28.3
1
 
9
1
CAREER
30
713
4111
152
3959
436.1
6.3
46
 
29
0.75
320
8.3
1
 
18
467
12.8
1
 
21
8
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