KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the 2016-17 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball All-America Teams on Thursday and Campbellsville's Erik Kinney was named Honorable Mention.

Kinney, a senior from Fairfield, Calif., finished second on the team by averaging 11.8 points per game and led the Tigers by grabbing 10.6 rebounds per game.

All of the selections are made by the All-America Committee and comprises a First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention Team. There are 10 members on each of the first three All-America teams.

Kinney is the first Tiger to end the season to average a double-double since Damontre Harris in 2014-15 (11.4/10.2) and Nestor Colmenares in 2009-10 (15.6/10.0)

He completed the season by scoring in double-figures in 11-of-the-last-15 games, including a season-high eight-straight double-doubles from Jan. 14 —Feb. 9.

"The coaching staff is very proud of this accomplishment for Erik," said coach Brent Vernon. "It is a great honor and he deserves this. He had a very good season for us with some big games and the work he put in throughout is being rewarded with this recognition from the NAIA."

Kinney finished the season by recording the second-most double-doubles in the Mid-South Conference (12). The highlight of the season was grabbing a 20-plus rebounds twice this past year (21 vs. Cumberlands and 22 vs. Georgetown). He is the first Tiger to grab 20-plus rebounds in a game since Steve Bugg on Jan. 15, 1983.

In his only season as a Tiger, Kinney scored 319 points and grabbed 287 rebounds.

Delarian Williams of Life (Ga.) was named the 2017 NABC-NAIA National Player of the Year. Williams becomes the second Running Eagle – the first since Jimmie Hunter in 2000 – to earn this distinction.

Williams, a native of Pensacola, Fla., finished his senior season fifth in the NAIA in scoring average (21.6) and 16th in field goal percentage (.537). He led his program, which ended its season with a 26-11 record and its first wins in the national championship tournament since 2000, in blocks (1.0 bpg) and steals (1.2 spg) and was second in rebounding (7.2 rpg). In 37 games played, Williams hit 10-or-more points 35 times, including 30-plus points on seven occasions. In two seasons at Life, Williams compiled 1,270 points (20.5 ppg) and 414 rebounds (6.7 rpg). He was also honored as the Mid-South Conference Player of the Year.

Williams was equally impressive in the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship, where he averaged 22.4 points, grabbed 6.8 rebounds, averaged 1.8 steals and shot 44.2 percent (42-of-95) from the field. His best statistical performance came in the first round victory over Martin Methodist (Tenn.), when he went for 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting and added nine rebounds and five steals. He led the Running Eagles to the title contest, where Life dropped an 86-76 decision to Texas Wesleyan on March 21.
 
Following the conclusion of the national championship title game on Tuesday, Brennen Shingleton of Texas Wesleyan was named the 2016-17 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coach of the Year. Shingleton led the Rams to its second-ever national title – the other one coming back in 2006 – and a 29-7 overall record.
 
Prior to the national championship, LSU Alexandria (La.) head coach Larry Cordaro won the 2016-17 NABC-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coach of the Year honor. Cordaro was the sideline general of a team to finish 34-1 overall and spot in the national semifinals.


