In its second year, Dalton State of Georgia
wins NAIA title -
Mar 25, 2015
 Dalton
State defeated Westmont 71-53 in the 78th NAIA Tournament national
championship game. Not bad for a program in its second year. The
Roadrunners of Dalton, Ga., re-introduced men's basketball along with
several other sports in 2013 after a 35-year absence, and the school
savored its first national title in any sport. The hugs started with the
mass substitutions in the final seconds and continued with a midcourt
celebration with players and cheerleaders moments after the final
buzzer. The championship T-shirts were passed out, photos with trophies
snapped and the nets were cut. The triumph didn't come without some
tense moments. The Roadrunners, 32-4, saw a 16-point halftime whittled
to 50-44 with 6 minutes remaining. But Roadrunners point guard Sean Tate (5'8''-PG) hit his first shot of the game, a
straight-ahead three-pointer, and
Anthony Hilliard (6'0''-G) followed with a drive in transition to
restore a double-digit lead. Dalton State's top weapon throughout the
evening was
Jordan Bowling (6'6''), who finished with 18 points, a definitive
response to his two-point effort in Monday's semifinal victory. Bowling
was named the tournament's most valuable player. 'I felt like I let my
team down,' Bowling said. 'I had to come out and prove it tonight. I
just happened to score. My main focus was playing defense.' Westmont
also was bidding for its first championship in its 18th appearance at
the national tournament. The Warriors of Santa Barbara, Calif., 25-11,
made the most of their stay _ a first title game appearance _ after a
scary arrival. The team's connecting flight blew a tire shortly after
takeoff and had to return to the Denver airport. Westmont, which got 17
from Cory Blau , couldn't overcome a poor shooting game, 18 of 60 (30
percent), including six of 32 on threes. Dalton finished fast Tuesday.
Then again, everything about the program has moved rapidly over the past
few years. When basketball was previous played at the school located
between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn., Dalton was a junior college, and
among its players then was
Tony Ingle . In 2012, Ingle was hired to restore the program, and it
was the perfect fit. Ingle knew the territory and understood the
history. His goal was to win early and often. To do that, he needed
talent immediately and mostly mined community colleges. The team's top
three scorers started at two-year schools. The Roadrunners' top big man,
Ladaris Green (6'10''-F), transferred from Savannah State, a
Division I program where Ingle served as head coach from 2000-2011, and
won the NCAA Division II title in 2004. It hurt that Dalton was unable
to compete for a conference or NAIA title in its first year under
organization rules, but when the team compiled a 26-4 record, Ingle knew
he had a special group returning for this season. 'They trusted us,'
Ingle said. 'I sold them on the idea that winners are known for what
they give and champions are known for what they give up.' There isn't
much Ingle, who has coached at the NCAA, NAIA, junior college and high
school level in Georgia, hasn't accomplished in the game. He even has a
winless season on his resume. That happened at Brigham Young. Ingle was
serving as an assistant in 1996-97 when the head coach was fired. He
coached the final 19 games, losing them all, prompting a 'knock knock'
joke from is son, Israel, that Ingle uses on the motivational speaking
circuit.Courtesy of: kansascity.com
NAIA D1 All-Championship Awards 2015
- Mar 30, 2015
MVP: Jordan Bowling (6'6'') of Dalton St. Hustle Award: Britton Williams (5'11''-PG) of Westmont Best Coach: John Moore of Westmont 1st Team C: Daniel Carlin (6'9''-C-93) of Westmont PG: Britton Williams (5'11''-PG) of Westmont : Jordan Bowling (6'6'') of Dalton St. F: Preston Earle (6'4''-F) of Dalton St. PG: Matt Green (5'9''-PG) of Hope International G: Kenny Morgan (6'2''-G) of Hope International C: Julian Camper (6'4''-C) of CSU San Marcos PG: Semar Farris (5'5''-PG) of MidAmerica Ch. G/F: Kenny Manigault (6'5''-G/F-91) of Pikeville G: Shondel Stewart (6'2''-G) of Talladega
All-NAIA D1 Awards 2015
- Mar 30, 2015
Player of the Year: Kenny Manigault (6'5''-G/F-91) of Pikeville Coach of the Year (by NABC): Keith Adkins of Campbellsville Coach of the Year (by Rawlings): Tony Ingle of Dalton St. 1st Team G: Blake Nash (6'0''-G) of CSU San Marcos F: Damontre Harris (6'10''-F) of Campbellsville F: Ladaris Green (6'10''-F) of Dalton St. F: Korry Tillery (6'4''-F-92) of Evangel G: Cameron Lewis (6'1''-G) of Freed-Hardeman G: Kenny Morgan (6'2''-G) of Hope International PG: Semar Farris (5'5''-PG) of MidAmerica Ch. G/F: Kenny Manigault (6'5''-G/F-91) of Pikeville G: Brandon Peters (6'2''-G) of Talladega PG: Phillip Miller (6'0''-PG) of Wiley 2nd Team PG: Jordan Bedford (6'0''-PG) of Belhaven F: Caleb Hardy (6'5''-F) of Bethel, TN G: D'Von Campbell (6'1''-G-92) of Campbellsville F: Stephen Grosey (6'6''-F) of Concordia Irvine F: Deondre McWhorter (6'8''-F) of Georgetown, KY F: Dexter Williams (6'4''-F) of Montana-West F: Gary Inglett (6'6''-F) of Oklahoma City C: Daniel Carlin (6'9''-C-93) of Westmont G: Corday Sims (6'5''-G) of Peru St. F: Royal Crouch (6'4''-F) of Wayland Baptist 3rd Team F: Matt Qualls (6'7''-F-91) of Bacone G: Shane Butler (6'1''-G) of Blue Mountain PG: Sean Tate (5'8''-PG) of Dalton St. G: Noah Cottrill (6'3''-G) of Georgetown, KY PG: Matt Green (5'9''-PG) of Hope International G: Craig Anderson (6'3''-G) of Lindenwood-Bellev. F: James Lane (6'6''-F) of Missouri Valley G: K.K. Simmons (6'3''-G) of Pikeville PG: Marty Wilkerson (5'9''-PG-92) of St.Gregory G: Shondel Stewart (6'2''-G) of Talladega Honorable Mention Brandon Newman (6'0''-PG) of Ariz.Christian Sedrick Johnson (6'1''-G) of Avila John Harris (6'2''-G) of Benedictine, KS Eric Gaines (6'4''-F-92) of Campbellsville Zach Taylor (6'0''-PG) of Carroll, MT Mitchell Farr (6'2''-G-93) of Cent.Methodist Zach Rockers (6'4''-F) of Columbia, MO Tanner Sutton (6'2''-G) of Columbia, MO Ty Armstrong (6'9''-F-91) of Concordia Irvine Jojuan Graham (6'2''-G) of Culver Stockton Johnnie Mills (6'1''-G) of Culver Stockton Xavier Owens (6'4''-F-92) of Cumberlands Nick Drake (6'1''-G) of Faulkner Ben Meis (6'6''-G) of Freed-Hardeman Maximilian Hopfgartner (6'9''-F-92) of John Brown Curtis Jones (6'2''-G) of Langston Jake Wiley (6'6''-F) of Montana D'On Hall (6'5''-G-91) of Lindsey Wilson Deangelo Coleman (5'10''-PG) of LSU-Alexandria McCall Tomeny (6'6''-F-92) of Loyola, LA Josh Watson (6'5''-G) of Martin Methodist Monte Burney (6'2''-G) of Martin Methodist Nate Launius (6'7''-F) of MidAmerica Naz. Adam Greger (6'7''-G/F) of Montana Tech Stephen McCall (5'8''-PG) of Montana-West Ty Allen (6'2''-G-92) of Oklah.Baptist Tharone Chilton (6'2''-G) of Oklahoma City Daniel Skinner (6'4''-F) of Our Lady Lake Macari Brooks (6'3''-G-92) of Pikeville Tyree Anderson (6'3''-G) of Rocky Mountain Jonathan Walter (6'4''-G) of SAGU Reginald Sonnier (6'4''-G) of Southwest Russell Byrd (6'8''-F) of Master's Kelsey Howard (6'4''-G/F-91) of Tougaloo Tyrus Fleetwood (6'2''-PG-95) of Wash.Adventist Jauries Thomas (6'6''-F) of W.Virginia Tech Corey Blau (6'3''-G) of Westmont Dontarius Pittman (6'1''-F) of William Carey James McClain (6'4''-G) of Williams Baptist Morris Wright (5'10''-PG) of Xavier, LA
Daktronics-NAIA D1 Scholar-Athletes Team
2015 -
MMar 30, 2015
Mike Navar (6'8''-F-94) of Arizona Christian EJ Carter (6'4''-G) of Baker (Kan.) Justas Norvilas (6'6''-F-93) of Benedictine (Kan.) Luke Norville (6'2''-G) of Benedictine (Kan.) Dean Tiwald (6'4''-G) of Benedictine (Kan.) Zack Fitzgerald (6'4''-F) of Bethel (Tenn.) Caleb Hardy (6'5''-F) of Bethel (Tenn.) Colin Bossio (6'0''-PG) of Biola (Calif.) Caelan Tiongson (6'4''-G) of Biola (Calif.) Mike Kurtz (7'0''-F-92) of Biola (Calif.) Pierre Zook (5'10''-PG-92) of Biola (Calif.) Christian Misi (6'5''-F-93) of Biola (Calif.) Vladimir Filipovic (6'8''-F) of Blue Mountain (Miss.) Nick Williams (6'4''-F) of Carroll (Mont.) John Palmer (5'10''-PG) of Central Methodist (Mo.) Jordan Erisman of Central Methodist (Mo.) Zach Rockers (6'4''-F) of Columbia (Mo.) Tanner Sutton (6'2''-G) of Columbia (Mo.) Stephen Grosey (6'6''-F) of Concordia (Calif.) Tommy Stangl (5'9''-PG) of Concordia (Calif.) Jojuan Graham (6'2''-G) of Culver-Stockton (Mo.) Mladen Mladenov (6'4''-F-92) of Culver-Stockton (Mo.) Chance Armstrong (6'5''-F) of Cumberlands (Ky.) Tyrone Williams (6'3''-F) of Dillard (La.) Roland Szabo (6'7''-G) of Dillard (La.) Max Francisco (6'7''-F) of Graceland Isaiah Miller (6'6''-F) of Graceland Wyatt Stephens (6'0''-PG) of Hannibal-LaGrange Preston Steinhoff (5'9''-PG) of Hannibal-LaGrange Daniel Soto (6'0''-PG) of Hope International McCall Tomeny (6'6''-F-92) of Loyola (La.) Filip Gujanicic (6'7''-C) of Lyon Josh Smith (6'5''-F) of Mid-America Christian Jarius Wilson (5'11''-PG) of Mid-America Christian Cale Brubaker (5'11''-PG) of MidAmerica Nazarene Brad Hamilton (6'2''-G) of Missouri Valley Cody Scott (6'6''-F) of Mobile Patrick Jensen (6'7''-F) of Montana State-Northern Reid Baerlocher (5'11''-PG) of Montana Tech Paul Engstrom (6'7''-F/C) of Montana Tech Brandon Rydberg (6'3''-G/F) of Montana Tech Cale Jackson (6'2''-G) of Oklahoma Baptist Brett Pierce (5'6''-PG) of Peru State Ben Moerkerke (6'7''-F) of Rocky Mountain Clayton O'Neill/a> (6'4''-F)' of SAGU Nick Jenson (6'6''-F) of Westminster (Utah) Colton Moon (5'11''-PG) of Westminster (Utah)
Division I All-Stars Edge Division II
All-Stars, 100-96 -
Mar 22, 2015
Shane Butler (6'1''-G) of Blue Mountain (Miss.) scored a game-high 21 points to lead the NAIA Division I All-Stars to a 100-96 win over the NAIA Division II All-Stars, Saturday evening in the 2nd annual NABC-NAIA All-Star Game in Municipal Auditorium. The event was staged in conjunction with the 2015 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship. Butler was named the NABC-NAIA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, hitting 7-of-12 shots from the field that included 4-of-8 from three-point range. He also connected on 3-of-4 free throws and dished out three assists in the winning effort. The Division I team, deemed 'Team Lamar' for its head coach, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) head coach and NAIA Hall of Famer Rocky Lamar, held a 49-47 halftime lead after an opening 20 minutes that included five ties and seven lead changes. Marty Wilkerson (5'9''-PG-92) of St. Gregory's put Team Lamar in front with 1:39 left in the half, driving to the basket for his only points of the half. The Division II All-Stars, coached by NAIA Hall of Fame and Oregon Tech head coach Danny Miles , turned a 54-51 deficit at the 16:40 mark of the second half into a 61-54 advantage less than 2:30 later thanks to 10-straight points. Adam Arciniega (6'7''-G/F) sparked Team Miles with a pair of baskets in transition, four of 52 points scored in the paint by the squad. The lead grew by a point with 13:14 remaining before Team Lamar responded with 11-straight points to regain the lead, 69-66. Butler started the run with a basket and scored the last five points that included a three-pointer with 9:45 to play. Team Miles regained the lead once more, a three-point play by Demetrius Perkins (6'3''-G) with 1:07 to play, but Phillip Miller (6'0''-PG) scored on back-to-back possessions for Team Lamar to take back the lead for the final time. Miller chipped in with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals for Team Lamar, while Russell Byrd (6'7''-F) delivered 14 points and seven rebounds. Five other players had at least eight points, led by Cameron Lewis (6'1''-G) with nine points. Seven players posted double-digit scoring totals for Team Miles, led by Eric Thompson (6'8''-F) with 15 points to go along with eight rebounds. Perkins and Arciniega each had 14 points and combined for 13 rebounds, while Tim Mitchell added 13 points and four rebounds. Deforest Carter (6'1''-G-93) also dished out a game-high seven assists. The NABC-NAIA Men's Basketball All-Star Committee determined the selection criteria and oversaw the selection process. The All-Stars were seniors in eligibility status and were open for submission by head coaches in 101 Division I schools and 133 Division II schools. Selection criteria took into account season statistics, awards and a champions-of-character aspect. The Committee is comprised of coaches from both Division I and Division II ranks. Courtesy of: naia.org
NABC-NAIA All-Star Game 2015
- Mar 30, 2015
Dunk Contest Winner: Jamaal Thomas (6'7''-F) of Lewis-Clark State Finalist: LeShaun Murphy (5'10''-PG) of Auburn Montgomery Dunk Contest Other Participants: Jeremy Comer (6'2''-G) of Presentation Matt Berg (6'5''-F) of Briar Cliff Brandon Peters (6'2''-G) (6'2''-G) of Talladega 3-Point Contest Winner: Marcus Hurn (5'11''-PG) of Great Falls Finalist: Zach Miller (6'1''-SG-93) of Bethel 3-Point Contest Other Participants: Evan Legg (6'2''-G) of Rio Grande Brandon Murillo (6'2''-G) of Avila D1 Team Craig Anderson (6'3''-G) of Lindenwood-Belleville Shane Butler (6'1''-G) of Blue Mountain Russell Byrd (6'8''-F) of The Master's Matt Qualls (6'7''-F-91) of Bacone Marty Wilkerson (5'9''-PG-92) of St. Gregory's Ladaris Green (6'10''-F) of Dalton State Caleb Hardy (6'5''-F) of Bethel Damontre Harris (6'10''-F) of Campbellsville Cameron Lewis (6'1''-G) of Freed-Hardeman Kenny Manigault (6'5''-G/F-91) of Pikeville Phillip Miller (6'0''-PG) of Wiley Kenny Morgan (6'2''-G) of Hope International Blake Nash (6'0''-G) of Cal State San Marcos Brandon Peters of Talladega Sharife Sergeant (6'8''-F-92) of WVU Tech Korry Tillery (6'4''-F-92) of Evangel Josh Watson (6'5''-G) of Martin Methodist Coach: Rocky Lamar of MidAmerica Nazarene D2 Team Adam Arciniega (6'7''-G/F) of Bethel Deforest Carter (6'1''-G-93) of Embry-Riddle Marcus Franklin (6'2''-G) of Midland Marko Kovacevic (6'11''-C-90) of College of Idaho Jack Krieger (6'3''-G-93) of Saint Xavier Timothy Mitchell (6'9''-C) of Southeastern Demetrius Perkins (6'3''-G) of College of Idaho Tony Smit (6'0''-PG) of Cardinal Stritch Eric Thompson (6'8''-F) of Southern Oregon Tim Weber (6'8''-G-93) of Southern Oregon Coach: Danny Miles of Oregon Tech
Kyle Steigenga leads Cornerstone to NAIA
national title -
Mar 18, 2015
 Kyle Steigenga (6'6''-F) put a stunning exclamation point on his
freshman season at Cornerstone University. Steigenga scored 14 points
and grabbed 10 rebounds, powering the Golden Eagles to the NAIA Division
II national championship on Tuesday, March 17. Cornerstone defeated
Dakota Wesleyan 66-45 in the championship game at the College of the
Ozarks. This is why Steigenga, a Holland native, came to Cornerstone. "I
wanted a chance to win a championship and I couldn't have been happier
with my decision," he said. "It is incredible. It is hard to describe.
Someone stepped up every game. It was incredible to go out and win it.
It didn't really sink in the entire game. It is starting to sink in that
we won." It is the third national championship for the Cornerstone men's
basketball team, which held an opponent to the lowest total in NAIA
tournament history. The Golden Eagles (33-5) soared to a 42-20 halftime
lead. "It is just an awesome feeling," Cornerstone coach
Kim Elders said. "This one is really special. It means everything."
Steigenga was an all-state basketball and football player at Holland
Christian. he was The Holland Sentinel Co-Boys Basketball Player of the
Year last season. This season, Steigenga was Cornerstone's leading
scorer and named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Newcomer of
the Year. He was a first-team All-WHAC selection. Steigenga had 14
points and seven rebounds at halftime. He scored two baskets early to
spark a 12-3 run to open the game. He was 7-for-7 from the field in the
opening half. He added two baskets late in the half, putting the Golden
Eagles up 38-20. "I got the ball in the right spots and I was
finishing," Steigenga said. Dakota Wesleyan focused Steigenga in the
second half, which opened up teammate
Ben Lanning (6'8''-F). Lanning scored 24 points and grabbed 10
rebounds as the Golden Eagles maintained their double-digit lead the
entire second half. "Ben has had a great tournament. He really carried
us in the second half," Elders said. Zeeland's
Tyler Smith (6'4''-F) had two points off the bench for Cornerstone.
