MOUNT PLEASANT – For the second straight season, Iowa Wesleyan College’s Brett Humpal (Jr.-Decorah, Iowa) was named to the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-American Team as a second team selection, as was announced Tuesday before the division’s championship basketball game in Point Lookout, Mo.

With the honor Humpal has reached unprecedented territory for a Tiger men’s basketball player, as he is the first Tiger to be named as high as a second team All-American selection for two years since the squads were divided up into first and second teams.

“It’s a great honor for Brett being recognized as a two-time All-American in consecutive years,” said IWC Head Coach Alan Magnani. “As disappointed as we were in his not receiving (Midwest Collegiate Conference) Player of the Year honors, this helps make up for that.”

Humpal is the first two-time All-America selection for IWC since Adam Stringer was named honorable mention All-American after the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Other prior All-Americans under the two-team format were Nathan Lange (honorable mention in 2004 and 2005) and Travis Wachal (honorable mention in 2001, third team in 2002). Previous two-time All-Americans at IWC under the old format with one team were Dan Kelly (1970 & 1971) and Doug Ferguson (1967 & 1968).

For the second year in a row, Humpal ranked among the conference leaders in almost all major statistical categories. This season he was second in the MCC in scoring (18.8 points per game), second in rebounding (8.2 per game), second in assists (4.0 per game), first in steals (2.8 per game) and seventh in free throw percentage (78.6%). He also led the conference in defensive rebounds (6.9 per game), was fifth in three-point field goals per game (2.2) and 11^th in three-point field goal percentage (36.3%) while finishing second in the conference playing 37.03 minutes per game.

“Being recognized as one of the top 20 players in the NAIA (Division 2) is a great honor,” Magnani said. “And we’re definitely looking forward to more of the same, if not better things from him in his senior season.”

This season Humpal became the 28^th player in IWC history to go over the 1,000 pt mark. He also passed the 500 rebound mark for his career in his team’s final game of the season, making him just the 11^th player in IWC history to accumulate 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. He finished his junior season with 1,145 career points, 19^th on the Tigers all-time list, and his 506 career rebounds is 15^th at IWC all-time. The Tigers finished the season with a 13-16 record, losing to St. Ambrose University in double overtime in the MCC Tournament quarterfinals.

Humpal was joined on the All-America by three other Midwest Collegiate Conference performers. Senior guard DeMonte Bynum of Clarke College, the MCC Player of the Year, was also named to the second team, while Grand View College guard Pat Hoiberg and Mount Mercy College center Curtis Kilgore were both named honorable mention.