INA, Ill. (April 11, 2013) – Cortez Macklin has been named a Division II Second-Team All-American in basketball by the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Macklin is a 6-3, 175-pound, guard from Louisville, Ky. As the Warriors’ scoring leader (13.1 ppg), he played a pivotal role in Rend Lake’s wildly successful season – 30 wins and the program’s first national championship, as well as the 2013 Great Rivers Athletic Conference Championship (14-2) and NJCAA DII Region XXIV Championship.
He finished his freshman year with 379 points and averages of 43.9 percent from the field, 32.5 percent from three-point range, and 66.9 percent from the free-throw line. He also averaged 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. True to form, Macklin led the Warriors with 19 points in its 87-69 national championship win over Moraine Valley Community College on March 23. His season high of 28 came in RLC’s first game on the schedule – a 102-87 finish over Southern Institute. He had 27 on Jan. 19 at Wabash Valley College.
View Macklin’s complete 2012-13 stats online at http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/div2/players/cortezmackling7t2.
View the complete All-American list at http://www.njcaa.org/sports_awards.cfm?category=Award%20Winners&sid=5&divid=2&slid=2.
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