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Kevin Buckingham has earned Third Team Google Cloud Academic All-American honors for his work on and off the court.
He becomes the first Savage Storm men's basketball player to earn Academic All-American honors since joining Division II.
The junior is a health and human performance major and was the only player from the Great American Conference in men's hoops to earn all-district recognition.
Buckingham currently ranks third in the GAC in scoring and is one of three player averaging 20-plus points per game, putting up 20.3 per outing and shooting 61.2 percent from the field while leading the league in rebounding with 9.5 rpg.
Buckingham was named the Great American Conference Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection and followed that by earning all-tournament team honors at the GAC Tournament.
He and the Storm will be back in action on March 16 when it faces Northern State in the first round of the NCAA Division II National Tournament in Maryville, MO.
