Kalkbrenner Named Second Team All-American by NABC
3/19/2025 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
It's his fifth All-America honor of the season
OMAHA, Neb. --Â Ryan Kalkbrenner has been honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches with Second Team All-America honors. The 2024-25 NABC Division I All-America Teams are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.
A 7-foot-1 center from Florissant, Mo., Kalkbrenner leads the BIG EAST in blocked shots per game (2.7), rebounds per game (8.8) and field goal percentage (.655) while ranking second with 19.4 points per contest. The two-time All-BIG EAST First Team honoree ranks third nationally in blocked shots, fourth in field goal percentage, fourth in field goals made and 22nd in points. He ranks second in Creighton history in blocked shots (395), points (2,411), rebounds (1,133) and field goal percentage (.659). Kalkbrenner is one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's best center, one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Trophy and one of 15 players on the Wooden Award ballot. A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST pick, Kalkbrenner also joined Patrick Ewing as the second four-time winner of the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year award.
This is Kalkbrenner's fifth All-America honor of the spring, as he was previously a Second Team choice by College Hoops Today and a Third Team pick by the Associated Press, The Sporting News as well as Field of 68.
Kalkbrenner is the eighth Bluejay to pick up All-America accolades from the NABC, joining Paul Silas (Second Team in 1963-64), Benoit Benjamin (Third Team in 1984-85), Kyle Korver (Third Team in 2002-03), Doug McDermott (First Team in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) and Baylor Scheierman (Third Team in 2023-24). McDermott was named National Player of the Year following his senior campaign in 2013-14.
Creighton (24-10) will make its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday at 11:15 a.m. Central when it meets No. 10 Louisville in a game that will be broadcast on CBS and 1620 The Zone.
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NABC Division I All-America First Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Mark Sears, Alabama
Braden Smith, Purdue
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NABC Division I All-America Second Team
Kam Jones, Marquette
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
RJ Luis Jr., St. John's
John Tonje, Wisconsin
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
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NABC Division I All-America Third Team
L.J. Cryer, Houston
Eric Dixon, Villanova
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
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A 7-foot-1 center from Florissant, Mo., Kalkbrenner leads the BIG EAST in blocked shots per game (2.7), rebounds per game (8.8) and field goal percentage (.655) while ranking second with 19.4 points per contest. The two-time All-BIG EAST First Team honoree ranks third nationally in blocked shots, fourth in field goal percentage, fourth in field goals made and 22nd in points. He ranks second in Creighton history in blocked shots (395), points (2,411), rebounds (1,133) and field goal percentage (.659). Kalkbrenner is one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's best center, one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Trophy and one of 15 players on the Wooden Award ballot. A unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST pick, Kalkbrenner also joined Patrick Ewing as the second four-time winner of the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year award.
This is Kalkbrenner's fifth All-America honor of the spring, as he was previously a Second Team choice by College Hoops Today and a Third Team pick by the Associated Press, The Sporting News as well as Field of 68.
Kalkbrenner is the eighth Bluejay to pick up All-America accolades from the NABC, joining Paul Silas (Second Team in 1963-64), Benoit Benjamin (Third Team in 1984-85), Kyle Korver (Third Team in 2002-03), Doug McDermott (First Team in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) and Baylor Scheierman (Third Team in 2023-24). McDermott was named National Player of the Year following his senior campaign in 2013-14.
Creighton (24-10) will make its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday at 11:15 a.m. Central when it meets No. 10 Louisville in a game that will be broadcast on CBS and 1620 The Zone.
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NABC Division I All-America First Team
Johni Broome, Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Mark Sears, Alabama
Braden Smith, Purdue
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NABC Division I All-America Second Team
Kam Jones, Marquette
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
RJ Luis Jr., St. John's
John Tonje, Wisconsin
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
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NABC Division I All-America Third Team
L.J. Cryer, Houston
Eric Dixon, Villanova
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
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