SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--The honors keep pouring in for Bellarmine men's basketball player Jeremy Kendle.  Earlier today, two separate entities named the 6-2 guard from Jeffersonville, Ind., to their All-America Teams.  The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named Kendle to their 16-person 2011 State Farm Division II All-America Team, and Daktronics (voted on by college sports information directors) named Kendle to their Third Team All-American squad.

Kendle has helped lead Bellarmine—the only school ranked in the NABC's top 5 all season long—to a 30-2 record and a trip to the NCAA Div. II Elite 8 for the first time in school history.
 
The team's leading scorer, Kendle is a powerful combo guard, who can shoot the 3-point shot as well as create his own shot off the dribble. On defense, he usually draws the toughest backcourt assignment. Kendle was voted Player of the Year in the highly competitive Great Lakes Valley Conference after being recognized three times during the year as Player of the Week.

A complete player, Kendle was third in the league in scoring (17 ppg) and also ranked in the league's top 15 in assists, free throw percentage and assist to turnover ratio. In just two seasons at Bellarmine, he already has scored more than 1,000 for his career.

Kendle becomes the fifth Bellarmine men's basketball player to earn All-America accolades.  The four others are Steve Mercer, Tom Schurfranz, Buddy Cox, and Floyd Smith.

2011 STATE FARM® DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Thomas Baudinet, St. Anselm, 6-3, Senior, Guard, Watertown, Conn.
Skyler Bowlin, Missouri Southern, 6-3, Senior, Guard, Paragould, Ark.
Phillip Brown, Georgia Southwestern, 6-7, Junior, Forward, Jonesboro, Ga.
Zane Campbell, Alabama-Huntsville, 6-8, Sophomore, Forward, West Limestone, Ala.
Nathan Hyde, Findlay, 6-3, Senior, Guard, Findlay, Ohio
George Johnson, Augusta State, 6-4, Senior, Guard, Arlington, Va.
Dominique Jones, Fort Hays State, 5-9, Senior, Guard, Harlem, N.Y.
Jeremy Kendle, Bellarmine, 6-2, Senior, Guard, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Josh Magette, Alabama-Huntsville, 6-1, Junior, Guard, Birmingham, Ala.
Jefferson Mason, Minnesota State, 6-6, Senior, Guard, Crystal, Minn.
Darin Mency, Merrimack, 6-2, Senior, Guard, Hagerstown, Md.
Anthony Moody, Mary, 6-0, Senior, Guard, Appleton, Wis.
Trevin Parks, Johnson C. Smith, 5-9, Sophomore, Guard, Hickory, N.C.
Blake Poole, St. Martin's, 6-5, Senior, Center, Eugene, Ore.
Darryl Webb, IUP, 6-6, Senior, Forward, Elkridge, Md.
Parrish West, Alaska-Fairbanks, 6-5, Senior, Forward, Chicago, Ill.


2010-11 DAKTRONICS MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS

First Team
Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown
Parrish West Alaska Fairbanks F 6-5 190 Sr. Chicago, IL
Chris Woods Pfeiffer F 6-5 215 Sr. Greensboro, NC
Gage Daye@ Bloomfield G 6-2 170 Sr. Newark, NJ
Corey Pelle West Liberty G 5-11 165 Sr. Silver Grove, KY
Justin Keenan Ferris State F/C 6-7 265 Sr. Grand Rapids, MI
2010-11 Ron Lenz National Player of the Year: Parrish West, Alaska Fairbanks

Second Team
Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown
Justin Sedlak Flor. Inst. of Tech. F 6-9 230 Sr. Pezinok, Slovakia
Blake Poole Saint Martin's F 6-5 265 Sr. Eugene, OR
Darius Adams Indianapolis G 6-0 165 Sr. Decatur, ILL
Anthony Moody Univ. of Mary(ND) G 6-0 Sr. Appleton, WI
Davion Berry Cal St. Monterey Bay G 6-4 So. Oakland, CA

Third Team
Player School Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown
Skyler Bowlin Missouri Southern St. G 6-3 170 Sr. Paragould, ARK
Thomas Baudinet Saint Anselm G 6-3 190 Sr. Watertown, CT
Darryl Webb Indiana(Pa.) F 6-6 220 Sr. Elkridge, MD
Jordan Fortney West Liberty G 6-5 215 Sr. Bowling Green, OH
Jeremy Kendle Bellarmine G 6-1 205 Sr. Jeffersonville, IN