Rockne's Roundtable

2013 Notre Dame signee Demetrius Jackson, a star point guard who just finished his prep career at Mishawaka (Ind.) Marian High, was recently named MVP of the Northern Indiana Conference for the third consecutive year — a league record.

The only other multiple-award winner (league began recognizing MVPs in 1993) was South Bend Clay’s Jaraan Cornell in 1995 and ’96. Jackson, a McDonald’s All-American, was accompanied on the All-NIC list by fellow Fighting Irish signee Austin Torres of Mishawka Penn on the NIC’s six-member first team.