CSU basketball recruit Omogbo named JUCO All-American

The marquee name in the CSU basketball 2015 signing class has padded his already impressive resume.

Emmanuel Omogbo was named a second-team All-American selection by the NJCAA on Tuesday after a standout season at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.

Omogbo, a 6-foot-8 center who will be a junior when he arrives at Colorado State University, led his team in scoring and rebounding in this year with 17 points and 10.1 boards per game, helping the Texans (29-7) reach the junior college national championship game where they fell to Northwest Florida State. In 27 minutes per game, he shot 60.7 percent from the field and 32 percent from 3-point range to accompany an average of 1.6 assists.

Omogbo scored 21 points in the NJCAA title game and had a career best 30 points on two occasions last season in games against Carl Albert College and New Mexico Military Institute.

South Plains College is the same program that produced Colorado State University forward Stanton Kidd, who, in one season with the Rams, averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.

Omogbo is the second junior college All-American CSU coach Larry Eustachy and his staff have signed in as many years. Gian Clavell, who will be a senior guard for the Rams next season, was a preseason All-American at Northwest (Kansas) Technical College in 2013-14.

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