Shannon Named All-American and Region Player of the Year; Clinton Men Finish ranked 10th

Player of the Year Cam Shannon
Player of the Year Cam Shannon

Greenville, S.C. - The NCCAA All-American honors for Division I Men's Basketball have been announced for the 2023-24 season. 

Cam Shannon makes NCCAA All-American 2nd team as well as being named South Region Player of the Year. He helped lead the Golden Bears (18-11) to the South Region Championship and an NCCAA National Tournament berth where they went 1-2 to finish in 4th place and 10th in the final rankings. 

He averaged 22.5 points over 28 games shooting over 57 percent from the floor and 42 percent from three-point range. He also averaged 7.3 rebounds/game and 3.1 assists/game. Shannon recorded two 40-point games on the season and a career high of 44 points in the win over Wilberforce in February. 

Shannon finished with over 1,000 career points as did teammate Paul Eromosele. He averaged 9 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists on the season.

 

 

2024 NCCAA DI Men's Basketball Awards

https://thenccaa.org/sports/2023/7/5/DIMBB_Awards_2024.aspx

Second Team All-Americans
Cortland Blake SAGU
D'Michael Bellfield Wayland Baptist University
Cam Shannon Clinton College

 

DI Men's Basketball

Teams (National Tourn. Place) Points Rec Prev
1) Grace (IN) (NAIA final four) 60 (34-2) 1
2) Cedarville (OH) (1st) 51 (23-12) 3
3) Mid-America Christian (OK) 46 (24-9) 2
4) Bethel (IN) 44 (20-11) 5
5) Wayland Baptist (2nd) 40 (23-11) 6
6) SAGU (TX) 30 (20-10) 4
7) OUAZ 24 (19-11) 8
8) Geneva 15 (24-4) 7
9) SAGU American Indian College (3rd) 8 (18-9) NR
10) Clinton (4th in Tourn.) 5 (18-11) NR

Also Receiving Votes: Campbellsville (4), Greenville (2), Columbia International (1)