KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A day after being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District team, University of Dayton junior men’s basketball player DaRon Holmes II was recognized as a Second Team All-American on Wednesday by the organization.
 
The NABC Division I All-America team is selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in Division I.
 
He has already been named Second Team All-America by the Sporting News and the Associated Press, and Third Team by ESPN.com and Field of 68.
 
Holmes is also on the national ballot for the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s Wooden Award and All-America Team, the national player of the year watch list for the USBWA’s Oscar Robertson Trophy, as well as a finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone award. 
 
He is one of two players in D-I who has more than 65 blocks, 65 dunks and 65 assists this season.  Zach Edey is the other.  Holmes has 66, 67 and 78 respectively.  
 
He leads the A-10 in scoring (20.4) and rebounding (8.4).  He is the only player in the league’s top 10 in scoring, rebounding, FG%, and blocked shots.  After making just seven three-pointers in his first two seasons (and shooting .269 from deep), Holmes has made 30 this season, and is shooting .385 from beyond the arc.
 
Holmes has improved his FT% from .586 to .669 to .707 this season, while shooting more free throws every season.  He has 44 more free throws made than anyone else in the A-10.
 
Dayton, 24-7 on the year, will play its next game in the NCAA Tournament against Nevada on Thursday, March 21 in Salt Lake City.