KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its three men's basketball All-America teams days after the conclusion of the 87^th annual NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship. Kashie Natt of LSU Alexandria (La.) was named the NAIA Player of the Year after putting together an incredible season, including a berth to the 2025 NAIA Fab Four.
 
From Dalton State, Matt Compas was included on the list as a 3^rd team selection. The Blue Bell, Pa. native led the Birds with 18.5 points per game while starting all 31 contests. He also set the single-season field goals made record by knocking down 240 shots. Those field goals were good for 573 total points, good enough for second on the single season board.
 
Two teams of 12 players each and a third team made up of 17 players comprise the three NAIA All-American teams. The College of Idaho and Oklahoma Wesleyan were the only teams that had two selections named to different teams.
 
FIRST TEAM

Name	Institution	Class	Position	Hometown
Samaje Morgan ^	College of Idaho	Jr	G	Eugene, Ore.
Tristan Smith	Concordia (Neb.)	Sr	F	Elizabeth, Colo.
Anthony Johnson	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Jr	G	Midfield, Ala.
Lucas Lorenzen	Dordt (Iowa)	Jr	G	Milford, Iowa
Peyton Law	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	Jr	F	Calhoun, Ga.
Ian Scott	Grace (Ind.)	Sr	F	Plainfield, Ind.
Alton Hamilton	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	So	F	Fontana, Calif.
Chaze Harris	Life (Ga.)	Jr	G	Cleveland, Ohio
Kashie Natt ^	LSU Alexandria (La.)	Sr	G	Rayville, La.
CJ Hall	Nelson (Texas)	Sr	G	Killeen, Texas
Derrick Talton Jr. &	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr	G	Fort Worth, Texas
Kaleb Lowery &	The Master's (Calif.)	Sr	F	San Diego, Calif.

SECOND TEAM

Name	Institution	Class	Position	Hometown
Noah Rigatuso	Baker (Kan.)	Sr	G/F	Omaha, Neb.
Drew Wyman %	College of Idaho	Sr	G	Great Falls, Mont.
Collin Parker %	Columbia (Mo.)	Sr	F	Montgomery City, Mo.
Cole Bowen	Graceland (Iowa)	RS Sr	G / F	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Lane Sparks	Huntington (Ind.)	Sr	G	Dillsboro, Ind.
Trace Williams	Indiana Northwest	Sr	G	Flossmoor, Ill.
Shaunn Monroe	Lourdes (Ohio)	Sr	G	Charleston, W. Va.
Taj Anderson	LSU Shreveport (La.)	Sr	G	Queens, N.Y.
Hayden Diekhans	Montana Tech	Jr	F	Geraldine, Mont.
Alex Van Kalsbeek &	Northwestern (Iowa)	Jr	F	Sheldon, Iowa
Bradley Bunch	Pikeville (Ky.)	Jr	F	Big Stone Gap, Va.
Jamal Gibson %	SUNO (La.)	So	F	New Orleans, La.

THIRD TEAM

Name	Institution	Class	Position	Hometown
Ese Onakpoma	Arizona Christian	Jr	G	Naugatuck, CT.
Sage Borbon	Central Baptist (Ark.)	Sr.	G	Bronx, N.Y.
Matt Compas	Dalton State (Ga.)	Sr.	G	Blue Bell, Pa.
Kose Egbule	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Sr	G	Huston, Texas
Latavious Mitchell	Florida Memorial (Fla.)	Sr.	F	Indianapolis, Ind.
KJ Spiller	Friends (Kan.)	Sr.	F	Kansas City, Mo.
Tae Dozier	Georgetown (Ky.)	Jr	G	Louisville, Ky.
Vincent Miszkiewicz ^	Keiser (Fla.)	Sr	F	South Elgin, Ill.
Josiah Fulcher	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	Sr	G	Lima, Ohio
Joey Skoff	Morningside (Iowa)	SR	G	Omaha, Neb.
Jaden Lietzke &	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Sr	C	Owasso, Okla.
Tre Beard	Shawnee State	Gr.	PG	Chillicothe, Ohio
Bryan Bayonne	Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.)	Sr.	G	Baton Rouge, La.
Gabe Newhof	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	Jr	F	Hudsonville, Mich.
Greg Jenkins	St. Mary-Woods (Ind.)	Sr	G	Indianapolis, Ind.
Cameron Brown	UC Merced (Calif.)	JR	G	San Lorenzo, Calif.
Francis Okwuosah	William Woods (Mo.)	Sr	F	Atlanta, Ga.

 Key: ^2024 1st Team, & 2024 2nd Team, % 2024 3rd Team
 
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