Fink, Pinckney Grab NABC All-American Honors
KANSAS CITY – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the 2020 NABC Coaches’ All-America teams from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II.
Two Cascade Collegiate Conference student-athletes were named to the list, representing the most outstanding basketball players across America in NAIA II. Oregon Tech’s Mitchell Fink and College of Idaho’s Talon Pinckney grabbed the honors after both players led their respective teams to the NAIA National Championship.
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at
www.nabc.com.