David Rivers

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David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American basketball player. He attended the University of Notre Dame. He was a third team All-American in 1986-87 and a second team selection in '87-88. He was the co-captain of the '87-88 squad. He currently ranks fourth in school history, in scoring with 2,058 points, and second in Notre Dame history in assists (586). He also ranks second all-time in steals (201) and steals average (1.7 spg), second in games started (116), fourth in assists average (5.0 apg) and three-point field goal percentage (.406), ninth in games played (118), 11th all-time in three-point field goals made (67) and 13th in three-point field goals attempted (165). He was selected to the '87 NCAA Championship All-Regional team. He earned four monograms while a member of the Fighting Irish. He was selected 25th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft.