HBCU DI All-America team
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With the start of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament on the horizon, the 16th HBCU Division I college basketball All-America teams powered by BOXTOROW were released.
Jackson State guard Ken Evans Jr. and Norfolk State guard Jamarii Thomas has been selected HBCU National Co-Players of the Year. Evans leads the SWAC in scoring (18.8), is tied for sixth in assists (93), averaged 5.4 rebounds per game, and shot 39 percent from three-point range. He had 11 games of scoring 20 or more points and scored 30 or more points three times including a season high 37 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/7). Evans was also named SWAC Player of the Year. Thomas leads the MEAC in scoring (17.1), steals (2.1), and free throw percentage (.814), and is second in assists (121). He scored 20 or more points in a game 10 times and scored a season high 31 points in the win at Illinois State (12/9). He was named MEAC Player of the Year.
Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones has been named HBCU National Coach of the Year. In his 10th season as the head coach of the Spartans, Jones led the Spartans to their fourth MEAC regular season championship as head coach. This is Jones’ second HBCU National Coach of the Year award as he shared the honor during the 2021-22 season. The Spartans are 22-11.
Fourteen schools are represented on this year’s BOXTOROW All-America teams. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2009.
2023-24 First Team All-Americans
Fred Cleveland, North Carolina Central (G, 5-9, Sr., Chicago, Ill.)
Ken Evans, Jackson State (G, 6-5, r-Jr., Jackson, Miss.)
Bryce Harris, Howard (G, 6-4, Jr., Brentwood, N.Y.)
PJ Henry, Texas Southern (G, 5-10, Sr., Houston, Texas)
Jeremiah Kendall, Alcorn State (F, 6-7, Sr., Bronx, N.Y.)
Martaz Robinson, Delaware State (G, 6-2, Sr., Baltimore, Md.)
Jamarii Thomas, Norfolk State (G, 6-0, Jr., Greensboro, N.C.)
2023-24 Second Team All-Americans
Rayquan Brown, Mississippi Valley State (G, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Kintavious Dozier, Grambling State (G, Jr., Lanett, Ala.)
Landon Glasper, North Carolina A&T (G, Soph., Fayetteville, Ark.)
Zion Harmon, Bethune-Cookman (G, Soph., Temple Hills, Md.)
Troy Hupstead, Maryland Eastern Shore (F, 6-7. Jr., Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
Will Thomas, Morgan State (F, r-Jr., Baltimore, Md.)
Rashad Williams, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (G, 6-2, Grad., Detroit, Mich.)
AWARDS
BOXTOROW Co-Players of the Year: Ken Evans Jr., Jackson State and Jamarii Thomas, Norfolk State
BOXTOROW Coach of the Year: Robert Jones, Norfolk State
BOXTOROW National Players of the Year
2023-24 Ken Evans Jr., Jackson State and Jamarii Thomas, Norfolk State
2022-23 Joe Bryant, Jr., Norfolk State
2021-22 Joe Bryant, Jr., Norfolk State
2020-21 Anthony Tarke, Coppin State and Davion Warren, Hampton
2019-20 Jermaine Marrow, Hampton
2018-19 Jermaine Marrow, Hampton
2017-18 R.J. Cole, Howard
2016-17 Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central
2015-16 James Daniel, III, Howard
2014-15 Kendall Gray, Delaware State
2013-14 Jeremy Ingram, North Carolina Central
2012-13 Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State
2011-12 Kyle O’Quinn, Norfolk State
2010-11 C.J. Reed, Bethune-Cookman
2009-10 Reggie Holmes, Morgan State
2008-09 Tywain McKee, Coppin State
BOXTOROW National Coaches of the Year
2023-24 Robert Jones, Norfolk State
2022-23 Kenny Blakeney, Howard
2021-22 Landon Bussie, Alcorn State and Robert Jones, Norfolk State
2020-21 Kevin Broadus, Morgan State and Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
2019-20 Will Jones, North Carolina A&T and Brian Collins, Tennessee State
2018-19 Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
2017-18 Jay Joyner, North Carolina A&T
2016-17 Mike Davis, Texas Southern and LeVelle Moton, North Carolina Central
2015-16 Dana Ford, Tennessee State
2014-15 Mike Davis, Texas Southern
2013-14 LeVelle Moton, North Carolina Central
2012-13 Roman Banks, Southern
2011-12 Anthony Evans, Norfolk State
2010-11 Edward Joyner, Jr., Hampton
2009-10 Todd Bozeman, Morgan State
2008-09 Todd Bozeman, Morgan State
HBCU DI All-America team.