DURHAM, N.C. – Junior guard Po'Boigh King of the NC Central men's basketball team has earned another postseason honor, named to the 2024-25 BOXTOROW HBCU All-American Second Team.
The Roanoke Rapids, N.C. native averaged 16.7 points this season, fourth best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. King also finished top 10 in free throw (78.4 percent – 8th) and field goal percentage (43.7 percent – 8th) in the league.
Earlier this month, King was named to the 2024-25 All-MEAC Second Team. He received honors in back-to-back seasons as an Eagle after being named to the Third Team the previous year.
The full list of Division I BOXTOROW honorees is listed below.
2024-25 First Team All-Americans
Blake Harper, Howard (G, Fr., Washington, D.C.)
Kameron Hobbs, Morgan State (G, r-Sr., Stockbridge, Ga.)
Amarr Knox, Alabama State (G, r-Soph., Memphis, Tenn.)
Kavion McClain, Texas Southern (G, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.)
Brian Moore Jr., Norfolk State (G, Grad., Harlem, N.Y.)
Tanahj Pettway, Prairie View A&M (G, Grad, Worcester, Mass.)
Martaz Robinson, Delaware State (G, 6-2, Sr., Baltimore, Md.)*
Trey Thomas, Bethune-Cookman (G, Jr., Washington, D.C.)
Sterling Young, Florida A&M (G, Sr., Queens, N.Y.)
2024-25 Second Team All-Americans
CJ Hines, Alabama State (G, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Michael Jacobs, Southern (G, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Drayton Jones, South Carolina State (F, Soph, Houston, Texas)
Po'Boigh King, North Carolina Central (G, Jr., Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
TJ Madlock, Alabama State (G, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.)
Ketron Shaw, Maryland-Eastern Shore (G, Jr., Charlotte, N.C.)
Robert Smith, Delaware State (G, Sr., Philadelphia, Pa.)
Brandon Weston, Tennessee State (G, r-Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*2023-24 First team All-American
AWARDS
HBCU Player of the Year: Blake Harper, Howard
HBCU Impact Award: Blake Harper, Howard
HBCU Co-Coaches of the Year: Kevin Johnson, Southern and Erik Martin, South Carolina State
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