KANSAS CITY, Mo. — University of Providence guard Zaccheus Darko-Kelly was named an NAIA first-team all-American on Thursday, one of six Frontier Conference men's basketball players to receive recognition.
Carroll College forward Jovan Sljivancanin was a second-team selection after being an honorable mention choice last year. Four other Frontier players were honorable mentions this year: Carroll guard Shamrock Campbell, Montana Tech guard Sindou Diallo, Montana Western forward Jalen Hodges and Providence guard Marcus Stephens.
It was the second year in a row as a first-team selection for Darko-Kelly, a Great Falls native. He also won his second straight Frontier Conference player of the year award earlier in March. Darko-Kelly led Providence in every statistical category for the second straight season, guiding UP to a 17-3 record and a Frontier Conference championship, the program's first since 1984.
He averaged 18.4 points, 9.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks while shooting 46.8% from the field, 32.3% from 3-point ragne and 90.5% from the free throw line. He is also ranked sixth nationally in free throw percentage, 10th in rebounds per game and 16th in assists per game.
Sljivancanin finished the season averaging 17.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game for Carroll. His Saint teammate Campbell averaged 14.3 points and 3.1 assists per game.
Diallo averaged 19.6 points per game for Tech, while Hodges averaged 18.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game for Western. Stephens, a junior college transfer, averaged 15.1 points and 4.1 rebounds in his first year at Providence.
The full list of 2020-2021 NAIA men's basketball all-Americans can be found below.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| TreVion Crews ^ | Bethel (Ind.) | G | Sr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Jaylon Scott | Bethel (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Allen, Texas |
| Kyle Mangas^ | Indiana Wesleyan | G | Sr. | Warsaw, Ind. |
| Mason Walters | Jamestown (N.D.) | F | So. | Jamestown, N.D. |
| Damek Mitchell % | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | G | Sr. | Bellingham, Wash. |
| Kadavion Evans * | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Sr. | Shreveport, La. |
| Zaccheus Darko-Kelly ^ | Providence (Mont.) | G | Sr. | Great Falls, Mont. |
| Joshua Kashila | SAGU (Texas) | G | Sr. | Euless, Texas |
| EJ Onu * | Shawnee State (Ohio) | F | Sr. | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Markelle Turner | Union (Ky.) | G | So. | Barbourville, Ky. |
| Kevion Blaylock % | William Penn (Iowa) | F | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| Rayshawn Mart * | Xavier (La.) | G | Sr. | Houma, La. |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| De'Ron Kyle * | Arizona Christian | G | Sr. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Jaiden Bristol * | Benedictine (Kan.) | G | Sr. | St. Joseph, Mo. |
| Jovan Sljivancanin * | Carroll (Mont.) | F | Jr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Tony Burks | Columbia (Mo.) | G | Jr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Tevin Olison & | Cumberlands (Ky.) | G | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| C.J. Williamson % | Faulkner (Ala.) | G | Jr. | Guntersville, Ala. |
| Zach Wrightsil * | Loyola (La.) | G | Jr. | Prosper, Texas |
| Cameron Wolter % | Marian (Ind.) | C | Sr. | Fishers, Ind. |
| Trey Brown | Morningside (Iowa) | C | Sr. | Gretna, Neb. |
| Alex Gross * | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | C | Jr. | Hope, Ind. |
| Cameron Hines | Science & Arts (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Fort Cobb, Okla. |
| James Jones | Shawnee State (Ohio) | G | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
THIRD TEAM
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| CoreVon Lott | Keiser (Fla.) | G | Jr. | Gary, Ind. |
| Trystan Bradley * | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | F | Sr. | Lewiston, Idaho |
| Leondre Washington | LSU Shreveport (La.) | G | Sr. | Newark, N.J. |
| Terrance Jones * | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | G | Sr. | Dallas, Texas |
