Kelly Wells
In the wake of Pikeville’s stunning run to the NAIA men’s basketball national championship, Kelly Wells has been named NAIA Coach of the Year. Wells led the Bears to their first national title, with a school-best record of 30-7.
Vic Moses
Pikeville’s Vance Cooksey, Georgetown’s Vic Moses and St. Catharine’s Kashiff Carr have each been named second-team NAIA All-Americans. Honorable mention goes to Georgetown’s Eddie Gray, St. Cat’s Ervin Williams, Cumberlands’ Matt Daniel and Mid-Continent’s Chris Ferguson.
Justin Johnson of Concordia (Calif.) is the NAIA National Player of the Year. He averaged 14.8 points per game, shooting 52 percent from the floor, and averaged 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals for a team that finished 32-4 and advanced to the NAIA quarterfinals.
Morehead’s Faried, Tyndall honored
Kenneth Faried
The National Association of Basketball Coaches has named Morehead State senior Kenneth Faried to its all-star team, while Eagles Coach Donnie Tyndall has been named NABC District 19 Co-Coach of the Year.
Donnie Tyndall obliging fans.
Faried, whose 1,673 career rebounds is a modern-day collegiate record, is among 20 collegiate seniors scheduled to play April 1 in the Reese’s College All-Star Game as part of the NCAA Final Four weekend at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
Tyndall, in his fifth season at Morehead, produced a school-record-tying 25 victories, capped by an NCAA Tournament victory over Louisville. He shares the District 19 award with Billy Kennedy, who guided Murray State to it second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship.
(All photos by Mark Maloney.)
NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball All-America Teams
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First Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Brandon Brown |
Montana Western |
G |
Jr. |
Tacoma, Wash. |
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Reggie Bunch |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
F |
Sr. |
Racine, Wis. |
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Justin Johnson |
Concordia (Calif.) |
G |
Sr. |
Tustin, Calif. |
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James Justice |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
G |
Jr. |
Memphis |
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Taylor King |
Concordia (Calif.) |
F |
Jr. |
Huntington Beach, Calif. |
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Marquise Mems |
Tougaloo (Miss.) |
G/F |
Jr. |
Shelby, Miss. |
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Kevin Swinton |
Oklahoma Baptist |
F |
Sr. |
Greensboro, N.C. |
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Brian Wanamaker |
Texas Wesleyan |
G |
Sr. |
Philadelphia |
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Diante Watkins |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
G |
Jr. |
Chicago |
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Eric Young |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
G |
Sr. |
Houston |
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Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Jerel Blocker |
Lee (Tenn.) |
G |
Sr. |
Lake Wales, Fla. |
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Ryan Brock |
Loyola (La.) |
F |
Sr. |
New Orleans |
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Kashiff Carr |
St. Catharine (Ky.) |
G |
Jr. |
Philadelphia |
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Vance Cooksey |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
G |
Sr. |
Chicago |
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Andy Garland |
Carroll (Mont.) |
F |
Jr. |
Missoula, Mont. |
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Kenny Hewitt |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
F |
Sr. |
Dallas |
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Eric Hobbie |
McKendree (Ill.) |
F |
Sr. |
Vandalia, Ill. |
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Nick Larson |
William Jewell (Mo.) |
F |
Jr. |
Liberty, Mo. |
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Vic Moses |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
F |
Jr. |
Lexington |
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Reggie Owens |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
F |
Sr. |
Memphis |
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Third Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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John Boyd |
Rogers State (Okla.) |
F |
Sr. |
Wagoner, Okla. |
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Michael France |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) |
G |
Jr. |
Shelbyville, Tenn. |
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Dwight Gordon |
Biola (Calif.) |
G |
Sr. |
Fontana, Calif. |
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Kerry Harvis |
Talladega (Ala.) |
G |
Jr. |
Montgomery, Ala. |
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Tedrick Hudson |
Emmanuel (Ga.) |
G |
Sr. |
Douglasville, Ga. |
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Kramer Soderberg |
Lindenwood (Mo.) |
G |
Jr. |
St. Charles, Mo. |
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Michael Stockton |
Westminster (Utah) |
G |
Sr. |
Spokane, Wash. |
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Kyle Teichman |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
F |
So. |
Brentwood, Tenn. |
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Orren Tims |
Northwestern Oklahoma State |
F |
Sr. |
Ruston, La. |
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Doug Wiggins |
Mountain State (W.Va.) |
G |
Jr. |
Hartford, Conn. |
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Honorable Mention |
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Name |
School |
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Kyle Harvey |
Williams Baptist (Ark.) |
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Greg Stegeman |
Columbia (Mo.) |
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Kyle Rausch |
Park (Mo.) |
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Sean Rakers |
McKendree (Ill.) |
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Demetrice Terrell |
Allen (S.C.) |
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James Hooper |
Life (Ga.) |
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Andrew Fair |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
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Antonio Marshall |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
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Brad Karp |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
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Jerante Morgan |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) |
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Preston Branson |
Westmont (Calif.) |
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Marshall Johnson |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
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Bent Leduff |
Southern (La.) |
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Devin Andrew |
Xavier (La.) |
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Mario Luckett |
Tougaloo (Miss.) |
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Quinton Branch |
Avila (Mo.) |
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Chad Gillaspy |
Evangel (Mo.) |
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Rustin Dowd |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
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Derrick Parker |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
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Xavier Alexander |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
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Nate Roche |
Belhaven (Miss.) |
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Walter Hill |
Shorter (Ga.) |
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C. J. Davis |
Union (Tenn.) |
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Mark Celaya |
Great Falls (Mont.) |
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Jake Orchard |
Westminster (Utah) |
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Austin Simon |
Concordia (Calif.) |
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Blake Bender |
Westmont (Calif.) |
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Josh Proctor |
West Virginia Tech |
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Ervin Williams |
St. Catharine (Ky.) |
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Matt Daniel |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
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Eddie Gray |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
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Mitchell Thompson |
Paul Quinn (Texas) |
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Jonathan Blake |
Texas Wesleyan |
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Robert Martinez |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
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Will Reinke |
Oklahoma Christian |
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Sam Bartlet |
John Brown (Ark.) |
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Maurice Foster |
Oklahoma Baptist |
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Rob Wallace |
Belhaven (Miss.) |
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Nick Lagroone |
Southern Wesleyan (S.C.) |
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Donte Walker |
Mobile (Ala.) |
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Marquise Wright |
Shorter (Ga.) |
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Chris Ferguson |
Mid-Continent (Ky.) |
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Ree McCrory |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
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Brandon Williams |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
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Fayzon Richey |
St. Gregory’s (Okla.) |
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