2020-21 NAIA Men’s Basketball All-America Teams Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After crowning the 83rd NAIA Men's Basketball National Champion on Tuesday, the NAIA announced its selections of the 2020-21 NAIA Men's Basketball All-America Teams. Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan leads the group as he was named the NAIA National Player of the Year. It is Mangas' second consecutive season earning the honor after being named the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Year a season ago. Delano Thomas of Shawnee State (Ohio) was named the NAIA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year after guiding his team to its first red banner just two days prior.
Three teams of 10 players each comprised the three teams, along with the 43 player honorable mention list. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), LSU Shreveport (La.), Shawnee State and Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) led the group with two selections each. LSU Alexandria (La.) and Central Baptist (Ark.) led the way with two honorable mention selections.
Mangas, in addition to earning his second national player of the year honor, has now been named an NAIA First Team All-America selection for the fourth consecutive time. Mangas finished his season as the leader in the NAIA in points per game with 29.52 and total scoring with 974 points in 2020-21.
As a whole, 12 players moved from being named an honorable mention a season ago to one of the three NAIA All-America teams in 2021. Kadavion Evans of LSU Shreveport and EJ Onu of Shawnee State both made the biggest jumps in that category into the first team selections in 2021. Damek Mitchell of Lewis-Clark State and Kevion Blaylock of William Penn (Iowa) jumped from third team selections in 2020 into the first team this season.
Coach Delano Thomas was named the NAIA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year following the final horn on Tuesday night. Thomas led the Shawnee State Bears to the first red banner in team history in just his fourth season at the helm. The Bears were ranked No. 6 in the final NAIA Men's Basketball National Top 25 and Thomas led his squad to a 31-2 mark and a national title.
Prior to the national championship, Austin Johnson of Lewis-Clark State was named the NABC-NAIA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year. Coach Johnson completed a big season with the Warriors and led them all the way to the title game in 2021. This is Johnson's second consecutive NABC-NAIA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year honor.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| TreVion Crews ^ | Bethel (Ind.) | G | Sr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Jaylon Scott | Bethel (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Allen, Texas |
| Kyle Mangas^ | Indiana Wesleyan | G | Sr. | Warsaw, Ind. |
| Mason Walters | Jamestown (N.D.) | F | So. | Jamestown, N.D. |
| Damek Mitchell % | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | G | Sr. | Bellingham, Wash. |
| Kadavion Evans * | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Sr. | Shreveport, La. |
| Zaccheus Darko-Kelly ^ | Providence (Mont.) | G | Sr. | Great Falls, Mont. |
| Joshua Kashila | SAGU (Texas) | G | Sr. | Euless, Texas |
| EJ Onu * | Shawnee State (Ohio) | F | Sr. | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Markelle Turner | Union (Ky.) | G | So. | Barbourville, Ky. |
| Kevion Blaylock % | William Penn (Iowa) | F | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| Rayshawn Mart * | Xavier (La.) | G | Sr. | Houma, La. |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| De'Ron Kyle * | Arizona Christian | G | Sr. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Jaiden Bristol * | Benedictine (Kan.) | G | Sr. | St. Joseph, Mo. |
| Jovan Sljivancanin * | Carroll (Mont.) | F | Jr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Tony Burks | Columbia (Mo.) | G | Jr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Tevin Olison & | Cumberlands (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| C.J. Williamson % | Faulkner (Ala.) | G | Jr. | Guntersville, Ala. |
| Zach Wrightsil * | Loyola (La.) | G | Jr. | Prosper, Texas |
| Cameron Wolter % | Marian (Ind.) | C | Sr. | Fishers, Ind. |
| Trey Brown | Morningside (Iowa) | C | Sr. | Gretna, Neb. |
| Alex Gross * | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | C | Jr. | Hope, Ind. |
| Cameron Hines | Science & Arts (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Fort Cobb, Okla. |
| James Jones | Shawnee State (Ohio) | G | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
