A few names to be considered here : Mark Aguirre, George Mikan, Dave Corzine and Stanley Brundey, among others. If you take into account the players' contributions to their team over the length of their career at DePaul, I think you have to go with Mark Aguirre here.
A native of Chicago, Aguirre would remain in the Windy City through his college years, spending three seasons between 1978 and 1981 at DePaul. As a freshman Blue Demon, Aguirre would notch an impressive 767 points. This was the beginning of a collegiate career in which he would
score a DePaul record 2,181 points.
Some of Aguirre's other collegiate accomplishments include:
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score a DePaul record 2,181 points.
Some of Aguirre's other collegiate accomplishments include:
- 1980 AP NCAA Player of the Year
- 2-Time AP NCAA 1st Team All-American
- 1980 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year
- 1980 Adolph F. Rupp Trophy Winner
- 24.5 ppg at DePaul
- Led DePaul to Final Four as a Freshman
- #1 Pick in the 1981 NBA Draft
Aguirre's NBA accomplishments are nothing to sneeze at either. Between 1981-82 and 1993-94, Aguirre achieved:
- 18,458 regular season points
- .484 field goal percentage
- 2-Time NBA Champion
- 20.0 ppg
Did you know.................that DePaul has retired Aguirre's jersey number 24?


