The following are the end of season individual player awards for Notre Dame. Congrats to all. MVP--Matt Eisler SCHOLAR ATHLETE--Jay Matushak ROOKIE OF THE YEAR--Matt Eisler MOST IMPROVED PLAYER--Chris Bales BEST DEFENSIVE FORWARD--Brian McCarthy BEST DEFENSEMAN--Gary Gruber BEST PLUS/MINUS--Justin Theel John Haeussler Univ of Michigan [log in to unmask] It's going to be very hard to root for the Irish without Ric Schafer behind the bench