THIRD TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| CoreVon Lott | Keiser (Fla.) | G | Jr. | Gary, Ind. |
| Trystan Bradley * | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | F | Sr. | Lewiston, Idaho |
| Leondre Washington | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Sr. | Newark, N.J. |
| Terrance Jones * | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas |
| Dennis McKinney * | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | F | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Alex Van Kalsbeek | Northwestern (Iowa) | C | Fr. | Orange City, Iowa |
| Brooks Haddock * | Oklahoma Wesleyan | G | Jr. | Muskogee, Okla. |
| Jaquan Daniels | Ottawa (Kan.) | G | Sr. | Columbus, Ga. |
| Joel Polius | SAGU (Texas) | F | Sr. | Castries, St Lucia |
| Antwaan Cushingberry * | Saint Franics (Ind.) | PG | Jr. | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| John Kerr | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | C | Sr. | Lake Villa, Ill. |
| Trey Petty | Stillman (Ala.) | G | Sr. | Huntsville, Ala. |
^ 2020 1st Team AA & 2020 2nd Team AA % 2020 3rd Team AA * 2020 Honorable Mention
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| Angelo Johnson | Arizona Christian | G | Jr. | Melbourne, Fla. |
| Maurice Walton | Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) | F | Sr. | San Fernando Valley, Cailf. |
| Shamrock Campbell | Carroll (Mont.) | PG | Jr. | Spokane, Wash. |
| Kelvin Robinson | Central Baptist (Ark.) | G | Sr. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| Tederick Wolfe | Central Baptist (Ark.) | F | Sr. | DeWitt, Ark. |
| Jalen Galloway | College of Idaho | F | Jr. | Meridian, Idaho |
| Malik Amos | Dillard (La.) | G | Sr. | Missouri City, Texas |
| Jordan Hamlette | Faulkner (Ala.) | PG | So. | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Kortland Martin | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | G | Sr. | Humboldt, Tenn. |
| Davonte Pack | Friends (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Sumter, S.C. |
| Kyran Jones | Georgetown (Ky.) | F | So. | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| Jordan Gaines | Holy Cross (Ind.) | G | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Seth Maxwell | Indiana Wesleyan | C | Jr. | Clark Summit, Pa. |
| Densier Carnes | John Brown (Ark.) | F | Sr. | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Myles Burns | Loyola (La.) | G | Jr. | Houston, Texas |
| Rodney Munson | LSU Alexandria (La.) | G | Fr. | New Orleans, La. |
| Jakemin Abney | LSU Alexandria (La.) | G | Fr. | Simsboro, La. |
| Henry Speight | Madonna (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Saginaw, Mich. |
| Latrelle Franklin | Mayville State (N.D.) | PG | Sr. | Temecula, Calif. |
| RJ Kelly | Mobile (Ala.) | F | Sr. | Powder Springs, Ga. |
| Sindou Diallo | Montana Tech | G | Sr. | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Jalen Hodges | Montana Western | F | Sr. | Duluth, Ga. |
| Zach Imig | Morningside (Iowa) | PG | Sr. | Gretna, Neb. |
| Jevon Knox | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | G | Sr. | Marysville, Ohio |
| Kaleb Stokes | Oklahoma Wesleyan | G | So. | Tulsa, Okla. |
| John Contant | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | G | Sr. | Hickory Hills, Ill. |
| Rodrigue Marthone | Park (Mo.) | G | Sr. | Harlem, N.Y. |
| Marcus Stephens | Providence (Mont.) | G | Jr. | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Shiloah Blevins | Rio Grande (Ohio) | F | So. | South Webster, Ohio |
| Virgil Walker Jr | Rochester (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Midland, Mich. |
| Devin Merriweather | Stillman (Ala.) | G | Jr. | Greene County, Ala. |
| Darryl Baker | Talladega (Ala.) | G | Sr. | Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| Kobe Powell | Texas A&M Texarkana | G | Jr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Vydal Bradford | Texas Wesleyan | G | Sr. | Fairfield, Calif. |
| Reid Jolly | Thomas More (Ky.) | F | So. | Alexandria, Ky. |
| Kevin Schramm | Valley City State (N.D.) | F | Sr. | Roseville, Minn. |
| Isaac Davis | Vanguard (Calif.) | G | Jr. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Jack Monis | Viterbo (Wis.) | F | So. | Oconomowoc, Wis. |
| Hector Rosario | Voorhees (S.C.) | G | So. | Duluth, Ga. |
| Rod Boggan | Warner (Fla.) | G | So. | Lakeland, Fla. |
| Devin Avent | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | G | Fr. | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Karmari Newman | William Penn (Iowa) | G | Sr. | Detroit, Mich. |
| Makye Richard | Xavier (La.) | G | Sr. | Morgan City, La. |
