REVISED: Division I MBB All-American?s Announced
By Chad Waller, NAIA Director of Communications & Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-America Committee has announced the addition of Dominique Rambo of SAGU (Texas) as the 2012 – 13 NABC-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Year, along with Vic Moses of Georgetown (Ky.).
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.
Rambo led the Lions to a school-record 33-win season and national runner-up finish at the championship. The Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Year led the NAIA in steals per game (3.6), ranked 14th in scoring (19.5) and 28th in assists (4.0). The native of Dallas, Texas, poured in at least 10 points in 36 of his 38 games played and went for a season-high 43 against Texas Wesleyan on March 2. For his play at the championship, which included averages of 19.0 points, 4.6 assists and 3.8 steals, Rambo was named with the Charles Stevenson Hustle award.
Moses (pictured top left) helped the Tigers to a 28-8 overall record and second national championship title in school history. He is the first Tiger to win the award since the program started in 1994. The forward from Lexington, Ky., led the NAIA in field goal percentage (.669), ranked third in rebounding (9.7), 30th in blocks per game (1.16) and 31st in scoring (17.1). His 18 season double-doubles was one shy of the NAIA individual best. He rattled through the national championship with 17.0 points and 13.6 rebounds while shooting 56 percent. Moses was a 2011 NAIA Second Team All-American.
Chris Briggs of Georgetown was named the 2012 – 13 Rawlings-NAIA National Coach of the Year. He led the Tigers to their second national championship in school history and first since 1998. During a 28-8 campaign, Briggs had the program rank in the NAIA’s top 10 in numerous statistical categories, including second in blocks per game (4.6) and rebounding margin (+10.0), sixth in scoring offense (84.4) and field goal percentage (.491) . He wrapped up his second season as head coach with a 54-17 record.
Briggs is the third Georgetown coach since the awards were given in 1954, joining Bob Davis (1959) and Jim Reid (1994 and 1996).
Three individuals were repeat selections from a year ago: Preston Branson of Westmont (Calif.), Jordan Dressler of Columbia (Mo.) and Rustin Dowd of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.). Branson and Dressler were repeaters from the 2012 Second Team, while Dowd made it to the Third Team for the second-straight year.
Note below – The second change is adding Rodney Milum of LSU Shreveport (La.) to the Honorable Mention team listed below. He was listed on the original paper documentation but, due to an oversight, failed to be added to the news release on March 20.
2012—13 Division I Men's Basketball All-American's
| 1ST TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Will Barnes | Lee (Tenn.) | G | Sr. | Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
| Preston Branson& | Westmont (Calif.) | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas |
| Jamar Briscoe | Pikeville (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Baltimore, Md. |
| Dakota Downs | Concordia (Calif.) | F | Sr. | Hemet, Calif. |
| Jordan Dressler& | Columbia (Mo.) | F | Sr. | Columbia, Mo. |
| Jeremiah Dunnings | William Carey (Miss.) | G | Jr. | Biloxi, Miss. |
| Vic Moses^ | Georgetown (Ky.) | F | Sr. | Lexington, Ky. |
| Dominique Rambo^ | Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) | G | Jr. | Dallas, Texas |
| Kris Rosales | Hope International (Calif.) | G | Sr. | Bellflower, Calif. |
| Charlie Shorter | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas |
| ^ Co-Players of the Year | ||||
| 2ND TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Brandon Davis | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Jr. | Pomona, Calif. |
| Kalen Kimberland | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Columbia, Ky. |
| Robert Martinez | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | G | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| Alvin Nance | Philander Smith (Ark.) | F | Sr. | Marion, Ark. |
| Marshawn Norris | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | G | Sr. | Jackson, Mich. |
| Jake Owsley | Montana Western | F | Jr. | Bozeman, Mont. |
| Norris Rumph | Science & Arts (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Savannah, Ga. |
| Jeremy Rodgers | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | F | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Trevor Setty | Pikeville (Ky.) | F | Sr. | Maysville, Ky. |
| Marcel Towns | Great Falls (Mont.) | G | Jr. | Tempe, Ariz. |
| 3RD TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| P.J. Bolte | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | F | Sr. | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Anthony Dorsey | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | G | Sr. | St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| Rustin Dowd% | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | G | Sr. | Olathe, Kan. |
| Denzell Erves | Xavier (La.) | F | So. | Vicksburg, Miss. |
| Jamorris Gaines | Lee (Tenn.) | F | Jr. | Sylvester, Ga. |
| David Johnson | Oklahoma Baptist | G | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Zack Kleine | Evangel (Mo.) | F | Jr. | Mt. Vernon, Mo. |
| Travis Lampley | St. Thomas (Texas) | G | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| Robert Lovaglio | Loyola (La.) | F | Sr. | Winter Park, Fla. |
| David Rawlinson | West Virginia Tech | G | Sr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| HONORABLE MENTIONS | |
| Richard Johnson | Allen (S.C.) |
| Charlie Wallrapp | Benedictine (Kan.) |
| Caleb Hardy | Bethel (Tenn.) |
| David Cline | Biola (Calif.) |
| Jose Rivera | Cal State San Marcos |
| Vernon Payne | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Elliott Black | Central Methodist (Mo.) |
| Melvin Tillman | Central Methodist (Mo.) |
| Derrick Dilworth | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Devin Griffin | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Tim Harris | Concordia (Calif.) |
| Austin Keaton | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) |
| Antonio Bumpus | Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Adrain Justice | Emmanuel (Ga.) |
| Michael Stanley | Emmanuel (Ga.) |
| Jamarious Alderson | Faulkner (Ala.) |
| Darrell Miller | Fisk (Tenn.) |
| Reggie Gilmore | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
| Jeremy Kilgore | Hope International (Calif.) |
| Demetrius Smith | Huston-Tillotson (Texas) |
| Abel Galliguez | John Brown (Ark.) |
| Coleson Rakestraw | John Brown (Ark.) |
| Jacob Champoux | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
| Latraius Mosley | Life (Ga.) |
| Greg Thomas | Life (Ga.) |
| Rodney Milum | LSU Shreveport (La.) |
| Josh Watson | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
| LeAndre' Johnson | Missouri Baptist |
| Jordan Epps | Missouri Valley |
| Devin Jackson | Montana State-Northern |
| Adam Greger | Montana Tech |
| Chase Adams | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Charlton Jones | Oklahoma City |
| Melvin Rowe | Park (Mo.) |
| Sean Montgomery | Robert Morris (Ill.) |
| Jeremy Nicolas | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
| Donald Williams | Rogers State (Okla.) |
| Tyler Morgan | Shawnee State (Ohio) |
| Nikola Lambic | Southern Wesleyan (S.C.) |
| Clyde Moore | Southern-New Orleans (La.) |
| Fayzon Richey | St. Gregory's (Okla.) |
| Bryan Kaase | St. Thomas (Texas) |
| Juan Gray | Tougaloo (Miss.) |
| Preston Wynne | Vanguard (Calif.) |
| Brandon Allen | Voorhees (S.C.) |
| Jake Orchard | Westminster (Utah) |
| Jordan Sachs | Westmont (Calif.) |
| Daron Bell | William Carey (Miss.) |
| Kyle Harvey | Williams Baptist (Ark.) |
| Wanto Joseph | Xavier (La.) |
