Horizon League Unveils 2021-22 #HLMBB All-Academic Team
INDIANAPOLIS – Recognizing student-athletes for their success both in competition and in the classroom, the Horizon League released its 2021-22 Men's Basketball All-Academic Team on Thursday. A total of seven student-athletes were named to the All-Academic Team, while two more were tabbed as honorable mentions in balloting by the League’s faculty athletics representatives.
The All-Academic Team and honorable mention team are comprised of student-athletes from seven institutions as Youngstown State led the way with two selections on the All-Academic Team and IUPUI totaled two honorees. Detroit Mercy, Oakland, RMU and Wright State each placed one student-athlete on this season’s All-Academic Team and one student-athlete from Northern Kentucky earned honorable mention honors.
IUPUI’s Mike DePersia and Oakland’s Blake Lampman are multi-time honorees on the All-Academic Team, while NKU’s Adrian Nelson claimed honorable mention this year after being on the All-Academic Team a year ago.
The Horizon League recognizes student-athletes with seasonal Academic All-League Teams in each of its 19 championship sports. To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team’s overall contests. An Honorable Mention is awarded to student-athletes who received at least 25 percent of votes, but did not make the All-Academic team.
2021-22 #HLMBB All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Mike DePersia, IUPUI
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Kahliel Spear, RMU
Grant Basile, Wright State
Michael Akuchie, Youngstown State
Shemar Rathan-Mayes, Youngstown State
2021-22 #HLMBB All-Academic Honorable Mention Team
Nathan McClure, IUPUI
Adrian Nelson, Northern Kentucky