NAIA DII Men’s Basketball All-America Teams Announced – NAIA – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2018 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Teams Thursday. Cornerstone’s (Mich.) Kyle Steigenga headlines the award winners as the 2018 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Player of the Year.
Players were chosen by the Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Committee. There are three teams of 10 individuals each that make up the 2018 All-Americans.
Steigenga, a native of Holland, Mich., is the first player in Cornerstone men’s basketball history to earn this distinction. The four-time first team All-American led the Golden Eagles to a 30-5 record, including a 19-1 mark in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference en route to the team’s 10th conference title and a 14th national championship appearance. Cornerstone, which won the national title in Steigenga’s freshman campaign, reached the quarterfinals at the 2018 national championship before losing to eventual national runner-up Saint Francis (Ind.).
On the season, Steigenga tallied 727 points (20.8 points per game), 298 rebounds and shot 59.9 percent from the field. The senior’s point total ranked seventh nationally. Steigenga concluded a decorated career with 3,023 points and 1,201 rebounds – both of which rank among the top two totals in program history.
Overall, there are five individuals back from one of the three 2017 All-America Teams. Colton Kooima of Northwestern (Iowa) and Steigenga are the only individuals to repeat on the first team.
Following the conclusion of the national championship title game, Greg Tonagel of Indiana Wesleyan was named the 2017-18 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Tonagel led the Wildcats to their third national title – the other two coming in 2014 and 2016 – and a 31-7 overall record. He was also named the NABC-NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year.
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National Player of the Year: Kyle Steigenga, Cornerstone (Mich.)
2018 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-Americans
| First Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Kyle Steigenga* | Cornerstone (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Holland, Mich. |
| Colton Kooima* | Northwestern (Iowa) | G | Sr. | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Aziz Leeks | College of Idaho | F | Sr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Bryce Lienhoop% | Saint Francis (Ind.) | F | Sr. | Columbus, Ind. |
| Kyle Mangas | Indiana Wesleyan | G | Fr. | Warsaw, Ind. |
| Deion McClenton | Keiser (Fla.) | F | Sr. | Columbus, Ga. |
| Jordan Murdock | Friends (Kan.) | F | Jr. | Wichita, Kan. |
| Jason Spicer | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | F | Sr. | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Trenton Thompson | Asbury (Ky.) | F | Jr. | Cynthiana, Ky. |
| Nathan Wedel | Northwestern (Iowa) | G | Sr. | Yale, S.D. |
| Second Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Darren Groves | Indiana Tech | F | Jr. | Dayton, Ohio |
| Lucas Huffman | IU East (Ind.) | F | Sr. | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Cameron Hunt | Southwestern (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Duncanville, Texas |
| Jaime Johnson | IU Southeast (Ind.) | G | So. | Louisville, Ky. |
| Jalen Miller | Governors State (Ill.) | F | Grad Student | Riverdale, Ill. |
| Gage Ott | Bethel (Ind.) | F | Sr. | LaPorte, Ind. |
| BJ Shelton^ | Bellevue (Neb.) | G | Sr. | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| Wes Stowers | Marian (Ind.) | G | Jr. | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Sam Vander Sluis | Cornerstone (Mich.) | F | Jr. | Holland, Mich. |
| Blake Walsman | Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) | F | Jr. | Batesville, Ind. |
| Third Team | ||||
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Arsenio Arrington | Aquinas (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Ryan Atkins | Southeastern (Fla.) | G | Sr. | Miami, Fla. |
| Tyler Borchers | Morningside (Iowa) | F | So. | Le Mars, Iowa |
| Raheem Bowman | St. Thomas (Fla.) | C | Sr. | Chester, Pa. |
| Erich Erdman% | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | G | Jr. | Forest City, Iowa |
| Mitchell Fink | Oregon Tech | G | So. | Clackamas, Ore. |
| Ty Hoglund | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | G | So. | Dell Rapids, S.D. |
| Paul Marandet | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | G | So. | Warsaw, Ind. |
| Max McCullough | Eastern Oregon | G | So. | Post Falls, Idaho |
| Brandon Moore | Allen (S.C.) | C | So. | Sylvester, Ga. |
| * 2017 First Team All-American | ||||
| ^2017 Second Team All-American | ||||
| %2017 Third Team All-American | ||||
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | Institution | |||
| Sheldon Blackwell | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | |||
| Jay Wolfe | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | |||
| Devin Harrison | Calumet (Ind.) | |||
| Haylen Washington | Coastal Georgia | |||
| Roosevelt Adams | College of Idaho | |||
| Michael Bradshaw | Cornerstone (Mich.) | |||
| Marcus White | Dickinson State (N.D.) | |||
| Mike Bush | Huntington (Ind.) | |||
| Dylan Phair | Indiana Tech | |||
| Joe Jackson | IU Southeast (Ind.) | |||
| Evan Maxwell | Indiana Wesleyan | |||
| Leighton Sampson | Jamestown (N.D.) | |||
| Aaron Bachura | McPherson (Kan.) | |||
| Jason Penn | Michigan-Dearborn | |||
| Ryan Williams | Midland (Neb.) | |||
| Aaron Levarity | Milligan (Tenn.) | |||
| Brody Egger | Morningside (Iowa) | |||
| Alex Borchers | Morningside (Iowa) | |||
| Michael Loomis | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | |||
| KJ Malveau | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |||
| Issac Rowe | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |||
| Nic Reed | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | |||
| Will Hill | Rio Grande (Ohio) | |||
| Justin Nafso | Rochester (Mich.) | |||
| Jake Ludwig | Roosevelt (Ill.) | |||
| Derek Hinen | Saint Francis (Ind.) | |||
| Quinn Neigo | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | |||
| Rafael Adams | Stillman (Ala.) | |||
| Julian Winton | Tabor (Kan.) | |||
| O’Shae Williams | Trinity International (Ill.) | |||
| KJ Duronslet | Union (Ky.) | |||
| Demetrius Cady | Saint Mary (Kan.) | |||
| Jayden Ferguson | Valley City State (N.D.) | |||
| Melton Sanders | Warner (Fla.) | |||
| Xavier Cannefax | Warner Pacific (Ore.) | |||
| Collin Malcolm | Warner Pacific (Ore.) | |||
| Michael Scott | WVU Tech (W.Va.) | |||