HEBRON, Ky. -- Midwestern State senior guard Michael Loyd garnered Daktronics third-team All American honors Tuesday night as released by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America.
 
Loyd added to his postseason resume by earning a first-team all-region honor as he was named to the Daktronics All-South Central Region squad earlier this month.
 
The 6-1 guard was named the Most Outstanding Player of the South Central Regional after averaging 14.7 points and 4.0 assists per game which included a season-high 21-point performance in a 72-63 win over Washburn in the semifinal round before tallying 19 points in a final round victory over Arkansas Tech.
 
Loyd leads the Mustangs in scoring with 13.0 points per game this season and is the first player in Midwestern history to earn Daktronics All America honors.
 
The Las Vegas native becomes the fifth MSU player to earn All-America accolades over the past six seasons joining Eric Dawson (Basketball Times/2nd) in 2007, Nolan Richardson (NABC/1st, D2Bulletin/3rd) in 2009, Craig Green (D2 Bulletin, HM) in 2010 and Chris Hagan (Basketball Times/3rd, D2 Bulletin/HM).
 
Loyd is one of three players from the South Central Region on the third team joining Missouri Southern center Keane Thomann and Washburn guard Will McNeill. Metropolitan State's Reggie Evans and Montevallo's D.J. Rivera round out the squad.
 
Bemidji State's James Ellisor garnered 2011-12 Ron Lenz National Player of the Year accolades after piloting the Beavers to their first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season title since 2003-04 The 6-5 forward averaged 22.9 point and 6.0 rebounds per contest.
 
Filling out the first team is Mars Hill forward Sammy Emile, Shaw guard Malik Alvin, C.W. Post guard Stefan Bonneau and Alabama-Huntsville guard Josh Magette.
 
The second team consists of Alaska-Anchorage center Taylor Rohde, Bellarmine guard Braydon Hobbs, Kentucky Wesleyan forward Anthony Young, Ashland forward Evan Yates and BYU-Hawaii guard Jet Chang.
 
Midwestern State takes on Western Washington in the opening round of the 2012 Elite Eight Wednesday afternoon at the Bank of Kentucky Center. Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m. (Central Time)
  
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programming display system for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA), with online nomination and voting process powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
   

2012 Daktronics All America Teams

Ron Lenz Player of the Year
James Ellisor, Bemidji State

First Team

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
F	James Ellisor	Bemidji State	Sr.	6-5	195	Glendale, Ariz.
F	Sammy Emile	Mars Hill	Sr.	6-6	200	Lake Worth, Fla.
G	Malik Alvin	Shaw	Sr.	5-11	180	Philadelphia, Pa.
G	Stefan Bonneau	C.W. Post	Sr.	5-10	165	Middletown, N.Y.
G	Josh Magette	Alabama-Huntsville	Sr.	6-1	160	Birmingham, Ala.

Second Team 

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
C	Taylor Rohde	Alaska-Anchorage	Sr.	6-9	255	Phoenix, Ariz.
G	Braydon Hobbs	Bellarmine	Sr.	6-5	185	New Albany, Ind.
F	Anthony Young	Kentucky Wesleyan	Sr.	6-7	255	Indianapolis, Ind.
F	Evan Yates	Ashland	Jr.	6-6	240	Cincinnati, Ohio
G	Jet Chang	BYU-Hawaii	Sr.	6-4	190	Yilan, Taiwan

Third Team 

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
C	Keane Thomann	Missouri Southern	Sr.	6-11	265	Olney, Ill.
G	Michael Loyd	Midwestern State	Sr.	6-1	175	Las Vegas, Nev.
G	Reggie Evans	Metropolitan State	Sr.	6-4	185	Aurora, Colo.
G	Will McNeill	Washburn	Jr.	6-1	190	Alexandria, La.
G	D.J. Rivera	Montevallo	Sr.	6-4	175	Philadelphia, Pa.