Charlotte, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne senior D.J. Blackmon (Albemarle, N.C.) has been named a 2010-11 Sporting News NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.
Blackmon, a forward from Albemarle, N.C., led the Bears in scoring (20.5 ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg) and assists (2.7 apg) last year en route to First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors.
Blackmon, who was also named to the 2009-10 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Second Team, scored in double figures in every game last year and became the 50th player to cross the 1,000-point mark in school history.?
Blackmon has been an all-league pick the last two years and has 1,095 career points entering the 2010-11 season.
Lenoir-Rhyne opens the season on Monday, November 15, when it travels to Mount Olive, N.C., to face Mount Olive beginning at 7 p.m.?
L-R will host the South Atlantic Conference/Conference Carolinas Tip-Off Classic on November 19 and 20.? The Bears will play Limestone (Friday, November 19) and Queens (Saturday, November 20).? Both games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball
Sporting News 2010-11 Preseason Top 10
1. Findlay (Ohio)
2. Bellarmine (Ky.)
3. Grand Valley State (Mich.)
4. Arkansas Tech
5. Cal Poly-Pomona
6. Indiana (Pa.)
7. Seattle Pacific (Wash.)
8. West Liberty
9. Winona State (Minn.)
10. Bentley (Mass.)
Possible Breakthroughs:? Alabama-Huntsville, Anderson (S.C.), Augustana (S.D.), Bloomfield (N.J.), BYU-Hawaii, Central Missouri, Central Oklahoma, Drury (Mo.), Felician (N.J.), Ferris State (Mich.), Florida Southern, Fort Lewis (Colo.), Georgia College & State, Hillsdale (Mich.), Humboldt State (Calif.), Kentucky Wesleyan, Lynn (Fla.), Mary (N.D.), Metro State (Colo.), Midwestern State (Texas), Minnesota State-Mankato, Montevallo (Ala.), Mount Olive (N.C.), Philadelphia University (Pa.), Queens (N.C.), Rollins (Fla.), St. Cloud State (Minn.), Southern Indiana, Stonehill (Mass.), Tarleton State (Texas), USC-Aiken, W.Va. State
Sporting News Preseason All-Americans
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball
First Team:? Chris Banchero (Seattle Pacific), Gage Daye (Blooomfield), Justin Keenan (Ferris State), Darryl Webb (Indiana, PA), Dauntae Williams (Central Oklahoma).
Second Team:? Jet Chang (BYU-Hawaii), LaMarshall Corbett (Angelo State), Chris Hall (Lynn), Justin Ringler (Grand Valley State), Nick Wolf (Rollins).
Honorable Mention: Darius Adams (Indianapolis), Daniel Bailey (Queens, N.C.), Thomas Baudinet (Saint Anselm), D.J. Blackmon (Lenoir-Rhyne), Donnelle Booker (Cal Poly-Pomona), Simel Boyd (Francis Marion), Sharif Bray (Cheyney), Justin Brock (Quincy), Tyler Bullock (Nebraska-Omaha), Kyle Caiola (Findlay), Rashad Callaway (Tampa), D'Mario Curry (Lincoln Memorial), Byron Faison (USC-Aiken), Chris Hagan (Midwestern State), Alex Hall (Drury), Braydon Hobbs (Bellarmine), Marquel Hoskins (San Francisco State), Nathan Hyde (Findlay), Dominique Jones (Fort Hays State), Jeremy Kendle (Bellarmine), DeAndre Lansdowne (Fort Lewis), Jefferson Mason (Minnesota State-Mankato), Darin Mency (Merrimack), Josh Miller (W.Va. State), Anthony Moody (Mary), Brian Morris (Humboldt State), Donte Nicholas (Metro State), Corey Pelle (West Liberty), Blake Poole (Saint Martin's), Cody Schilling (Augustana), Justin Swidowski (Holy Family), Brian Tracey (Bentley), Anthony Tucker (Winona State), Marques Whippy (BYU-Hawaii), Taylor Witt (St. Cloud State), Chris Woods (Pfeiffer).
