Story courtesy of Texas Lutheran University Sports Information
SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran junior point guard Sterling Holmes has been named the 18th All-American in school men's basketball history with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) selecting Holmes to the NABC All-America Second Team.
Holmes, also named to the NABC All-South Region First Team Thursday, led the Bulldogs to back-to-back Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships and to consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship (first round).
Holmes guided TLU to a 21-7 overall record this year. The Bulldogs hosted a first-round NCAA playoff game.
Holmes collected SCAC Player of the Year and SCAC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors in 2015-16.
A two-year starter, Holmes led TLU in scoring (16.5 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg), assists (4.0 apg), and steals (0.89 spg) in 2015-16. He made .459 of his total shots and .446 of his three-point attempts. He also shot .839 from the free throw line.
Holmes was the only Bulldog to start all 28 games this year. He led the team in total minutes (820), total field goals (133), free throw makes (151) and free throw attempts (180).
Holmes led TLU to an 11-3 mark in the SCAC in 2014-15 and in 2015-16.
The Bulldogs of 2015-16 posted the best single-season winning percentage (.750) in school history. TLU came within one win of the most single-season victories in school history.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 17, 2016) -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2016 NABC Coaches' Division III All-America teams. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division III, these student-athletes represent the most outstanding basketball players across America in their division.
2016 NABC COACHES' DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM
Jordan Bolger, Concordia Moorhead, 6-6, Senior, Forward, Apple Valley, Minn.
Marcus Carter, Christopher Newport, 6-2, Sophomore, Guard, Williamsburg, Va.
AJ Edwards, Marietta, 6-5, Junior, Forward, Twinsburg, Ohio
Joey Flannery, Babson, 6-5, Junior, Guard/Forward, Acton, Mass.
Alex Graves, Lynchburg, 6-4, Senior, Forward, Waynesboro, Va.
Hunter Hill, Augustana, 5-9, Senior, Guard, Byron, Ill.
Jordan McDaniel, Rutgers-Newark, 6-5, Senior, Forward, Colonia, N.J.
Kyle Richardson, Plattsburgh State, 6-4, Senior, Guard/Forward, Baldwin, N.Y.
2016 NABC COACHES' DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
Will Fonseca, Staten Island, 6-5, Senior, Forward, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mitch Ford, Nazareth, 6-5, Senior Forward, Victor, N.Y.
Ted Hinnenkamp, Dickinson, 6-7, Senior, Guard/Forward, York, Pa.
Sterling Holmes, Texas Lutheran, 6-0, Junior, Guard, San Antonio, Texas
Luke Johnson, Benedictine, 6-9, Senior, Forward, Naperville, Ill.
Scott Nikodemski, Alma, 6-1, Senior, Guard, Rockford, Mich.
Andre Norris, Dubuque, 6-7, Senior, Forward, Plainfield, Ill.
Jordan Rezendes, UMass Dartmouth, 6-2, Senior, Guard, Onset, Mass.
2016 NABC COACHES' DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM
Shay Ajayi, Trinity College, 6-6, Senior, Forward, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Nate Axelrod, Ohio Wesleyan, 5-7, Sophomore, Guard, Dublin, Ohio
Brendan Boken, Scranton, 6-6, Senior, Forward/Center, South Pasadena, Calif.
Anthony Gaines, Jr., Louisiana College, 6-4, Senior, Guard/Forward, Shreveport, La.
Evan Kupferburg, NYU, 6-6, Senior, Forward, Boca Raton, Fla.
Ty Sabin, Ripon, 6-2, Junior, Guard, New Berlin, Wis.
Jamail Stanley, Old Westbury, 6-2, Junior, Guard, Syracuse, N.Y.
George Valle, Whitworth, 6-4, Senior, Guard, Bellevue, Wash.
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Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches.