Jalen Voss (6'7''-F-92) scored 20 points for Dakota Wesleyan.Courtesy of: hollandsentinel.com
All-NAIA D2 Awards 2015
- Mar 19, 2015
All-Tournament MVP: Kyle Steigenga (6'6''-F) of Cornerstone All-Tournament Hustle Award: Luke Bamberg (6'6''-F-92) of Dakota Wesleyan Player of the Year: Dominez Burnett (6'5''-F-92) of Davenport Coach of the Year: Kim Elders of Cornerstone 1st Team F: Dominez Burnett (6'5''-F-92) of Davenport G: Deforest Carter (6'1''-G-93) of Embry Riddle G: Grant Greenberg (6'2''-G) of St.Mary's, KS PG: Jonny Marlin (5'11''-PG) of Ind.Wesleyan PG: Steve O'Neill (6'0''-PG) of Morningside PG: Matt Schauss (6'4''-PG) of Bethel, IN PG: Tony Smit (6'0''-PG) of Cardinal Stritch F: Kyle Steigenga (6'6''-F) of Cornerstone F: Jalen Voss (6'7''-F-92) of Dakota Wesleyan G: Josh Wilson (6'3''-G) of Idaho Coll. 2nd Team G: Lawrence Jackson (6'4''-G) of NW Ohio C: Jordan Nelson (6'6''-C) of Waldorf PG: Dondre Osborne (6'0''-PG) of Mt.Mercy G: Demetrius Perkins (6'3''-G) of Idaho Coll. F: Tobin Reinwald (6'4''-F) of Hastings F: Alex Starkel (6'7''-F) of Midland F: Zach Steinmetz (6'5''-F) of Lourdes G: Tim Weber (6'8''-G-93) of S.Oregon G: Andre Winston (6'1''-G-92) of Southeastern G: Clay Yeo (6'5''-G-94) of Bethel, IN 3rd Team F: Brandon Cole (6'2''-F) of Bryan G: Brandon Eley (6'4''-G) of AIB College F: Austin Fox (6'3''-F-91) of St.Francis, IN F: Ilya Ilyayev (6'5''-F-93) of St.Francis, IL F: Aaron Larson (6'7''-F) of Olivet Nazarene F: Ben Lanning (6'8''-F) of Cornerstone F: Lane Mahurin (6'7''-F) of Ind.Wesleyan G: Kris Menning (6'4''-G-93) of Dakota Wesleyan F: Austin Morris (6'7''-F) of Brescia, KY G: Brequan Tucker (6'1''-G-92) of Jamestown Honorable Mention Bryant Allen (6'0''-PG) of Dakota St. Trey Bardsley (5'9''-PG-93) of Nebr.Wesleyan Cameron Clark (6'3''-F-93) of Southwestern, KS Derek Daniels (6'5''-G) of Coll.of the Ozarks Jeremy Comer (6'2''-G) of Presentation Nick Frazier (6'2''-G) of St.Ambrose Warren Hall (6'2''-G) of Warner Logan Irwin (6'0''-PG) of Grace Coll. Deante Johnson (6'8''-F) of Union, KY Jack Krieger (6'3''-G-93) of St.Xavier Percy Lemle (6'3''-G) of Bellevue Gabriel Martinez (180-PG-84) of Villarrobledo Alex Marzette (6'5''-G) of Robert Morris Fred Mattison (6'7''-F) of Northwood, FL Diamontae McKinley (6'1''-G) of Ashford Esvan Middleton (6'7'') of Concordia, OR Cesar Pastrana (6'8''-C-90) of Embry Riddle Nathan Rindels (6'1''-G) of Dordt Alec Schwab (6'1''-G-93) of William Penn Trey Scott (5'10''-PG) of Waldorf Jake Simpson (6'4''-G) of IU Southeast Dion Smith (6'4''-F) of Marian, IN Andrew Thomas (6'7''-F) of Tabor Eric Thompson (6'8''-F) of S.Oregon Jerah'Me Williams (5'9''-PG) of Point Park All-Tournament Team F: Dominez Burnett (6'5''-F-92) of Davenport F: Bishop Robinson (6'3''-F) of Davenport G: Trae Bergh (6'1''-G-94) of Dakota Wesleyan F: Jalen Voss (6'7''-F-92) of Dakota Wesleyan G: Kris Menning (6'4''-G-93) of Dakota Wesleyan F: Ben Lanning (6'8''-F) of Cornerstone G: Travis Wells (6'1''-G) of Cornerstone G: Deforest Carter (6'1''-G-93) of Embry Riddle C: Cesar Pastrana (6'8''-C-90) of Embry Riddle G: Dalton Barnes (6'1''-G) of Embry Riddle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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