Sean Arbaut/MSU Athletics Caleb Van De Griend completes a dunk during the 2024-25 season. Van De Griend has been named to multiple All-American teams following the season.

For the second time this week, Minot State junior forward Caleb Van De Griend has been named an All-American.

One day after the NABC coaches named the 6-foot-8 Beaver forward from Bridgetown, Australia, an All-American, the sports information directors across the nation named Van De Griend a First Team D2CCA All-American.

The 6-foot-8 junior forward Caleb Van De Griend also earned the top honor from the NABC as he has been voted to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2024-25 All-American Team, the culmination of a record-setting season for the Bridgetown, Australia, native.

Earlier this week, Van De Griend was named to the coaches’ 2024-25 NABC Division II Central All-District First Team.

The Beavers junior forward set single-season school records for points with 752 this season, and rebounds with 470 this season, and helped lead Minot State to a program-record 26 wins and to the Beavers’ first-ever NCAA National Tournament berth.

A four-time NSIC Player of the Week, he also set a single-game record with 22 rebounds against Winona State on January 3, and he leads the nation in rebounds per game (13.1 rpg), is 4th in field-goal percentage (70.83) and was 2nd in the NSIC in points per game (20.9).

The All-American honor is the first for Van De Griend who was named to the All-NSIC First Team at the start of this month, and to the D2CCA Central All-Region First Team two weeks ago.

Van De Griend joins former Beaver star Tyler Rudolph as the team’s only other NCAA All-American. Rudolph was named to the NABC All-American Team, a Second Team Basketball Bulletin All-American, a Third Team Basketball Times All-American and the NSIC Player of the Year following the 2017-18 season.