Champion Named NABC All-American
DAHLONEGA – University of North Georgia men's basketball junior forward Frank Champion has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II All-American team the association announced Tuesday.
Champion was voted to the NABC Southeast Region All-District First Team Monday for the second time in his career.
The All-American selection comes as Champion's first of his career from the NABC after being named a D2CCA All-American a season ago.
Champion was joined by Emmanuel's KJ Jones II as the only players from the Southeast Region to be voted to the All-America team.
This season, Champion led the Peach Belt in six different statistical categories including assists, assists per game (4.8) and field goal percentage (58.5 percent).
He also ranked second in the league in six other categories which includes points (17.5) and rebounds (7.7) per game.
Champion's 152 total assists this season ranked him No. 25 among all of NCAA Div. II passers. The 6-foot-10 forward also ranked in the top-25 nationally with 10 double-double performances in the regular season.
As a 58.5 percent shooter from the floor, Champion ranked No. 20 in the country in field goal percentage.
In postseason play, Champion has continued his dominance, winning PBC Tournament MVP honors and then being named to the NCAA Southeast Region All-Tournament Team.
In the six postseason games played by the Nighthawks so far, Champion is averaging 18.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.0 block per game.
In what has already been a historic and record setting season, Champion has already said, "We ain't done yet. We've been making a lot of history but we want to be a part of something more."
Champion and the Nighthawks will seek the program's first ever National Semifinal appearance with a win Tuesday over West Texas A&M in the Elite Eight. Tip off between UNG and the Buffs takes place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Luke Anderson – Florida Southern
Trevor Baskin – Colorado Mesa
Drew Blair – Minnesota Duluth
Frank Champion – North Georgia
Jeremy Dent-Smith – Cal State Dominguez Hills
Wes Dreamer – Northwest Missouri State
Jake Hilmer – Upper Iowa
Zawdie Jackson – West Georgia
KJ Jones II – Emmanuel
Zach Laput – Bentley
KJ McClurg – California (PA)
Josh Omojafo – Gannon
James Patterson – St. Thomas Aquinas
Robby Robinson – Cal State San Bernardino
Milos Vicentic – McKendree
Larry Wise – West Texas A&M
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