With conference tournaments wrapped up and NCAA Regional play set to begin this week, the 16th annual Division II HBCU All-America teams powered by BOXTOROW are released.
Bluefield State guard Jordan Hinds has been named HBCU Division II Player of the Year. The senior from Tamarac, Fla., helped lead Big Blue to a second place finish in the CIAA Northern Division, a berth in the CIAA Tournament championship game, and an at-large berth in the NCAA Regional. He leads the conference in scoring (20.3) and is fourth in field goal percentage (.491). He also is averaging 6.6 rebounds per game and is shooting 37 percent from three-point range. Hinds was named to the HBCU All-America first team in 2024.
Virginia State head coach Lonnie Blow has been named HBCU Division II Coach of the Year. In his 11th season as head coach, he led the Trojans to the CIAA Tournament championship, his third as head coach at VSU. The Trojans are 21-8 and are the No. 3 seed heading into this weekend’s NCAA Regional. This is the fourth time Blow has been named HBCU Division II Coach of the Year.
First Team All-Americans
Jacob Cooper, Virginia State (G, Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.)
Tairell Fletcher, Fayetteville State (G, Sr., Fayetteville, N.C.)
Jordan Hinds, Bluefield State (G, Sr., Tamarac, Fla.)*
Trent McIntyre, Shaw (G, Sr., Greensboro, N.C.)
Alvin Miles, Miles (G, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.)*
Lavar Miller Jr., Kentucky State (G, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.)
Walter Peggs Jr., Spring Hill (G, Sr., Jackson, Tenn.)
Shakur Poteat, Albany State (G, Jr., Orlando, Fla.)
Kevin Sessberry, Tuskegee (G, Sr., Lithonia, Ga.
Caleb Simmons, Fayetteville State (G/F, Sr., Newburgh, N.Y.)
Jaedaun Slack, West Virginia State (F, Sr., Fort Worth, Texas)
Second Team All-Americans
Bakir Cleveland, Lincoln (Pa.) (Sr., Guard, Newark, N.J.)
Shemani Fuller, Clark Atlanta (F/C, Sr., Bronx, N.Y.)
Larry Howell, Bluefield, State (Jr., F, Orangeburg, S.C.)
Reggie Hudson, Lincoln University (PA) (G, Jr., Bronx N.Y.)
Ayjay Plain, Savannah State (G, Sr., Melbourne, Fla.)
Ashton Sherrell, Johnson C. Smith (F, Sr., Detroit, Mich.)
Cedric Taylor III, Morehouse (G, Soph., Atlanta, Ga.)
Xavier Tubbs-Matthews, Elizabeth City State (G, Soph., Fayetteville, N.C.)
John Whitehead III, Claflin (G/F, Sr., Augusta, Ga.)
Dericko Williams, Elizabeth City State (F, Graduate Student, Kinston, N.C.)
Jalen Williams, Clark Atlanta (G, Sr., Dallas, Texas)
Amare Wimbush, Bowie State (F, Jr., Landover, Md.)
Franck Yetna, Lincoln (Mo.) (F, Sr., Paris, France)
*2024 HBCU All-America first team
AWARDS
HBCU Player of the Year: Jordan Hinds, Bluefield State
HBCU Coach of the Year: Lonnie Blow, Virginia State
