State Farm Coaches All-America Awards
Selected by the NABC
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) is excited to have State Farm Insurance as the official sponsor for All-America teams and player of the year awards.
The State Farm Division I All-America team and the State Farm Division I Player of the Year were introduced on Saturday, April 4, at Hoop City in The COBO Convention Center in Detroit, as an integral part of the NABC Convention during the NCAA Men's Basketball Championships.
In addition, State Farm players of the year for NCAA Divisions II and III, the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NAIA) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) were also selected and honored in March and April.
State Farm is a long time supporter of athletics with
relationships with more than 100 Division I schools, sponsor of all Missouri Valley Conference Championships, Corporate
Partner of the NCAA and sponsor of the NABC and WBCA All-America teams and Player of the Year awards.
"It only seems fitting that State Farm is teaming up with the NABC to sponsor the All-America teams for college basketball," said NABC Executive Director Jim Haney. "The addition of this significant corporate partner can only enhance the recognition of the outstanding college athletes being honored with the most prestigious award of All-America."
The NABC has been selecting men's college basketball All-America teams for the past 62 seasons with almost 900 individuals honored in NCAA Division I alone. The first NABC All-America team was selected in 1946-47 with a first and second team for nine seasons in Division I before adding a third team in 1955-56. In Division II, NABC All-America recognition was first bestowed in 1966-67 and Division III honored teams beginning in the 1976-77 season.
2008-09 State Farm Coaches Division I All-America Team
FIRST TEAM
SECOND TEAM
THIRD TEAM
Stephen Curry, Davidson
DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh
Darren Collison, UCLA
Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
James Harden, Arizona State
Ty Lawson, North Carolina
Gerald Henderson, Duke
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky
Jerel McNeal, Marquette
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
Jeff Teague, Wake Forest
Terrence Williams, Louisville
2008-09 State Farm Coaches Division II All-America Team
Lucas Alves, BYU-Hawaii
Josh Bostic, Findlay
Chris Commons, USC-Aiken
Tyrone Curnell, Valdosta State
Brandon Dagins, Lewis
Ross Demasi, Southwest Minnesota State
Darren Duncan, Merrimack
Larry Gordon, Cal Poly Pomona
Joe Jones, Edinboro
Nick Kohs, Christian Brothers
Ted Scott, West Virginia State
Kevin Ratzsch, Northern State
Nolan Richardson, Midwestern State
Matt Rogers, Southwest Baptist
Garret Siler, Augusta State
Jason Westrol, Bentley
2008-09 State Farm Coaches Division III All-America Team
FIRST TEAM
SECOND TEAM
THIRD TEAM
Jimmy Bartolotta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles Jones, Widener
Mark Carson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Darnell Braswell, DeSales
DJ March, UW Oshkosh
Steve DeLuca, Brandeis
Sean Burton, Ithaca
Mike Moore, DePauw
Ryan Kroeger, Lawrence
Santini Lancioni, Richard Stockton
Scott Morton, SUNY Geneseo
Andrew Powers, Gettysburg
Kent Raymond, Wheaton (Ill.)
Jesse Reimink, Hope
Richard Jean-Baptiste, Brooklyn
Jonathan Rumeley, Averett
Ben Rudin, Middlebury
Joe Scott, St. Thomas
Jeff Skemp, UW Platteville
Damien Santana, Farmingdale State
Justin Short, Randolph-Macon
Nate Stahl, Capital
Joey Verax, Transylvania
Bryan Yelvington, Kenyon
2008-09 State Farm Coaches NAIA Division I All-America Team
Chris Berry, Texas Wesleyan
Luke Fitzgerald, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Danny Hawkins, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Brent Jones, Oklahoma Baptist
Andrew Lee, Mountain State (W.Va.)
James Lewis, Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Matt Neaville, Union (Tenn.)
Eric Palm, McKendree (Ill.) University
Geoff Payne, Westminster (Utah)
Jason Taylor, Oklahoma Christian
2008-09 State Farm Coaches NAIA Division II All-America Team
Steve Briggs, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Eric Gaff, Grace (Ind.)
Jguwon Hogges, Oregon Tech
Brett Humpal, Iowa Wesleyan
Pedja Lazic, Aquinas (Mich.)
Nathan Menefee, Evergreen State (Wash.)
Joe Shardo, Walsh (Ohio)
Williams Walker, Bethel (Ind.)
DeSean White, Northwood (Fla.)
Kale Wiertzema, Northwestern (Iowa)
2008-09 State Farm Coaches NJCAA Division I All-America Team
Casey Mitchell, Chipola (Fla.) College
DeAndre Brown, Navarro College (Texas)
Darius Johnson Odom, Hutchinson C.C. (Kan.)
Dwight Buycks, Indian Hills C.C.-Centerville (Iowa)
Ridge McKeither, North Dakota State College of Science
Chris Hines, Southwestern Illinois College
Jarrid Famous, Westchester C.C. (N.Y.)
Ricardo Ratcliffe, Central Florida C.C.
Renaldo Parker, North Idaho College
D.J. Wright, Salt Lake (Utah) C.C.
2008-09 State Farm Coaches NJCAA Division II All-America Team
Darius Adams, Lincoln College (Ill.)
Tony Lewis, Ellsworth (Iowa) C.C.
Nafis Ricks, Johnson County (Kan.) C.C.
Antonio Haymon, Cecil (Md.) College
Jerod Belin, Monroe (N.Y.) C.C.
T.J. McCauley, Bismarck (N.D.) State College
Nick Carey, South Suburban College (Ill.)
Mark Anderson, Sinclair (Ohio) C.C.
Dustin Todd, Norh Arkansas College
Bryce Brunz, Kirkwood (Iowa) C.C.
Pierre DeClue, Metropolitan C.C.-Penn Valley (Mo.)
2008-09 State Farm Coaches NJCAA Division III All-America Team
Anderson Labase, Fashion Institute of Technology
Cortez Wallace, Minneapolis (Minn.) Community & Technical College
