Triton College's latest basketball All-Americans are expressing thanks for their experiences with the Trojans and projecting toward bright on-court futures at four-year schools.
Men's star
Dayjaun Anderson is celebrating NJCAA Division I First-Team All-American honors along with Region 4 First Team All-Region 4 and Region 4 Player of the Year. Women's star
Jordyn Coleman earned NJCAA Division I Honorable Mention All-American honors and Region 4 First Team status.
Anderson already is committed to the University of Alabama-Birmingham after averaging 17.8 points per game and shooting 37.3 % from three-point range in 2024-25. His 122 three-pointers ranked second in the country.
Playing well enough to earn All-American status "was definitely a goal of mine," said Anderson.
But a more important goal was team success. The Trojans failed to make the national Final Four in Hutchinson, Kan., their destination in two of the previous three seasons. "It wasn't the finish to the season we wanted," Anderson said. "We could have made a deeper run – we came up short. But thankful for my time at Triton."
A transfer from Wright State in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio, Anderson thought he would continue at another four-year school before Triton coach
Brian Burns made his pitch.
"When Burns reached out at me, seeing the history of Triton, I was sold," he said. "Chicago was a well-known recruiting area. It wasn't far from home. I got the same weather as home."
Meanwhile, Coleman has four NCAA Division I offers – North Alabama, Queens University (Charlotte, N.C.) Northwestern State (Louisiana) and Delaware State. She will begin her campus visits to all bidders this weekend by scouting a fifth possibility – Tarleton State in Texas.
Coleman was one of JUCO's most versatile "bigs" after averaging 16.8 points and 12.6 rebounds per game. Her 210 offensive rebounds led the country. Her overall 403 rebounds ranked fifth nationally. She was second among NJCAA Division programs with 85 blocked shots.
Planning a major in computer engineering, Coleman now stands out in the Triton women's basketball record books as the program's all-time leading rebounder with 820. Her 163 career blocks ranks second. Coleman's 1,008 career points rank fifth.
"My goal coming to Triton was growing as a player," she said. "The accolades would be a bonus."
Crediting longtime assistant coach
Tim McKinney with corralling her for Triton, Coleman said she became a deft rebounder "because my team needed the rebounds – that's how you get All-American mention. You have to be consistent and stay disciplined."
Both Anderson and Coleman learned to be on-court leaders at Triton.
"It's being coachable," Anderson said. "Playing at Triton taught me to be a leader, not just scoring. It was being more comfortable on the ball. I grew up off the ball, playing the 'two.' I was running the show a little bit."
Coleman's goal at her next scholastic destination is to "make an immediate impact on court". "You still have to work for your spot. I'm proud that I helped Triton continue as a winning program and hope to do the same at my new school."
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