Dordt's Lucas Lorenzen was named to the NAIA All-American First Team after leading the Defenders in scoring and helping secure a GPAC title, becoming the program's third player to earn this recognition.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball All-America Teams and Dordt's (Junior; Milford, Iowa) was named to the NAIA All-American First Team.
Lorenzen led the Defenders in scoring this season with a 22.7 points per game average to go with 5.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He converted 53.7 percent of his field goals and 40.4 percent of his three-point shots and helped the Defenders to a Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season title and a 28-4 record. The 2024-25 team qualified for the NAIA National Championship for the fourth year in a row.
Lorenzen is the second individual in °¼Í¹ÊÓƵprogram history to score over 700 points (727) and he has scored 1,776 career points (5th all-time), grabbed 579 carer rebounds (18th all-time) and made 237 career three-point shots (4th all-time).
Lorenzen is the first °¼Í¹ÊÓƵplayer to claim NAIA First Team All-American honors since Kyle Lindbergh in 2013-14 and is the third individual to do it in program history joining Lindbergh and Greg Van Soelen.
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As an institution of higher education committed to the Reformed Christian perspective, °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ equips students, faculty, alumni, and the broader community to work toward Christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary life. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, °¼Í¹ÊÓƵis a comprehensive university named to the best college lists by the Wall Street Journal, Times Higher Education, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review.
°¼Í¹ÊÓƵ has two players recognized after its second NAIA National Championship. Macy Sievers was named the Player of the Year and First Team NAIA All-American for the second straight year, and Janie Van Donge was named to the NAIA All-American Second Team.
Multiple Defenders have been selected for the 2024-25 Academic All-District Basketball Teams.
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