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NAIA Player Spotlight: Kortland Martin
Kortland Martin has been a pillar at the point guard position since he joined the Freed-Hardeman University Lions basketball team in 2017 as a freshman. Martin, a native of Humboldt, TN, decided to stay close to home and attend FHU just 45 minutes away in Henderson. Martin ultimately chose FHU because he felt it was…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Matt Simpson – Florida College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC1UGUVKV0&feature=youtu.be One of the top scorers in all of the NAIA, just so happens to be a part time grocery clerk at Publix, and big time gamer, who loves Call of Duty. While he may look like a regular guy off the floor, when Matt Simpson steps on the floor, you will know who he…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Makenzie Fessler – William Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3jwoj9Gys&feature=youtu.be Everyone chooses a program and University for different reasons. For Makenzie Fessler, William Woods was a smaller college atmosphere, where he could grow both as an individual and as a basketball player. He saw a University in which he could be a hooper, but also have success in the classroom, while also doing something…
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THE SON ALSO RISES
by Harry CumminsSitting on a folding chair in a corner of an empty gymnasium, Zach Richardson is explaining to his early morning visitor how the disparate events of his young life have led him to this unlikeliest of landing spots. With a sweeping glance toward the still half-asleep campus outside, Richardson remarks, “This is exactly where…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Nykolas Mason – SAGU (TX)
Major: Business Accolades: 2nd team all-conference, SAC freshman of the year, NAIA All-American honorable mention. There are coaches out there, who turn over every rock, looking for players. Not because they can’t recruit, or because they are desperate, but because they know that by turning over every rock, occasionally you find a gem. Southwestern Assemblies…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Raylon Howard – University of Saint Mary (KS)
For some, the journey is too tough, and they lose their way before their real journey can even begin. There are some really good players, all over the world, who just gave up, before their chance was given. Then you have guys like Raylon Howard, who is going to be a Senior guard at the…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Dalen Dotson – William Carey University (MS)
If you know anything about William Carey University men’s basketball, then you know that Coach Steve Knight is one of the best coaches in the game. He’s a coach that isn’t afraid to go play a challenging schedule. Last season was no exception as they started the season off 2-4, while losing to a NCAA…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Ed Carter III – Xavier Univ of Louisiana
Xavier (LA) is set up to have a great 2019-20 season. They return two All-Americans in William Loyd and Rayshawn Mart, who were featured in our “The Best Returning Duos in NAIA” post. As good of a duo as they are, there is a third guy to watch for next season in Ed Carter III.…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Talon Pinckney – College of Idaho
I am sure the opposing Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) coaches are wondering how Talon Pinckney still has eligibility left. Talon has had such an impact at College of Idaho, for so long, that it feels like hes been playing for the past six years. As it stands, he will just be a Senior this year,…
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NAIA Player Spotlight: Henry Galinato – Benedictine University Mesa (AZ)
It is a happy accident that our spotlight player this week is from the California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) a week after releasing the Cal Pac League Breakdown. In that feature, Henry Galinato, a first team all league performer, is one of the top players returning to the Cal Pac Conference next season. Like many…
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