St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Basketball player James Patterson has been named as double All-American, earning selections from both the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) as announced by both organizations on Tuesday.
Patterson helped lead the Spartans to their fourth straight ECC Regular Season title, fifth consecutive ECC Tournament crown and ninth straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in 2023-2024, all while averaging 23.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. In recognition of his extraordinary season, the sophomore guard/forward from Richmond, Va. has a very full trophy cabinet, having also been tabbed as an NABC All-East District First Team selection, a D2CCA All-East First Team choice, the East Coast Conference Player of the Year and a First Team All-Conference member.
Patterson was also named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 100, 50 and 25 Watch Lists, a nine-time ECC Player of the Week and a three-time Met Basketball Writer's Player of the Week. In addition, he scored his 1,000th career point on February 16, 2024 at Daemen University.
In James' outstanding two years in Sparkill, he has amassed 1,174 points, 474 rebounds, 72 assists, 105 steals and 11 blocked shots in 61 games played.
2023-2024 D2CCA Men's Basketball All-America Team
Ron Lentz National Player of the Year
KJ Jones II - Emmanuel
First Team
KJ Jones II - Emmanuel
Jake Hilmer - Upper Iowa
KJ McClurg - California (Pa.)
Zawdie Jackson - West Georgia
Malik Willingham - Minnesota St. - Mankato
Second Team
Larry Wise - West Texas A&M
Drew Blair - Minnesota - Duluth
Josh Omojafo - Gannon
Wes Dreamer - NW Missouri State
James Patterson - St. Thomas Aquinas
Third Team
Shane Hunter - Nova Southeastern
Trevor Baskin - Colorado Mesa
Martez Brown - Lincoln Memorial
Zach Laput - Bentley
Luke Anderson - Florida Southern
Honorable Mention
Erik Timko - Thomas Jefferson
Matthew Ragsdale - Black Hills
Milos Vicentic - McKendree
Jaden Wells - Central Oklahoma
Shaw Anderson - Seattle Pacific
Cameron Kahn - Dallas Baptist
2023-2024 NABC Men's Basketball All-America Team
Luke Anderson - Florida Southern
Trevor Baskin - Colorado Mesa
Drew Blair - Minnesota Duluth
Frank Champion - North Georgia
Jeremy Dent-Smith - Cal State Dominguez Hills
Wes Dreamer - Northwest Missouri State
Jake Hilmer - Upper Iowa
Zawdie Jackson - West Georgia
KJ Jones II - Emmanuel
Zach Laput - Bentley
KJ McClurg - Cal (PA)
Josh Omojafo - Gannon
James Patterson - St. Thomas Aquinas
Robby Robinson - Cal State San Bernardino
Milos Vicentic - McKendree
Larry Wise - West Texas A&M