After being named to the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) All-Atlantic Region Team on Monday, Pitt-Johnstown senor forward
John Paul Kromka was selected as a Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) Honorable Mention Men's Basketball All-American when the 2022-23 accolades were released on Tuesday.
A repeat All-American and the South Central Region Player of the Year, Joel Scott from Black Hills State University was named the 2022-23 NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) Ron Lenz National Player of the Year.
Kromka, the 2022-23 College Sports Communicators' (CSC) Division II Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year was a five-time PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week in 2022-23 and the PSAC West Athlete of the Week on Jan. 30, earned his fourth straight PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Year honor and his third straight First-Team All-PSAC West honor. The 2018-19 PSAC West Freshman of the Year and 2021-22 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American led Pitt-Johnstown in scoring (17.3 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg.), field goal percentage (67.6%), blocks (78), and steals (37) and his 68 assists were fourth on the team.
Kromka led the PSAC and ranks second in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage, while his 78 blocks and 2.69 blocks per game both lead the conference and rank fourth and fifth nationally, respectively. He is also fifth in the conference and 54
th nationally in field goals made and sixth in the conference and 93
rd in the nation in scoring.
He is Pitt-Johnstown's all-time leader in blocked shots with 320. Kromka also stands in third place on the Mountain Cats All-time Scoring (1944 points) and Rebounding Lists (941 rebounds) and 13
th on the all-time assists list with 306.
2022-23 Division II Conference Commissioner's Association NCAA Division II Men's Basketball All-American Teams
*Ron Lenz National Player of the Year: Joel Scott, Black Hill State
First Team
Name Pos. Cl. School GP/GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G BLK STL PTS/G
*Joel Scott F Sr Black Hills State 33/33 33.0 .609 .404 .730 9.6 1.4 35 31 22.8
RJ Sunahara F R-Jr Nova Southeastern 31/31 25.9 .603 .444 .757 5.3 2.4 51 52 18.9
Kaden Anderson F Sr Point Loma Nazarene 33/33 31.9 .512 .432 .861 8.9 1.9 42 30 22.7
Bryce Butler G Jr West Liberty 34/34 28.6 .591 .427 .669 7.7 3.7 22 42 22.6
Frank Champion F So North Georgia 29/29 33.6 .595 .000 .608 9.9 4.3 41 43 20.2
Second Team
Name Pos. Cl. School GP/GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G BLK STL PTS/G
Diego Bernard G Sr NW Missouri State 33/33 30.2 .544 .307 .787 5.0 3.5 8 72 16.3
Akuel Kot G Jr Fort Lewis 33/33 32.9 .517 .393 .846 3.2 1.3 12 39 24.3
KJ Jones II G Jr Emmanuel College (GA) 39/39 36.9 .505 .417 .868 7.2 3.3 47 26.2
Zach Laput G Jr Bentley 30/30 35.0 53.9 41.3 82.7 7.0 3.1 2 29 20.4
Will Yoakum G/F Gr Nova Southeastern 33/33 26.7 .584 .517 .814 4.4 1.6 17 67 19.5
Third Team
Name Pos. Cl. School GP/GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G BLK STL PTS/G
Michael Brown G Sr Mount Olive 31/31 38.4 .496 .447 .864 5.0 6.7 8 40 23.2
Tyshaun Crawford C Sr Augusta 33/32 31.5 .652 .000 .680 8.0 1.8 1 46 16.7
Kendrick Tchoua C Jr Indianapolis 31/31 22.6 .726 .000 .681 8.0 0.9 17 27 14.1
Jaylen Wells F So Sonoma State 30/30 36.8 .517 .438 .861 8.7 2.6 11 47 22.4
Julius Brown G Sr West Texas A&M 32/32 32.0 .457 .410 .830 2.9 3.6 0 45 16.4
Honorable Mention
Name Pos. Cl. School GP/GS Min/G FG% 3PT% FT% Reb/G Ast/G BLK STL PTS/G
Brandon Knapper G Sr Cal State San Bernardino 31/31 33.1 .407 .380 .738 4.3 4.0 42 19.2
John Paul Kromka F Sr Pitt-Johnstown 29/29 31.9 .676 .000 .706 7.2 2.3 78 37 17.3
Taylor Currie C Jr Harding 28/28 32.2 .611 .111 .798 9.7 0.7 38 15 24.0
Bradley Dean G So UVA Wise 30/30 34.1 .487 .426 .826 4.8 3.7 14 29 21.4
Shawndale Jones G Gr IUP 33/33 35.3 .398 .288 .850 4.5 3.4 0 61 19.2
Robert Osborne F Sr Virginia Union 32/30 32.0 .515 .000 .634 8.8 3.1 5 47 20.2
Sports Information Directors from NCAA Division II East Region schools and conferences selected the two All-Region teams. The process concludes with All-American selections announced in later this month. This is the second year the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association has sponsored the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball All-Region and All-American teams.
The Division II CCA encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