| Dennis McKinney * | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | F | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Alex Van Kalsbeek | Northwestern (Iowa) | C | Fr. | Orange City, Iowa |
| Brooks Haddock * | Oklahoma Wesleyan | G | Jr. | Muskogee, Okla. |
| Jaquan Daniels | Ottawa (Kan.) | G | Sr. | Columbus, Ga. |
| Joel Polius | SAGU (Texas) | F | Sr. | Castries, St Lucia |
| Antwaan Cushingberry * | Saint Franics (Ind.) | PG | Jr. | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| John Kerr | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | C | Sr. | Lake Villa, Ill. |
| Trey Petty | Stillman (Ala.) | G | Sr. | Huntsville, Ala. |
^ 2020 1st Team AA
& 2020 2nd Team AA
% 2020 3rd Team AA
* 2020 Honorable Mention
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Name | School | Position | Class | Hometown |
| Angelo Johnson | Arizona Christian | G | Jr. | Melbourne, Fla. |
| Maurice Walton | Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) | F | Sr. | San Fernando Valley, Cailf. |
| Shamrock Campbell | Carroll (Mont.) | PG | Jr. | Spokane, Wash. |
| Kelvin Robinson | Central Baptist (Ark.) | G | Sr. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| Tederick Wolfe | Central Baptist (Ark.) | F | Sr. | DeWitt, Ark. |
| Malik Amos | Dillard (La.) | G | Sr. | Missouri City, Texas |
| Jordan Hamlette | Faulkner (Ala.) | PG | So. | Lynchburg, Va. |
| Kortland Martin | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | G | Sr. | Humboldt, Tenn. |
| Davonte Pack | Friends (Kan.) | G | Jr. | Sumter, S.C. |
| Kyran Jones | Georgetown (Ky.) | F | So. | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| Jordan Gaines | Holy Cross (Ind.) | G | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Seth Maxwell | Indiana Wesleyan | C | Jr. | Clark Summit, Pa. |
| Densier Carnes | John Brown (Ark.) | F | Sr. | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Myles Burns | Loyola (La.) | G | Jr. | Houston, Texas |
| Rodney Munson | LSU Alexandria (La.) | G | Fr. | New Orleans, La. |
| Jakemin Abney | LSU Alexandria (La.) | G | Fr. | Simsboro, La. |
| Henry Speight | Madonna (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Saginaw, Mich. |
| Latrelle Franklin | Mayville State (N.D.) | PG | Sr. | Temecula, Calif. |
| RJ Kelly | Mobile (Ala.) | F | Sr. | Powder Springs, Ga. |
| Sindou Diallo | Montana Tech | G | Sr. | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Jalen Hodges | Montana Western | F | Sr. | Duluth, Ga. |
| Zach Imig | Morningside (Iowa) | PG | Sr. | Gretna, Neb. |
| Jevon Knox | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | G | Sr. | Marysville, Ohio |
| Kaleb Stokes | Oklahoma Wesleyan | G | So. | Tulsa, Okla. |
| John Contant | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | G | Sr. | Hickory Hills, Ill. |
| Rodrigue Marthone | Park (Mo.) | G | Sr. | Harlem, N.Y. |
| Marcus Stephens | Providence (Mont.) | G | Jr. | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Shiloah Blevins | Rio Grande (Ohio) | F | So. | South Webster, Ohio |
| Virgil Walker Jr | Rochester (Mich.) | F | Sr. | Midland, Mich. |
| Devin Merriweather | Stillman (Ala.) | G | Jr. | Greene County, Ala. |
| Darryl Baker | Talladega (Ala.) | G | Sr. | Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| Kobe Powell | Texas A&M Texarkana | G | Jr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Vydal Bradford | Texas Wesleyan | G | Sr. | Fairfield, Calif. |
| Reid Jolly | Thomas More (Ky.) | F | So. | Alexandria, Ky. |
| Kevin Schramm | Valley City State (N.D.) | F | Sr. | Roseville, Minn. |
| Isaac Davis | Vanguard (Calif.) | G | Jr. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Jack Monis | Viterbo (Wis.) | F | So. | Oconomowoc, Wis. |
| Hector Rosario | Voorhees (S.C.) | G | So. | Duluth, Ga. |
| Rod Boggan | Warner (Fla.) | G | So. | Lakeland, Fla. |
| Devin Avent | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | G | Fr. | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Karmari Newman | William Penn (Iowa) | G | Sr. | Detroit, Mich. |
| Makye Richard | Xavier (La.) | G | Sr. | Morgan City, La. |
