UNA’s Jacari Lane earns first-team All-ASUN honors; Taye Fields named Newcomer of the Year

Jacari Lane’s first-team All-ASUN Conference selection was one of three honors North Alabama’s men picked up on Tuesday.

Along with Lane’s honor, senior Taye Fields was named ASUN Newcomer of the Year and picked as a second-team all-conference player while Daniel Ortiz was a third-team selection.

Fresh off of a 31-point performance against Austin Peay in the ASUN Conference tournament quarterfinals, Lane became North Alabama’s all-time leading scorer at the Division I level and ranks sixth on the program’s all-time scoring list.

The Huntsville native and Lee High alum is averaging 17.3 points per game this season, which ranks fourth in the ASUN Conference, also ranking sixth in assists per game with 4.1. He was a runner-up for ASUN Player of the Year.

Fields, a fellow Lee High grad and native of Opelika, is the first UNA player to pick up ASUN Newcomer of the Year honors.

He transferred to UNA after three seasons at Missouri Western and made an instant impact, averaging 12 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game and ranks second in the ASUN Conference in rebounding.

Fields was one vote shy of being voted as defensive player of the year, with the honor going to Queens’ Malcolm Wilson, who leads the nation in blocks.

A mainstay of the program, Ortiz returned to UNA after one season at UAB and is averaging 11.7 points per game as a senior.

A Louisiana native, he’s shooting 92-for-279 (.330) from 3-point range, which ranks sixth in the ASUN Conference.

Lipscomb coach and Huntsville native Lennie Acuff was named ASUN Coach of the Year, with UNA coach Tony Pujol finishing as runner-up.

2024-25 ASUN Men’s Basketball Postseason Honors

Player of the Year: Jacob Ognacevic, Lipscomb

Defensive Player of the Year: Malcolm Wilson, Queens

Newcomer of the Year: Taye Fields, North Alabama

Sixth Man of the Year: Mayar Wol, EKU

Freshman of the Year: Tate McCubbin, Austin Peay

Coach of the Year: Lennie Acuff, Lipscomb

First Team All-ASUN

Jacob Ognacevic, Lipscomb

Devontae Blanton, EKU

Keeshawn Kellman, FGCU

Robert McCray V, Jacksonville

Jacari Lane, North Alabama

Second Team All-ASUN

George Kimble III, EKU

Dallion Johnson, FGCU

Will Pruitt, Lipscomb

Taye Fields, North Alabama

Leo Colimerio, Queens

Third Team All-ASUN

Isaac Haney, Austin Peay

Joe Anderson, Lipscomb

Daniel Ortiz, North Alabama

Jasai Miles, North Florida

Chris Ashby, Queens

All-Freshman Team

Tate McCubbin, Austin Peay

Josh Harris, North Florida

Layne Taylor, Central Arkansas

Chris Arias, Jacksonville

Jamie Phillips Jr., Stetson