Kilgore College sophomore basketball player Jalondre “Lonnie” McClanahan has been named an Honorable Mention All American by the National Junior College Athletic Association. McClanahan, a 6’1” point guard from Oak Ridge, Tenn., was the lead point guard on the Ranger team this season that made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NJCAA National Tournament. Playing in 32 games, he led the team to a Region 14 Regular Season Championship, finishing the season 26-5 (15-4) with a No. 15 national ranking. McClanahan scored 10 or more points in 23 games this season and averaged 12.4 points per game. McClanahan was also named First Team All-Region (Region 14), All-Tournament Team and First Team All-Conference North Zone (TEC). He also shot 27 percent from the three-point line, 78.2 percent from the free throw line, had 123 assists and made 44.8 percent of field goals on the season.

KC makes it to second round of NJCAA National Tournament

Travis Betran, a standout basketball player at Kilgore College from 2010-2012, has been named to the Ohio Valley Conference’s All-Newcomer Team. Betran, from Harlem, N.Y., is in his first year playing for the Austin Peay University Governors in Clarksville, Tenn. He was the team’s leading scorer this season, averaging 17.2 points per game. That average was the best by a Governor since the 2008-09 season. The junior guard scored in double figures in 27 of APSU’s 31 games, including 11 games with 20 or more points. He scored a season-high 30 points against Southeast Missouri in January. Betran finished the season ranked 31st nationally in three-point percentage (41.2) along with 40th in the nation in three-point average per game (2.71). His free-throw percentage (84.4) ranks 54th nationally—shooting 90 percent from the line during conference play.