Lincoln Memorial's Whitfield Named to NABC Coaches' Division II All-America Team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 23, 2021) -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2020-21 NABC Coaches' Division II All-America team. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in Division II, these 16 student-athletes represent the most outstanding basketball players across America in NCAA Division II.
Representing the South Atlantic Conference is Lincoln Memorial senior guard Devin Whitfield. A first team All-SAC selection, a NABC All-District pick, and an NCAA Division II Southeast Region All-Tournament team selection, Whitfield is one of the nation's most prolific scorers and three-point shooters and leads the 13th-ranked Railsplitters in several offensive categories.
Ranked 10th in the country in three-pointers made (63), Whitfield's 380 points scored in 2020-21 are the 25th-most among all NCAA Division II men's basketball players. The Lipscomb, Alabama, native is averaging 3.2 made threes a game, the 19th-most nationally, and ranks 29th in the land in made field goals (136), 30th in three-point field goal percentage (43.2) and 18th in three-point attempts (146). Averaging a team-high 19 points per game, Whitfield led the 13-team South Atlantic Conference in shooting during the regular season and is 56 percent from the field on 243 attempts. He is tied for third on the team in rebounding (4.9 RPG) and is averaging 2.0 assists per contest.
Scoring in double figures in all but three games he has competed in after missing the season opener and playing a limited role in the second game of the year at Coker University (Nov. 24), Whitfield put together an astonishing run of 10-straight 20-point showings from Dec. 13 to Jan. 23. With a pair of 30-point outings under his belt this season, Whitfield became LMU's 32nd 1,000-point scorer with a driving layup early in the second half of the Railsplitters' Division II Southeast Regional Championship semifinal victory over Tusculum (March 14). Reaching the coveted scoring mark in only 52 games donning the Blue and Gray, the wing has scored 1,921 career points after arriving in Harrogate with 907 points scored at fellow Division II Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville.
Whitfield has played an integral part in LMU's success this year, helping lead the Railsplitters to a third Division II Southeast Regional Championship title and Elite Eight appearance in six years.
2020-21 NABC COACHES' DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Dalton Bolon, West Liberty, 6-4, Graduate, Guard, Gnadenhutten, OH
Patrick Cartier, Hillsdale, 6-8, Sophomore, Forward, Brookfield, WI
Parker Fox, Northern State, 6-8, Junior, Forward, Mahtomedi, MN
Parker Hicks, Lubbock Christian, 6-6, Senior, Forward, Decatur, TX
Trevor Hudgins, Northwest Missouri State, 6-0, Junior, Guard, Manhattan, KS
Chandler Jacobs, Dallas Baptist, 6-3, Senior, Guard, Missouri City, TX
KJ Jones II, Emmanuel, 6-6, Sophomore, Guard, Atlanta, GA
Jaizec Lottie, Flagler, 6-2, Senior, Guard, Aurora, CO
Cade McKnight, Truman State, 6-9 RS Junior, Forward, Grinnell, Iowa
Ethan Menzies, Colorado Mesa, 6-7, Sophomore, Forward, Half Moon Bay, CA
Sam Orf, Alabama Huntsville, 6-2, Senior, Guard, St. Charles, MO
Grant Singleton, St. Thomas Aquinas, 6-0, Junior, Guard, Sumter, SC
Andrew Sischo, Daemen 6-9, Senior, Center, Guilderland, NY
Brendan Sullivan, Colorado Mines, 6-6, Junior, Guard/Forward, Highlands Ranch, CO
Owen White, Michigan Tech, 6-6, Junior, Guard, Rhinelander, WI
Devin Whitfield, Lincoln Memorial, 6-5, RS Senior, Guard, Lipscomb, AL