POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. -- Keith Kuenstling, a senior forward who led Mount Mercy (22-9) to its first 20-win season since 1997, has been named an honorable mention NAIA Division II men's basketball all-American, the NAIA announced today.
Kuenstling is the ninth all-American in school history and the first since Curtis Kilgore received honorable mention in 2008. Kuenstling was a first-team all-Midwest Collegiate Conference pick for the second year in a row after leading the league in field goal percentage (59.3%) and finishing second in rebounding (7.9 rpg) and seventh in scoring (16.1 ppg).
The other Mount Mercy men's basketball all-Americans are Ron Woeste, Tony Ince (1993), Dan Kuper (1996), Jerry Drymon (1997), Mike Conrad (1998), Mike Wehr (2003), Brian Buerman (2004), and Kilgore (2008).
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2009-10 NAIA Division II Player of the Year: Steve Briggs (Oklahoma Wesleyan)
NAIA Division II All-America First Team:
Steve Briggs -- Oklahoma Wesleyan
Scott Buschman -- Viterbo (Wis.)
Zach Coverstone -- Indiana Wesleyan
Darrin Dorsey -- Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Luke Enos -- Black Hills State (S.D.)
Ricky Jackson -- Walsh (Ohio)
Errick McCollum -- Goshen (Ind.)
Nathan Menefee -- Evergreen State (Wash.)
Justin Parnell -- Oregon Tech
DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis -- St. Francis (Ind.)
NAIA Division II All-America Second Team:
Ricardo Alliman -- Cedarville (Ohio)
Jordan Gregg -- Eastern Oregon
Sean High -- Central Christian (Mo.)
Antonio Jones -- St. Thomas (Fla.)
John Lierman -- Aquinas (Mich.)
Eric Lorenzi -- Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Sadiel Rojas -- Oklahoma Wesleyan
Jeremiah Slugh -- Hastings (Neb.)
Avery Tyler -- Bellevue (Neb.)
Corey Viet -- Grand View
NAIA Division II All-America Third Team:
Eric Dummeruth -- Notre Dame (Ohio)
Derell Henderson -- Warner (Fla.)
Romar Jones -- Friends (Kan.)
Ryne Lightfoot -- Bethel (Ind.)
Matt Malloy -- Sioux Falls (S.D.)
Omar Reed -- Bluefield (Va.)
Jeremy Shardo -- Walsh (Ohio)
Mikah Turner -- Berea (Ky.)
Brady Wiebe -- Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
NAIA Division II All-America Honorable Mention:
Orlando Anderson -- Valley City State (N.D.)
Cain Atkinson -- Black Hills State (S.D.)
Eric Avant -- St. Mary (Kan.)
D.J. Baisden -- Spring Arbor (Mich.)
Andrew Baker -- Johnson & Wales (Colo.)
Chris Beals -- Cedarville (Ohio)
Kody Braddix -- Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
Preston Broughton -- Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Will Bruinsma -- Trinity Christian (Ill.)
David Butler -- Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Eric Coblentz -- Malone (Ohio)
Antoine Dade -- Bellevue (Neb.)
Devon Dawson -- Daemen (N.Y.)
Kelvin DeVries -- Cornerstone (Mich.)
Lorenzo Ecford -- Davenport (Mich.)
Michael Eekhoff -- Dordt
Jazzmarr Ferguson -- Indiana Southeast
Joseph Foster -- Oregon Tech
Matt Geelan -- Briar Cliff (Iowa)
Jake Glisson -- Warner Pacific (Ore.)
Jared Howerton -- Ozarks (Mo.)
Lester Hunte -- Northwood (Fla.)
Chris Jackson -- Friends (Kan.)
Keith Kuentsling -- Mount Mercy
Nate Lebsock -- Dickinson State (N.D.)
Craig McGee -- College of Idaho
Andrew Medeiros -- California Maritime
Kris Miller -- William Penn
C.J. Peeters -- Jamestown (N.D.)
Brent Reynolds -- Siena Heights (Mich.)
Tyler Rigby -- Indiana East
Cordero Seymore -- Milligan (Tenn.)
Caleb Simons -- Cornerstone (Mich.)
David Swanson -- Grace (Ind.)
Daniel Van Kalsbeek -- Northwestern
Ben Voogd -- Northwest Christian (Wash.)
Josh Vorst -- Northwestern Ohio
Louis Williams -- Fisher (Mass.)
Rodd Williams -- Bethany (Kan.)
