We know we are a little late with this article, but we elected to make some changes to the website, and have been working on that for awhile. As we are still learning, it takes us a little extra time to get changes up and running how we like them. We aren’t fully done with the updates to the website, but it’s in working order now and hope everyone enjoys the new layout. The All-American lists came out over the past couple weeks, and we still wanted to recognize the great players and coaches who won awards. We also have vote coming up, on what is going to happen with the Winter sports Seniors. We believe it is still a long shot for the vote to pass for the seniors to get an additional year. With that in mind, we gave special recognition to all of the Senior All-Americans who were voted on to an actual All-American Team. Being an All-American in any form is special, so congratulations to all the players who can now call themselves an All-American!
2019-2020 NAIA All-Americans
NAIA DI National Player of the Year – Chris Coffey, 6’7 Sr. Georgetown
The senior from Georgetown (Ky) averaged 15.4ppg, and 12.7rpg. The 12.7rpg led NAIA DI, and his 9.3 defensive rebounds per game also led the country. Chris is now a 2x All-American and was the 2019 DI National Tournament MVP.
NAIA DII National Player of the Year – Kyle Mangas, 6’4 Jr. Indiana Wesleyan
The Junior from Indiana Wesleyan earned his 3rd straight All-American award as he averaged 26.9ppg, 6.4rpg, and 4.2apg. Kyle will be one of the best returning players in the country next season as the NAIA moves to one division!
Seniors On NAIA DI All-American Teams
1st Team All-American
Chris Coffey 6’7 Georgetown
Randy Bell 6’4 Dalton State
Traquan Knight 6’3 LSU Shreveport
Ashford Golden 6’6 Mid-America Christian
Morris Dunnigan 6’3 Talladega
Dexter Hood 6’4 William Penn
2nd Team All-American
Dane Warp 6’5 Carroll
Darius Lasley 6’2 Clarke
Milan Skundric 6’6 Faulkner
Chris Vickers 6’6 LSU Alexandria
Tim Soares 6’11 The Master’s
JJ Culver 6’5 Wayland Baptist
William Lloyd 6’5 Xavier
3rd Team All-American
Bryan Battle 6’5 Freed-Hardeman
Eljay Cowherd 6’0 Georgetown
Reece Brooks 5’10 Lindsey Wilson
Gilbert Thomas 6’7 LSU Shreveport
John Paine 6’6 Menlo
Brock Gardner 6’7 The Master’s
Seniors On NAIA DII All-American Teams
1st Team All-American
Tyler Borchers 6’7 Morningside
Dwight Burton 6’1 Madonna
Mitchell Fink 6’1 Oregon Tech
Ty Hoglund 6’3 Dakota Wesleyan
Paul Marandet 6’1 Spring Arbor
Talon Pinckney 5’10 College of Idaho
Nic Reed 6’5 Olivet Nazarene
2nd Team All-American
Darryl Bowie 5’10 Ottawa
Hussayn Ford 6’6 Northwest (WA)
Mark Gordon 6’5 Keiser
Jackson Lamb 6’4 Briar Cliff
Justin Martin 5’10 Multnomah
Ronnie Rousseau III 5’10 Antelope Valley
Xavier Sewell 6’4 Washington Adventist
Bishop Smith 5’10 IU East
3rd Team All-American
Leo Behrend 6’4 Ave Maria
Austin Butler 6’5 Montreat
Armand Cartwright 6’1 Rochester
Andrew Hamm 6’3 Southwestern
Tate Hoffman 6’7 Southern Oregon
Chris King 6’1 Mount Marty
Lorenzo Moore 6’4 Holy Cross
Blake Smith 6’3 Alice Lloyd
National Coaching Awards
NAIA DI Coach of the Year
John Moore – Westmont (CA)
NABC NAIA DI Coach of the Year
Austin Johnson – Lewis Clark
NAIA DII National Coach of the Year
Colby Blaine – College of Idaho
NABC NAIA DII National Coach of the Year
Mike McBride – Holy Cross
Don Meyer National Coach of the Year
Jim Sykes – Morningside
