By Bethany Swedes Athletics
Kansas City, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2022-23 Men’s Basketball All-America Teams.
Solomon Clayton was announced as a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American for his play throughout the season. Throughout the season, Clayton grabbed 82 offensive rebounds (2nd in KCAC), tallied 49 blocks (2nd in KCAC), shot 59.2% from the floor (3rd in KCAC), and scored 472 points (4th in KCAC).
Mason Walters of Jamestown (N.D.) was named the NAIA National Player of the Year after helping guide the Jimmies to Kansas City and to a 27-7 record. The NAIA National Coach of the Year will be announced later this spring.
Three teams of 12 players each comprised the three teams, along with the 46-player honorable mention list. No school had more than one selection on each team while IU South Bend (Ind.), Morningside (Iowa) and Northwestern (Iowa) each had two listed on the honorable mention list.
All of the selections are made by the All-America Committee and are comprised of first, second and third teams as well as honorable mention. There are 12 members on each of the first three All-America teams.
Below is the full list of NAIA All-Americans:
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| C.J. Hines % | Faulkner (Ala.) | G | So. | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Matt Simpson ^ | Florida College | G | Sr. | Plant City, Fla. |
| Zach Goodline * | Huntington (Ind.) | G | Sr. | Coloma, Mich. |
| Mason Walters ^ | Jamestown (N.D.) | F | Sr. | Jamestown, N.D. |
| Tristan Harper * | Langston (Okla.) | F | Sr. | Columbus, Ga. |
| Jalen Brooks | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Sr. | Shreveport, La. |
| Caleb Bellach * | Montana Tech | F | Jr. | Manhattan, Mont. |
| Jaden Lietzke % | Oklahoma Wesleyan | F/C | So. | Owasso, Okla. |
| Riley Minix ^ | Southeastern (Fla.) | SF | Sr. | Vero Beach, Fla. |
| Cevin Clark & | Southwestern (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Arkansas City, Kan. |
| Kaleb Lowery | The Master’s (Calif.) | F | So. | San Diego, Calif. |
| Reid Jolly | Thomas More (Ky.) | G/F | RS Jr. | Alexandria, Ky. |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| Drew Wyman | College of Idaho | G | So. | Great Falls, Mont. |
| Jacob Vis | Dordt (Iowa) | F | Sr. | Rock Valley, Iowa |
| Phillip Malatare * | Eastern Oregon | G | Sr. | Arlee, Mont. |
| Josh Pritchett | Evangel (Mo.) | G | Sr. | Rolla, Mo. |
| Elijah Malone | Grace (Ind.) | C | Jr. | LaGrange, Ind. |
| Rog Stein | Indiana Tech | F | Sr. | Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| Cashemin Williams ^ | Jessup (Calif.) | G | Sr. | Fresno, Calif. |
| Jalen Galloway | Loyola (La.) | F | Sr. | Meridian, Idaho |
| Tyler Schmidt * | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | G | Jr. | Valparaiso, Ind. |
| Cameron Copeland | Tougaloo (Miss.) | G | Sr. | Toledo, Ohio |
| Markelle Turner % | Union (Ky.) | G | Jr. | Barbourville, Ky. |
| Malik Edwards | William Penn (Iowa) | G | So. | Drexel Hill, Pa. |
THIRD TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| Michael Hayes | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | G | Jr. | Tracy, Calif. |
| Paul Hayden | Arizona Christian | G | Jr. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Jalen Patterson | Baker (Kan.) | G | Sr. | New Orleans, La. |
| Tony Burks * | Columbia (Mo.) | G | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Alex LittleJohn | Kansas Wesleyan | F | So. | Newton, Kan. |
| Mark Mettie * | Madonna (Mich.) | C | Sr. | Livonia, Mich. |
| Thomas Gieske | Mayville State (N.D.) | G | Sr. | Sartell, Minn. |
| Josiah De’laCerda * | OUAZ (Ariz.) | F | Sr. | Fresno, Calif. |
| Teddy Parham jr. | Pikeville (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Jaeden King | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | G | Sr. | St. Paul, Minn. |
| Samkelo Cele | Science & Arts (Okla.) | F | Sr. | Durban, South Africa |
| Kobe Powell | Texas A&M Texarkana | PG | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
^ 2022 1st Team AA & 2022 2nd Team AA % 2022 3rd Team AA * 2022 Honorable Mention
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Name | School | Position | Class |
| Bryce Davis | Arizona Christian | F | Sr. |
| Solomon Clayton | Bethany (Kan.) | F | Sr. |
| Drew Lutz | Bethel (Ind.) | G | Sr. |
| Clifford Byrd II | Bethel (Kan.) | G | Gr. |
| James Jordan | Central Methodist (Mo.) | G | Gr. |
| Noah Schutte | Concordia (Neb.) | F | So. |
| Jordan Stephens | Cumberland (Tenn.) | G | Sr. |
| Bryce Coppock | Dordt (Iowa) | G | Jr. |
| Trace Hill | Faulkner (Ala.) | G | Sr. |
| Cam Brooks-Harris | Georgetown (Ky.) | F | Jr. |
| Tommy Snyder | Holy Cross (Ind.) | F | Fr. |
| Seth Maxwell | Indiana Wesleyan | C | Sr. |
| Henry Shannon | Iowa Wesleyan | F | Fr. |
| Dejon Barney | IU South Bend (Ind.) | F | Jr. |
| Donyell Meredith II | IU South Bend (Ind.) | G | Sr. |
| Myles Corey | Jessup (Calif.) | G | So. |
| Joey Holifield | Lourdes (Ohio) | G | Jr. |
| Anthony Brown | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | G | Sr. |
| Brendon Hardy | Missouri Baptist | G | Sr. |
| Ezra McKenna | Mobile (Ala.) | F | So. |
| Jesse Keltner | Montana State-Northern | F | Sr. |
| Ely Doble | Morningside (Iowa) | C | Jr. |
| Joey Skoff | Morningside (Iowa) | G | Jr. |
| Craig Sterk | Northwestern (Iowa) | F | Jr. |
| Dillon Carlson | Northwestern (Iowa) | G | Sr. |
| Kaleb Stokes | Oklahoma Wesleyan | F | Jr. |
| Keshawn Bruner | OUAZ (Ariz.) | G | Sr. |
| Jibril Harris | Peru State (Neb.) | F | Sr. |
| Jo Valrie | Point Park (Pa.) | F | So. |
| Marcus Stephens | Providence (Mont.) | G | Sr. |
| Shiloah Blevins | Rio Grande (Ohio) | F | Jr. |
| Cortland Blake | SAGU (Texas) | F | Jr. |
| Atmar Mundu | Southern Oregon | G | Sr. |
| Milton Matthews | St. Thomas (Fla.) | SG | Jr. |
| Fred Mulbah | St. Thomas (Fla.) | PG | Sr. |
| Jason Hubbard | Taylor (Ind.) | F | Sr. |
| Tray Spencer | Texas A&M Texarkana | F | Sr. |
| Jordan Booker | Thomas (Ga.) | G | Sr. |
| Terrin Hamilton | Union (Ky.) | G | So. |
| Jules Moor | UNT Dallas (Texas) | F | Jr. |
| Garrett White | Vanguard (Calif.) | F | Sr. |
| Mohamed Bundu | Washington Adventist (Md.) | F | Sr. |
| Tedrick Wolfe | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | F | Sr. |
| K’Shun Stokes | Webber International (Fla.) | G | Jr. |
| Xavier Reaves | Xavier (LA) | F | Gr. |
