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Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan Spotlights CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Basketball Team
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Kyle Mangas
AUSTIN, Texas – Indiana Wesleyan University senior guard
Kyle Mangas highlights the 2020-21 Academic All-America® NAIA Men’s Basketball Team recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 NAIA Academic All-America® teams program.
Mangas was selected the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA men’s basketball.
Mangas headlined the 11 student-athletes comprising the CoSIDA NAIA Men’s Basketball Academic All-America® Team. Mangas, originally from Warsaw, Indiana, owns a 3.70 cumulative grade-point average as a finance major. Mangas garnered recognition for his academic prowess as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America®, Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Crossroads League academic all-conference.
Mangas became two-time NAIA Player of the Year, four-time NAIA All-American, 2020 Bevo Francis Award winner, four-time Crossroads League Player of the Year, 2018 NAIA Division II Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player and five-time national player of the week. He led Indiana Wesleyan to four conference regular-season championships, three Crossroad League Tournament titles and the 2018 NAIA Division II National Championship.
Mangas produced an NAIA-leading 29.5 points per game while averaging 7.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.88 steals per game in 2020-21. His career numbers include 3,453 points, 818 rebounds, 544 assists and 211 steals. He took over as Indiana Wesleyan’s all-time leading scorer on Feb. 29, 2020.
The 2020-21 CoSIDA NAIA Men’s Basketball Academic All-America® team includes three-time Academic All-America® selection
Zach Imig of Morningside College and two-time honorees Mangas and
Maxwell McCullough from Eastern Oregon University.
Three members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® team boast of 4.0 cumulative GPAs. The average GPA among the six first-teamers was 3.90, and the 11 recipients have an average GPA of 3.87.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Hodges Bailey |
Lewis-Clark State College |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Business Administration |
| Zach Imig (1)(@) |
Morningside College |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Biopsychology / Business |
| Carter Kent |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Biology |
| Jevon Knox |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Kyle Mangas (2) |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
Sr. |
3.70 |
Finance |
| Maxwell McCullough (2) |
Eastern Oregon University |
Gr. |
3.81/3.94 |
Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G) |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Riley Costen |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Pre-Med |
| Alex Gross |
Olivet Nazarene University |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Sport Management |
| Josh Kline |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Vincent Miranda |
Taylor University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Biochemistry |
| Jaylon Scott |
Bethel College |
Jr. |
3.71 |
Business Administration |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Kyle Mangas, Indiana Wesleyan University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA first-team selection in 2019-20
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA second-team selection in 2019-20
(@) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA second-team selection in 2018-19
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Rich Tortorelli, Oklahoma City University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rtortorelli@okcu.edu | (405) 208-5304