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Lennie Rosenbluth, UNC (1954-1957)

Lennie Rosenbluth averaged 26.9 points during his UNC career. Rosenbluth holds many UNC records and a few ACC conference records. Some of his noteworthy accomplishments include:

• the highest career scoring average at UNC all-time (26.9)
• most points scored in ACC Tournament game (45 against Clemson in 1957; ACC Record)
• tied for most points scored in NCAA Tournament game (39 against Canisius in 1957)
• ranks fourth all-time in points scored (2,045 points)
• one of seven UNC players to average a double-double career (26.9 points and 10.4 rebounds)
• most field goals made in an ACC Tournament game (19 against Clemson in 1957; ACC Record)

Rosenbluth led North Carolina to a perfect 32-0 record during the 1956-57 season and a victory over the Kansas Jayhawks in the 1957 NCAA National Championship. He was named the 1957 Helms Foundation Collegiate Player of the Year and three-time All-ACC selection for his UNC career. He was a three-time first-team All-ACC selection.

Likewise, Rosenbluth was a consensus selection to the first-team All-American squad. Until Duke’s Christian Laettner, Rosenbluth was the only college basketball player to be named the National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA Regional MVP in the same season.

In 2002, Rosenbluth was named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Team consisting of the 50 best basketball players ever in the ACC conference.