Buckingham Named Honorable Mention All-American

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern's Kevin Buckingham has been named an honorable mention D2CCA All-American to cap his 2018-19 season honors.
 
He picks up Southeastern's first All-American recognition since Eric Babers earned third team honors from the NABC in 2007.
 
This selection comes on the heels of being the first men's basketball player since joining the NCAA to earn Academic All-American honors.
 
He also helped the Savage Storm return to NCAA postseason play for the first time since 2007 when SE advanced to the regional final and earned All-Central Region tournament honors.
 
Buckingham ranks third in the GAC in scoring and is one of three player averaging 20-plus points per game, putting up 21.6 per outing and shooting 60.2 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.