Kansas City, Mo.- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) honored Loyola University New Orleans basketball players Trenese Smith, Trenell Smith and Luke Zumo as NAIA All-Americans.

 

Trenese Smith, a sophomore guard/forward from LaPlace, La., was named NAIA All-American women’s second team.  Smith scored a school record 690 points during the 2007-08 campaign.  A two time GCAC Player of the Year, she bested the previous mark of 599 that she set in 2006-07.  This season, she averaged 19.7 points per game- sixth in the NAIA and made a school record 228 field goals.  Smith tied or broke the Loyola single game scoring record three times this season, the last coming at Dillard on January 17 when she scored 39 points.  She also broke the Loyola record with 10 three pointers against Dillard.  She was also tabbed as an honorable mention on the WBCA-NAIA All-American squad earlier this season. Last season, she was tabbed as an All-America honorable mention by the NAIA.

 

Trenell Smith, a sophomore guard/forward from LaPlace, La., was named NAIA All-American women’s honorable mention.  The team’s most consistent shooter, Smith hit 52.2% from the field and 41.7% from above the three point arc on her way to 644 points and an 18.4 point per game scoring average in 2007-08. She was in the top 20 in the NAIA in three statistical categories, 13^th in points per game (18.4), 14^th in assists per game (4.7) and 19^th in three point field goal percentage (41.7%). For the second straight season she was named All-GCAC. This is Trenell’s first All-American honorable mention selection.

 

Luke Zumo, a senior guard out of Baton Rouge, La., was named NAIA All-American men’s honorable mention.  Zumo led the Wolfpack men with 522 points on the season, an 18 point per game scoring average. During his career, Zumo hit 247 three pointers- second most in Loyola history.  The Catholic High grad scored 1,573 points which is third on the Loyola career scoring list. He tied a GCAC record with 18 made free throws at Dillard on January 17^th. Zumo was 13^th in the NAIA with 2.9 three pointers per game. He was named All-GCAC for the first time this season after earning preseason All-Conference nods the last two years.  A two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete, Zumo will graduate this May with a degree in psychology.

 

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