Following the conclusion of the Benedictine College Men’s Basketball team’s run into the 77th annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Div. I Men’s Basketball National Championship, Raven forward Charlie Wallrapp earned All-America honors.
Wallrapp, who was also a first-team All-HAAC selection this season, was among the list of NAIA Div. I players to earn the honor at the conclusion of the season on Tuesday when the NAIA released the team.
“This All-America Honorable Mention Recognition is the direct result of Charlie’s dedication to his teammates and his personal development as a player,” said Raven head coach Ryan Moody. “He has worked hard to make everyone around him better. We are excited about the honor and proud of him. He is well deserving.”
He led the Ravens in scoring this season with a 15.5 points per game average and also led the team in rebounds with an average of 8.
The All-America selection is the second for Wallrapp as he joins an exclusive club of multiple All-America honorees for Benedictine. He becomes just the third multiple All-America selection in program history, joining Darryl Jones and Chic Downing.
Jones was a four-time NAIA All-America selection from 1964 to 1968 while Downing earned the honor during the 1969-’70 and 1971-’72 seasons. Wallrapp earned his first All-America selection last season, making him the first back-to-back selection since Jones.
In all the St. Benedict’s-Benedictine men’s basketball program has earned 13 All-America selections over the programs 93 year history with seven different players receiving the recognition.
He finishes his career at Benedictine with 1,443 points, which places him 11th on the Ravens All-time scoring list.
Benedictine went 23-8 this season, qualifying for the Div. I National Tournament for the first time since 1969-’70 season. The 23 wins marks the fourth-most in program history and the most wins by a Raven squad since the 1966-’67 NAIA National Championship team went 27-2.
After winning the programs first-ever HAAC Championship, the Ravens played their way into the second round of the tournament, where they lost 81-70 to eventual National Champions Vanguard (Calif.) University.
— BC Sports Information —