Debuted each year at the OSCARS - the year-end highlight video provides a look back at all 26 varsity sports competed at the University of Notre Dame and is created in cooperation with the Student Welfare and Development Office and LeSea Broadcasting.
Notre Dame defeats Providence to finish third in the BIG EAST Conference regular season standings and secures a double-bye in the conference tournament.
Notre Dame defeated St. John's 66 to 40 during their senior night on March 5th at the Purcell Pavilion.
SENIOR SEASON (2012-13): Strong, left-handed frontline player with deceptive skills ... highly-skilled and crafty around the basket ... displays great footwork for a player with his size ... has a natural feel for the game ... a steady and consistent player ... expected to see playing time in a reserve role this season ... did not play during his freshman campaign ... has appeared in 44 career games, including three starts, and has tallied 106 points (2.4 ppg.) and 62 rebounds (1.4 rpg.).
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12): Played in a career-high 30 games, including three starts ... posted career-best marks in points (86/2.9 ppg.), rebounds (46/1.5 rpg.), assists (14), blocked shots (15) and steals (7) ... played a career-high 266 minutes (8.9 mpg.) ... made his first career start in the Maryland contest ... also earned starts against Maine and Dartmouth ... scored eight points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked a career-high three shots in a career-best 25 minutes of action in a 65-47 win over Dartmouth ... also made a career-high four free throws (on four attempts) against the Big Green ... deposited a career-high nine points in a 106-65 besting of Sacred Heart ... played in 16 of the team's 18 regular-season BIG EAST contests ... grabbed a career-best six rebounds at St. John's ... tallied six points and three boards against Louisville in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Championship ... scored four points and matched a career-high total with two assists against Xavier in the second round of the NCAA tournament ... also had two assists versus Sam Houston State, Maine and Sacred Heart.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11): Played in 14 games ... registered 20 points (1.4 ppg.) and 16 rebounds (1.1 rpg. ) ... had three assists and two blocked shots ... made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Georgia Southern and was a perfect 3-3 from the field and 1-1 from the free throw line en route to seven points in the Irish victory ... also had four rebounds in his Irish debut ... matched his season-high total with seven points in a win over UMBC ... also hauled down a season-best five rebounds against UMBC ... played a season-high nine minutes against both Georgia Southern and UMBC ... played in six BIG EAST regular-season games and one conference tournament contest ... scored his first BIG EAST points in a win at DePaul ... hauled in one rebound in the third-round NCAA tournament contest versus Florida State.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10): Did not see game action during the 2009-2010 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Concluded his career as the all-time leading scorer at Dirigo with 1,326 career points ... four-year letter winner under head coach Gavin Kane ... captained team in his senior season ... honored as the Maine Mr. Basketball as well as a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee ... was selected Lewiston Sun Journal Player of the Year as a senior ... also named Most Outstanding Player by the Maine Sunday Telegram in final scholastic season ... Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2009 after averaging 22.9 points, 11.6 rebounds, 3.5 blocked shots, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals ... two-time all-state honoree ... garnered all-conference honors in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... named Outstanding Player of the Western Maine Classic Tournament ... helped Dirigo to three conference championships (2007-09) and a regional title in `09 while compiling a 76-11 (.874) ... posted back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2007-08 and 2008-09 and finished 20-2 and 21-2, respectively ... played in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge ... selected and attended Reebok All-American Camp ... led his AAU team to an 11th-place finish at the AAU Junior Nationals in `07 ... averaged 16.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots as a junior and netted 13.4 points and 7.5 boards in his sophomore season.
PERSONAL: Full name is Thomas Francis Knight ... the third of five children ... has an older brother Kevin and an older sister Holly, in addition to two younger sisters Hannah and Rachel ... member of the Dirigo High School Student Council ... son of Karl and Kathy Knight ... mother was a track and cross country runner for the University of Maine, while father played basketball at Bowdoin College ... born in Farmington, Maine ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a management consulting major and also is pursuing a secondary major in psychology.
