DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central men's basketball guard Gage Lattimore was named to the 2025-26 BOXTOROW HBCU All-American First Team, announced Monday.
The honor marks the sophomore's second first-team recognition this season after he was previously named to the All-MEAC First Team. Lattimore was also selected to the 2026 MEAC All-Tournament Team following the championship game against Howard, along with teammate Dionte Johnson.
A Greensboro, N.C., native, Lattimore finished the season averaging 16.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He spent much of the year ranked in the top three in several MEAC statistical categories, including scoring, free-throw percentage and three-point field-goal percentage.
Lattimore led the Eagles in scoring throughout the season, highlighted by a career-high 38-point performance against Bluefield State earlier in the year. The sophomore scored in double figures in all but four games during his first season in the Nest.
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2025-26 First Team All-Americans
Jakobi Heady, Bethune-Cookman (G/F, Sr., Chicago, Ill.)
Dontae Horne, Prairie View A&M (G, 6-4, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.)
Bryce Harris, Howard (G, 6-4, Grad., Brentwood, N.Y.)*
Michael James, Mississippi Valley State (G, 6-1, Jr., Byhalia, Miss.)
Gage Lattimore, North Carolina Central (G, 6-2, Soph., Greensboro, N.C.)
Aaron Nkrumah, Tennessee State (G, 6-6, Sr., Worcester, Mass.)
Daeshun Ruffin, Jackson State (G, 5-10, Sr., Jackson, Miss)
Cedric Taylor III, Howard (G, 6-7, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Quion Williams, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (G, 6-5, Sr., Jonesboro, Ark.)
2025-26 Second Team All-Americans
Elijah Davis, Morgan State (G, 6-1, Grad., Severn, Md.)
Cam Gillus, Howard (G, 5-11, Jr., Falls Church, Va.)
Travis Harper II, Tennessee State (G, 6-6, r-Sr., Columbus, Ga.)
Troy Hupstead, Texas Southern (F, 6-7, Sr., Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
Michael Jacobs, Southern (G, 6-2, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Elijah Jamison, Norfolk State (G, 6-3, Sr., Louisburg, N.C.)
Tai'Reon Joseph, Prairie View A&M (G, 6-3, Grad., Baton Rouge, La.)
Anthony McComb III, Norfolk State (G, 6-3, Sr., Dayton, Ohio)
Alfred Worrell Jr., Morgan State (G, 6-4, Sr., Washington, D.C.)
*2023-24 HBCU Co-Player of the Year and First team All-American
AWARDS
HBCU Player of the Year: Daeshun Ruffin, Jackson State
HBCU Impact Award: Aaron Nkrumah, Tennessee State
HBCU Rookie of the Year: Lewis Walker, North Carolina A&T
HBCU Coach of the Year: Nolan Smith, Tennessee State
