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James Thompson IV Earns NABC All-District 14 Second Team
3/25/2016 1:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Thompson was the only freshman selected in the district
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University men's basketball freshman James Thompson IV (Baton Rouge, La.-Parkview Baptist) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 14 Second Team Friday, March 25. Thompson was the only freshman to earn a spot in district 14, while also being the first Eagle selected to an NABC team since Brandon Bowdry and Carlos Medlock both earned the honor following the 2009-10 campaign.
Thompson was named the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year after averaging 14.8 points per game and a conference high 10.7 rebounds per game. He became just the second EMU student-athlete to earn the MAC's highest honor for a freshman men's basketball player. Thompson shot 64.5 percent from the floor, which ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in large part to the Baton Rouge, La. native tying a then-NCAA record of 26-straight field goal makes. In addition to his MAC Freshman of the Year honor, Thompson is the first Eagle to be named to both the Second Team All-MAC and All-Freshman team since Bowdry. Bowdry was named to the second team in 2009, 2010 and 2011, while earning All-Freshman honors in 2007-08. He is just the fourth All-Freshman team awardwinner in EMU history. Additionally, Thompson broke the Eastern Michigan freshman single season scoring record by posting 490 points during the 2015-16 campaign, while also grabbing 352 rebounds, good for the third-most in a single season at EMU, and the most by a freshman donning the Green and White.
2015-16 National Association of Basketball Coaches
All-District 14 Men's Basketball Teams
First Team
Nathan Boothe, Toledo
Jimmy Hall, Kent State
Antonio Campbell, Ohio
Isaiah Johnson, Akron
Chris Fowler, Central Michigan
Second Team
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan
Jaaron Simmons, Ohio
Thomas Wilder, Western Michigan
Jonathan Williams, Toledo
Braylon Rayson, Central Michigan
Thompson was named the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year after averaging 14.8 points per game and a conference high 10.7 rebounds per game. He became just the second EMU student-athlete to earn the MAC's highest honor for a freshman men's basketball player. Thompson shot 64.5 percent from the floor, which ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in large part to the Baton Rouge, La. native tying a then-NCAA record of 26-straight field goal makes. In addition to his MAC Freshman of the Year honor, Thompson is the first Eagle to be named to both the Second Team All-MAC and All-Freshman team since Bowdry. Bowdry was named to the second team in 2009, 2010 and 2011, while earning All-Freshman honors in 2007-08. He is just the fourth All-Freshman team awardwinner in EMU history. Additionally, Thompson broke the Eastern Michigan freshman single season scoring record by posting 490 points during the 2015-16 campaign, while also grabbing 352 rebounds, good for the third-most in a single season at EMU, and the most by a freshman donning the Green and White.
2015-16 National Association of Basketball Coaches
All-District 14 Men's Basketball Teams
First Team
Nathan Boothe, Toledo
Jimmy Hall, Kent State
Antonio Campbell, Ohio
Isaiah Johnson, Akron
Chris Fowler, Central Michigan
Second Team
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan
Jaaron Simmons, Ohio
Thomas Wilder, Western Michigan
Jonathan Williams, Toledo
Braylon Rayson, Central Michigan
Players Mentioned
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