NORFOLK, Va. – Junior guard Jeff Short of the Norfolk State men’s basketball team was named second-team All-America by BOXTOROW when the organization released its seventh annual All-American honors on Monday afternoon.

The BOXTOROW All-America team consists of players from HBCU’s across all of Division I.

A 6-foot-4 guard out of the Bronx, N.Y., Short was a first-team All-MEAC and first-team NABC All-District 15 honoree this season. He led the Spartans and ranked second in the MEAC and in the top 30 in the nation in scoring at 19.1 points per game. He also averaged 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steals.

He ranked in the top eight in the league in field goal percentage (49.8), 3-point field goal percentage (39.4) and free throw percentage (82.0). Short was named to the Lou Henson Award mid-season watch list by CollegeInsider.com earlier this year. He led the Spartans to a 20-14 overall record, including 12-4 and a runner-up finish in the MEAC regular season standings, and the program’s fourth straight postseason appearance.

Kendall Gray of Delaware State was named the BOXTOROW National Player of the Year, and Mike Davis of Texas Southern was voted the Coach of the Year.

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2014-15 BOXTOROW Division I All-America Team

First Team

*Nimrod Hilliard, North Carolina Central (6-0, Sr., Madison, Wisc.)

*Jamel Waters, Alabama State (G, 5-9, Jr., Birmingham, Ala.)

Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern (G, 6-1, Sr., Newman, Ga.)

Amere May, Delaware State (G, 6-3, Sr., Covert, Mich.)

Jordan Parks, North Carolina Central, (F, 6-7, Sr., Queens, N.Y.)

Kendal Gray, Delaware State (C, 6-10, Sr., Dover, Del.)

 

Second Team

Jeff Short, Norfolk State (G, 6-4, R-Jr., Bronx, N.Y.)

Marcel Mosley, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (G, 6-0, Sr., Marion, Ark.)

Ladarius Tabb, Alabama A&M (G/F, 6-5, Jr., Newbern, Ala.)

James Carlton, Howard (F, 6-8, Sr., Winterville, N.C.)

LaAntwan Luckett, Alcorn State (F, 6-4, Jr., Ridgeland, Miss.)

 

Third Team

James Daniel, Howard (G, 5-11, So., Hampton, Va.)

Sterling Smith, Coppin State (G, 6-4, Jr., Chico, Calif.)

*Adrian Rodgers, Southern (G/F, 6-4, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.)

Marquis Vance, Alcorn State (F, 6-7, So., Lexington, Miss.)

Nick West, Alabama A&M (F, 6-10, LaGrange, Ga.)

*Michael Myers, Maryland-Eastern Shore (F, 6-9, Sr., Camden, N.J.)

* Indicates tie

 BOXTOROW Player of the Year: Kendall Gray, Delaware State

BOXTOROW Coach of the Year: Mike Davis, Texas Southern