FLORENCE
-- University of North Alabama seniors
Thomas Fraise and Kenny Johnson have
received honorable mention All-American
recognition from the Division II Bulletin -
The Monthly Newsletter of Division II Men's
Basketball.
Johnson, a Plaquemine, La., native, was
previously named first-team All-Gulf South
Conference and GSC East Division Player of
the Year. He was also first-team NABC
All-South Region and first-team Daktronics
All- South Region. This season he averaged
15.5 points per game, shot 51.9 percent from
the floor and 81.3 percent from the free
throw line. He ranked third in the GSC in
assists at 5.04 per game. He finished his
career with 1.135 points to rank 16th
all-time at UNA.
Fraise, a New Orleans, La., native, was also
first-team All-GSC, first-team NABC
all-region and second-team Daktronics
All-South Region. He averaged
17.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He
scored 1,038 career points to rank 20th in
UNA history.
Both players also played in the NABC
Division II All-Star Game at the Basketball
Hall of Fame.
UNA's Casey Holt was an honorable mention
All-American pick by the Division II
Bulletin in 2007-08.
2009 Division II Bulletin All-Americans
First Team
Josh Bostic Findlay Senior Forward
Chris Commons USC Aiken Senior Forward
Matt Rogers SW Baptist Junior Center
Larry Gordon Cal Pomona Junior Forward
Kevin Rarzsch Northern State Senior Forward
Second Team
Laurence Ekperigan LeMoyne Junior Forward
Ted Scott West Virginia St. Senior Guard
Anthony Hilliard Elizabeth City Senior
Forward Aaron Hill Rockhurst Junior Guard
Jesse Wagstaff Metro State Senior Forward
Third Team
Jonathan Schmidt C.W. Post Senior Guard
Kendrick Easley Mt. Olive Junior Guard
Lucas Alves BYU-Hawaii Junior Center
Nick Kohs Christian Bros. Senior Center
Nolan Richardson Midwestern St. Senior Guard
Fourth Team Garrett Siler Augusta St. Senior
Center Ira Graham W. Washington Senior Guard
Dave Ben Kutztown Senior Forward Kyle Moore
Tusculum Junior Guard Jason Westrol Bentley
Senior Guard
Honorable Mention
Brandon Brown, San B’Dino, Jr.
Denell Stephens, Slippery Rock, Sr.
Lance Harper, C. Oklahoma, Sr.
Tyrone Curnell, Valdosta St., Jr.
Nick Wolf, Rollins, So.
Lew Finnegan, Bentley, Sr.
Joe Jones, Edinboro, Sr.
Darren Duncan, Merrimack, Jr.
Ben Madgen, Augusta St., Jr.
Ross Demasi, SW Minnesota, Sr.
Kenny Johnson, North Alabama, Sr.
Omari Knox, Bloomfield, Sr.
Kenneth Boyd, Morehouse, Sr.
Tim VanOudheusden, LSSU, Sr.
Jake Linton, St. Martin’s, Sr.
Pierce Caldwell, Incarnate Word, Jr.
Hunter Henry, NW Missouri, Sr.
Roman Andrade, NM Highlands, Jr.
Kenny Barker, UA Anchorage, Sr.
Stan Hall, Ald. Broaddus, Sr.
Marcus Tillis, Pitt Johnstown, Sr.
Thad McFadden, Fairmont St., Sr.
LaVontay Fenderson, UW Parkside, Sr.
Travis Nelson, Minnesota St., Jr.
Chris Hall, Lynn, So.
Jamar Smith. So. Indiana, Jr.
Sanijay Watts, Cent. Missouri, Jr.
Brandon Dagans, Lewis, Sr.
Thomas Fraise, North Alabama, Sr.
Drake Beranek, Neb. Keareny, Jr.
