Meet Asa Williams: NAIA Basketball All-America Third Team Player

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The senior from Solon, Ohio averaged 16.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He was named to the Frontier Conference 1^st Team All-Conference after the Frontier Tournament. In his time at Montana Tech, he scored 968 points, while shooting 44.9% from the field. During his playing time at Montana Tech, Asa helped secure back-to-back Frontier Conference regular season championships, along with back-to-back Frontier Conference tournament championships.

Elijah Malone of Grace (Ind.) was named the NAIA Player of the Year after guiding the Lancers to an incredible 34-2 record and a berth to the NAIA Fab Four. Additionally, Drew Stutts of Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) was named the NAIA Coach of the Year after leading the Lions to a come-from-behind win to capture the 2024 NAIA Men's Basketball Red Banner. Grace's Scott Moore was named the NABC-NAIA Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Two teams of 12 players each and a third team of made-up of 19 players comprise the full list. Oklahoma Wesleyan and The Master's (Calif.) both had two players listed on the second team, the only schools to have more than one player listed on any given team. College of Idaho and Langston (Okla.) both had two selections named to different teams.

As a whole, six players moved from honorable mention a season ago to one of the three NAIA All-America teams in 2024. Of that group, Anthony Brown of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) was the only player to move from honorable mention in 2023 to first team in 2024. Cevin Clark of Southwestern (Kan.) was the lone player to remain a first team selection in 2024 after earning the honor in 2023. Zach Goodline, Jaden Lietzke, Tyler Schmidt, Kaleb Lowery, Michael Hayes and Drew Wyman were also returning All-America selections from a year ago.

FIRST TEAM

Team	Name	School	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Andrew Cook	Carroll (Mont.)	G	Jr.	Huntington Beach, Calif.
1	Samaje Morgan	College of Idaho	G	So.	Eugene, Ore.
1	Jonathan Brown	Cumberlands (Ky.)	G	Sr.	London, England
1	Quan Lax	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	PG	R-So.	Bolivar, Tenn.
1	Elijah Malone &	Grace (Ind.)	C	Sr.	LaGrange, Ind.
1	Reggie Thomas	Hastings (Neb.)	G	So.	Omaha, Neb.
1	Javan Buchanan	Indiana Wesleyan	F	So.	Lafayette, Ind
1	Vincent Miszkiewicz	Keiser (Fla.)	F	Jr.	South Elgin, Ill.
1	Anthony Roy	Langston (Okla.)	G	Jr.	Oakland, Calif.
1	Kashie Natt	LSU Alexandria (La.)	G	Jr.	Rayville, La.
1	Anthony Brown *	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	G	Sr.	Olathe, Kan.
1	Cevin Clark ^	Southwestern (Kan.)	G	Sr.	Arkansas City, Kan.

SECOND TEAM

Team	Name	School	Position	Class	Hometown
2	Tyshon Judge	Florida College	G	Jr.	Camden, N.J.
2	Zach Goodline ^	Huntington (Ind.)	G	Gr.	Coloma, Mich.
2	Ezra McKenna *	Mobile (Ala.)	F	Jr.	Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
2	Alex Van Kalsbeek	Northwestern (Iowa)	F	So.	Sheldon, Iowa
2	Jaden Lietzke ^	Oklahoma Wesleyan	F	Jr.	Owasso, Okla.
2	DJ Talton Jr	Oklahoma Wesleyan	G	Jr.	Fort Worth, Texas
2	Tyler Schmidt &	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	G	Sr.	Valparaiso, Ind.
2	CJ Hall	SAGU (Texas)	G	Jr.	Mansfield, Texas
2	Cobie Barnes	St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.)	F	Sr.	Floyds Knobs, Ind.
2	Milton Matthews *	St. Thomas (Fla.)	G	Sr.	District Heights, Md.
2	Kaleb Lowery ^	The Master's (Calif.)	F	Jr.	San Diego, Calif.
2	Ty Harper	The Master's (Calif.)	G	Jr.	Norcross, Ga.

THIRD TEAM

Team	Name	School	Position	Class	Hometown
3	Michael Hayes %	Antelope Valley (Calif.)	G	Sr.	Tracy, Calif.
3	Trent Hudgens	Arizona Christian	G	Jr.	Phoenix, Ariz.
3	Drew Lutz *	Bethel (Ind.)	G	Sr.	Granger, Ind.
3	Deshawn Corprew	Central Baptist (Ark.)	G	Sr.	Norfolk, Va.
3	Drew Wyman &	College of Idaho	G	Jr.	Great Falls, Mont.
3	Collin Parker	Columbia (Mo.)	F	Jr.	Montgomery City, Mo.
3	Noah Schutte *	Concordia (Neb.)	F	Jr.	Laurel, Neb.
3	Kyran Jones	Georgetown (Ky.)	F	Sr.	Bowling Green, Ky.
3	Dejon Barney *	IU South Bend (Ind.)	F	Sr.	South Bend, Ind.
3	Jun Murdock	Kansas Wesleyan	G	Sr.	Wichita, Kan.
3	Toru Dean	Langston (Okla.)	G	Sr.	Miami, Fla.
3	Brandon Beavers	Lawrence Tech (Mich.)	G	Sr.	Columbus, Ohio
3	Darren Jones	Mayville State (N.D.)	F	Jr.	San Bernadino, Calif.
3	Landon Seaman	Menlo (Calif.)	C	Jr.	Vacaville, Calif.
3	Follie Bogan	Milligan (Tenn.)	G	Gr.	Brookhaven, Miss.
3	Asa Williams	Montana Tech	F	Sr.	Solon, Ohio
3	Jamison Guerra	Oregon Tech	G	Jr.	Sherwood, Ore.
3	Jamal Gibson	SUNO (La.)	F	Fr.	New Orleans, La.
3	Najee Jones	Texas College	G	Jr.	Baton Rouge, La.

Note: For the first time in 2023-24, all NAIA All-America teams from every sport are comprised of three teams. No honorable mentions are selected and every conference player of the year is guaranteed a spot on at least the third team.