Concordia University junior forward Craig Heiman (Marshall, Wis.), the NSIC's overall scoring leader in 2007-08, was picked as a 2008-09 Street & Smith's Preseason All-America Honorable Mention selection.

Concordia's scoring leader became the fourth player to put up at least 500 points in a single season last year on his way to securing All-NSIC First Team honors in one of the best men's basketball conferences in the nation.

From the NSIC, Northern State's Kevin Ratzsch was a second team selection on the Preseason All-America team, while Minnesota State's Jake Morrow, St. Cloud State's Matt Schneck and Minnesota Duluth's Brian Sykora also made the honorable mention honors.

Street & Smith's recognized two Preseason Division II All-America teams, each consisting of five players, while naming 31 players to the honorable mention post.

Street & Smith’s Top 10
1.       South Carolina-Aiken
2.       Findlay (Ohio)
3.       Gannon (Pa.)
4.       Bentley (Mass.)
5.       Augusta State (Ga.)
6.       Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
7.       Central Washington
8.       Grand Valley State (Mich.)
9.       Florida Southern
10.   C. W. Post (NY) 

Street & Smith’s All-America Team
First team
Chris Commons, USC-Aiken
Anthony Hilliard, Elizabeth City State
Matt Rogers, Southwest Baptist
Jonathan Schmidt, C.W. Post
Garret Siler, Augusta State 

Second team
Jake Beltinger, Central Washington
Josh Bostic, Findlay
Malcolm Ingram, Philadelphia
Kevin Ratzsch, Northern State
Ted Scott, West Virginia State 

Honorable Mention
Lucas Alves, BYU-Hawaii
Kenny Barker, Alaska-Anchorage
Drake Beranek, Nebraska-Kearney
Stephen Dennis, Kutztown
Darren Duncan, Merrimack
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
Laurence Ekperigin, LeMoyne
Rob Eldridge, Florida Southern
Lew Finnegan, Bentley
Jason Genova, Lewis
Kyle Goldcamp, Gannon
Tony Gugino, Hillsdale
Stan Hall, Alderson-Broaddus
Craig Heiman, Concordia (Minn.)
Hunter Henry, Northwest Missouri State
Nick Kohs, Christian Brothers
Jake Linton, Saint Martin’s
Ben Madgen, Augusta State
Thad McFadden, Fairmont State
Jake Morrow, Minnesota State-Mankato
Anthony Pimble, Southern Indiana
Matt Schneck, St. Cloud State
T. J. Smith, Kentucky Wesleyan
Brian Sykora, Minnesota-Duluth
Pete Trammell, Grand Valley State
Marcus Tulli, Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Jesse Wagstaff, Metro State
Jason Westrol, Bentley
DeAaron Williams, Northern Kentucky
Eric Williams, Tarleton State
Tracey Williams, Clayton State