Senior forward P.J. Bolte was named a third-team All-American on Wednesday by the NAIA national office, marking the first time since 2008 that a member of the Warrior program was honored among the best in the nation. Junior guard Jacob Champoux was selected as an honorable mention pick.

 
“I’m happy for both of those guys. They had great seasons and deserve this type of recognition,” said LCSC coach Brandon Rinta, who led the Warriors to a 26-6 record in his second season in Lewiston, a national championship berth and a Frontier Conference title. “I think their recognition is reflective of the success the program has had and the improvement we’ve made, and I think there could have been multiple guys who could have easily garnered this type of individual recognition.”

Bolte, from Tacoma, Wash., and Champoux, from Seattle, become the first Warriors to be honored since Mike Gordy was named to the NAIA first team in 2008.

The selections for first, second, third and honorable mention squads were made by the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-America Committee.

Bolte led LCSC in points (17.2) and rebounds (6.1) per game, coming off the bench for all 32 games for LCSC in his final collegiate campaign. His scoring numbers and field goal percentage all ranked him in the top 30 in NAIA Division I for the season, and he was near the top of the Frontier Conference in the same categories.

He was rewarded with a selection to the All-Frontier Conference first team, and was named Sixth Man of the Year after a balloting of league coaches.

Champoux made his mark almost immediately with the Warriors after transferring from North Seattle Community College as a perimeter marksman and late-game specialist.

He averaged 12.5 points per game for Lewis-Clark State, and finished the season as the nation’s top 3-point shooter, shooting 53.2 percent (50-for-94) from beyond the arc.

Champoux appeared in every game but one in his first season in Lewiston, starting 29. He was named second team All-Conference after the regular season.

“It just goes back to the success of our program as a whole,” Rinta said. “You have to have good players, and P.J. and Jacob have been very dedicated to what we’re trying to build here at Lewis-Clark State.” 
 

2012—13 Division I Men's Basketball All-American's  

1ST TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Will Barnes	Lee (Tenn.)	G	Sr.	Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Preston Branson&	Westmont (Calif.)	G	Sr.	Dallas, Texas
Jamar Briscoe	Pikeville (Ky.)	G	Sr.	Baltimore, Md.
Dakota Downs	Concordia (Calif.)	F	Sr.	Hemet, Calif.
Jordan Dressler&	Columbia (Mo.)	F	Sr.	Columbia, Mo.
Jeremiah Dunnings	William Carey (Miss.)	G	Jr.	Biloxi, Miss.
Vic Moses	Georgetown (Ky.)	F	Sr.	Lexington, Ky.
Dominique Rambo	Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas)	G	Jr.	Dallas, Texas
Kris Rosales	Hope International (Calif.)	G	Sr.	Bellflower, Calif.
Charlie Shorter	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	G	Sr.	Dallas, Texas
2ND TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
Brandon Davis	LSU Shreveport (La.)	G	Jr.	Pomona, Calif.
Kalen Kimberland	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	G	Sr.	Columbia, Ky.
Robert Martinez	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	G	Sr.	Houston, Texas
Alvin Nance	Philander Smith (Ark.)	F	Sr.	Marion, Ark.
Marshawn Norris	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)	G	Sr.	Jackson, Mich.
Jake Owsley	Montana Western	F	Jr.	Bozeman, Mont.
Norris Rumph	Science & Arts (Okla.)	G	Sr.	Savannah, Ga.
Jeremy Rodgers	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	F	Sr.	Memphis, Tenn.
Trevor Setty	Pikeville (Ky.)	F	Sr.	Maysville, Ky.
Marcel Towns	Great Falls (Mont.)	G	Jr.	Tempe, Ariz.
3RD TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown
P.J. Bolte	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	F	Sr.	Tacoma, Wash.
Anthony Dorsey	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	G	Sr.	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rustin Dowd%	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	G	Sr.	Olathe, Kan.
Denzel Erves	Xavier (La.)	F	So.	Vicksburg, Miss.
Jamorris Gaines	Lee (Tenn.)	F	Jr.	Sylvester, Ga.
David Johnson	Oklahoma Baptist	G	Sr.	Chicago, Ill.
Zack Kleine	Evangel (Mo.)	F	Jr.	Mt. Vernon, Mo.
Travis Lampley	St. Thomas (Texas)	G	Sr.	Houston, Texas
Robert Lovaglio	Loyola (La.)	F	Sr.	Winter Park, Fla.
David Rawlinson	West Virginia Tech	G	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Richard Johnson	Allen (S.C.)
Charlie Wallrapp	Benedictine (Kan.)
Caleb Hardy	Bethel (Tenn.)
David Cline	Biola (Calif.)
Jose Rivera	Cal State San Marcos
Vernon Payne	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Elliott Black	Central Methodist (Mo.)
Melvin Tillman	Central Methodist (Mo.)
Derrick Dilworth	Columbia (Mo.)
Devin Griffin	Columbia (Mo.)
Tim Harris	Concordia (Calif.)
Austin Keaton	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Antonio Bumpus	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Adrain Justice	Emmanuel (Ga.)
Michael Stanley	Emmanuel (Ga.)
Jamarious Alderson	Faulkner (Ala.)
Darrell Miller	Fisk (Tenn.)
Reggie Gilmore	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Jeremy Kilgore	Hope International (Calif.)
Demetrius Smith	Huston-Tillotson (Texas)
Abel Galliguez	John Brown (Ark.)
Coleson Rakestraw	John Brown (Ark.)
Jacob Champoux	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Latraius Mosley	Life (Ga.)
Greg Thomas	Life (Ga.)
Josh Watson	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
LeAndre' Johnson	Missouri Baptist
Jordan Epps	Missouri Valley
Devin Jackson	Montana State-Northern
Adam Greger	Montana Tech
Chase Adams	Oklahoma Baptist
Charlton Jones	Oklahoma City
Marvin Rowe	Park (Mo.)
Sean Montgomery	Robert Morris (Ill.)
Jeremy Nicolas	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Donald Williams	Rogers State (Okla.)
Tyler Morgan	Shawnee State (Ohio)
Nikola Lambic	Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)
Clyde Moore	Southern-New Orleans (La.)
Fayzon Richey	St. Gregory's (Okla.)
Bryan Kaase	St. Thomas (Texas)
Juan Gray	Tougaloo (Miss.)
Preston Wynne	Vanguard (Calif.)
Brandon Allen	Voorhees (S.C.)
Jake Orchard	Westminster (Utah)
Jordan Sachs	Westmont (Calif.)
Daron Bell	William Carey (Miss.)
Kyle Harvey	Williams Baptist (Ark.)
Wanto Joseph	Xavier (La.)

& 2012 Second Team
% 2012 Third Team