 
2017 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball All-American's

First Team
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Zach Taylor &	Carroll (Mont.)	Guard	Sr.	Duvall, Wash.
Liam Hunt	Hope International (Calif.)	Center	Jr.	San Anselmo, Calif.
Dalarian Williams ^	Life (Ga.)	Forward	Sr.	Pensacola, Fla.
Brian Sylvester	LSU Alexandria (La.)	Forward	Sr.	Breaux Bridge, La.
Kieston Standfield &	Middle Georgia State	Center	Sr.	Birmingham, Ala.
Xavier Smith	Oklahoma City	Center	Sr.	Richardson, Texas
Joe Jackson &	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	Forward	Sr.	San Antonio Texas
Xavielle Brown*	Park (Mo.)	Guard	Sr.	Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Dion Rogers	Texas Wesleyan	Guard	Sr.	North Brunswick, N.J.
Torren Jones	William Penn (Iowa)	Forward	Sr.	Chandler, Ariz.
Second Team
Name	School	Position	Class	Hometown
Andre Yates	Benedictine (Kan)	Guard	Sr.	Dayton, Ohio
Dakari Archer *	Biola (Calif.)	Guard	Sr.	Downey, Calif.
Carnilious Simmons	Dalton State (Ga.)	Forward	Jr.	Atlanta, Ga.
Demetric Austin &	Dillard (La.)	Forward	Sr.	Washington, D.C.
Brandon Moss	LSU Alexandria (La.)	Forward	Jr.	Bessemer, Ala.
Dom Robinson	Montana Western	Guard	Jr.	Tacoma, Wash.
Darrion Leslie	Pikeville (Ky.)	Forward	Jr.	Huntsville, Ala.
Taran Buie %	Science & Arts (Okla.)	Guard	Sr.	Albany, N.Y.
Reid Shackleford	The Master's (Calif.)	Guard	Sr.	Murrietta, Calif.
Cory Blau &	Westmont (Calif.)	Guard	Sr.	Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Third Team
Name	School	Position	Class	Hometown
Ryan Imhoff	Carroll (Mont.)	Forward	Jr.	Napa, Calif.
Ron Lee Jr.	Central Methodist (Mo.)	Guard	Sr.	Oak Park, Calif.
Jackson Dubinski	Columbia (Mo.)	Guard	Jr.	Columbia, Mo.
Curtis Jones	Langston (Okla.)	Guard	Sr.	Chicago, Ill.
Caleb Chowbay	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	Guard	Sr.	Nashville, Tenn.
Justin Randall	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Forward	Sr.	Burlington, Iowa
Shyke Smalls	Montana Western	Guard	Sr.	Great Falls, Mont.
Jordan Washington*	Talladega (Ala.)	Guard	Sr.	Memphis, Tenn.
Naiel Smith	Texas Wesleyan	Guard	Sr.	Brookyln, N.Y.
Leo Garrett	William Carey (Miss.)	Guard	Sr.	Brookhaven, Miss.
^ 2017 NAIA Player of the Year
* 2016 All-America First Team
& 2016 All-America Second Team
% 2016 All-America Third Team

 
 

Honorable Mention
Name	School
Chris Sterling	Arizona Christian
Caelan Tiongson	Biola (Calif.)
Eric Kinney	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Jaylen McBride	Central Baptist (Ark.)
Malik Ray	Columbia (Mo.)
Nic Reynolds	Columbia (Mo.)
Diondrey Holt Jr	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Marquis Yates	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Isaiah Box	Dalton State (Ga.)
Quinton Jackson	Dillard (La.)
Jalen McGaughy	Dillard (La.)
Dennis Hightower	Dillard (La.)
Di'mar Hill	Faulkner (Ala.)
Fitzgerald Hopkins	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Troy Steward	Georgetown (Ky.)
Quan Poindexter	Georgetown (Ky.)
Jeremy Deemer	Graceland (Iowa)
Nathan Washington	Grand View (Iowa)
Jjuan Hadnot	Grand View (Iowa)
Jalen Fletcher	Harris-Stowe State (Mo.)
Malcom Ballard	Huston-Tillotson (Texas)
Doug McDaniel	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Zavon Jackson	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Zach Landis	Life (Ga.)
Charles Sutton	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Dmitry Utolin	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Johnny Griffin Jr.	Loyola (La.)
Gilbert Talbot	LSU Alexandria (La.)
Benjamin Batts	LSU Shreveport (La.)
AJ Lynch	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
Olajuwon Garner	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Jared White	Missouri Baptist
Brody Gronewold	Missouri Valley
Ben Struss	Mount Mercy (Iowa)
C.J Parker	Mount Mercy (Iowa)
BJ Watson	Park (Mo.)
Rashad Brackeen	Peru State (Neb.)
Christopher Ward	Philander Smith (Ark.)
Zach Hinton	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Riley Bradshaw	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Keyunta Watkins	SAGU (Texas)
Isaak Rowe	SAGU (Texas)
Rodney Smith	St. Gregory (Okla.)
Marvin White	Southwestern Christian (Okla.)
Najeal Young	Texas Wesleyan
Lawrence Russell	The Master's (Calif.)
Andravious Smith	Tougaloo (Miss.)
Zach Allmon	Vanguard (Calif.)
Denzel Famble	Voorhees (S.C.)
Maurice Redmond	Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Jerry Karczewski	Westmont (Calif.)
Ricardo Artis	Wiley (Texas)
George Page	Wiley (Texas)
Chris Murry	William Jessup (Calif.)
Lionel Ellison	William Penn (Iowa)
Trey Mitchell	William Woods (Mo.)