EAST STROUDSBURG – East Stroudsburg University junior guard
Whis Grant has been named to the Basketball Times Division II All-America third team, becoming the third multiple-time All-America selection in program history, it was announced Monday.
Grant (Plymouth Meeting/Plymouth Whitemarsh) joins Jonathan Roberts, a three-time All-American from 1988-90, and Don Bones (1980-81), as the only Warriors to earn multiple All-America honors in men's basketball.
Grant was named to All-America honorable mention teams by Daktronics (sports information directors) and the Division II Bulletin as a sophomore last season.
Roberts was an NABC Kodak honorable mention selection as a sophomore and junior, and a consensus second team All-American by the NABC, Basketball Gazette and Associated Press as a senior in 1990. Bones was an NABC Kodak honorable mention pick in 1980 and 1981.
Grant led the Warriors (30-2) to the top season in program history this winter, which finished with a No. 2 national ranking in the final NABC Top 25 poll of the regular season.
ESU set a program record with 30 wins, won its second PSAC championship in three years, played in the NCAA DII Tournament for the fourth time in five years and was the Atlantic Region runner-up after earning the region's No. 1 seed.
Grant was previously named first team All-Region by Daktronics and the NABC for the second straight season. The Division II Bulletin All-America team will be announced later this spring.
Grant averaged 17.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals during his junior season for the Warriors. He set a school record with 88 three-pointers and scored 562 points, sixth-most in school history and the most since Roberts scored 689 points as a senior in 1990.
He was named to the Atlantic Regional All-Tournament team with 29 points in a 99-98 win over Livingstone, 23 in a 66-58 win over Gannon and 19 in an 89-82 loss to West Liberty in the regional final.
Grant scored 20+ points in 12 games this season, all against the PSAC East or in the NCAA Tournament. He scored a career-high 31 points in a 107-94 win at West Chester on January 25, and averaged 17.0 points in three PSAC Tournament games, including 19 in ESU's 92-80 win over West Chester in the championship game.
He will enter his senior season with 1,487 career points, fourth in school history. He was the third Warrior to score 1,000 career points as a junior, joining Roberts and Don Bones, the top two scorers in program history.
Grant has led ESU in scoring in each of his first three seasons, averaging 17.6 points as both a sophomore and junior after scoring 13.9 per game as a freshman on the Warriors' 2012 PSAC championship team.
ESU is 72-21 in Grant's three years, advancing to the NCAA Tournament each season and winning PSAC titles in 2012 and 2014.
He is one of eight non-seniors among the 25 Division II players selected to All-America teams so far this season.
Basketball Times All-America Teams
1st Team
David Downs, Seattle Pacific (Wash.), 6-2, Sr.
Cedric Harris, West Liberty (W.V.), 6-0, Sr.
Garrett Kerr, USciences (Pa.), 6-4, Jr.
Brandon Jefferson, Metro State (Colo.), 5-9, Sr.
Aaron Nelson, Southern Indiana, 6-8, Sr.
2nd Team
Vincent Bailey, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.), 6-7, Sr.
Kevin Capers, Florida Southern, 6-2, Jr.
Alex Herrera, Fort Lewis (Colo.), 6-10, Jr.
Zach Monaghan, Minnesota State, 6-3, Jr.
Willie Readus, Delta State (Miss.), 6-7, Sr.
3rd Team
Whis Grant, East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 6-0, Jr.
Chuck Guy, Tarleton State (Texas), 6-0, Sr.
Greg Kahlig, Findlay (Ohio), 6-6, Sr.
Greg Langston, Southern Connecticut State, 6-3, Sr.
Dominykas Milka, Saint Rose (N.Y.), 6-8, Sr.
