AUSTIN, Texas – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the 2024 Men's Basketball Academic All-America teams, which included Florida Southern College sophomore standout Alex Steen. Steen was one of 16 members selected to the First-, Second-, or Third team and just one of three sophomores to be named to the teams.
 
The second team honors mark the highest honor received for Florida Southern men's basketball student-athletes, as Alex Steen joins Mark King (1981-82, Honorable Mention) and Dylan Travis (2015-16, Third Team) as the only three to earn Academic All-America honors in a Moccasin uniform.
 
A native of Panama City Beach, Fla., Steen is pursuing a degree in business administration. The Arnold High School product was crowned the 2023-24 Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Year, All-SSC Second Team, and a member of the All-Defensive Team as well as earning Second Team All-South District honors from the NABC and D2 CCA

Having played 24 games with 23 starts, the 6-foot-8 forward led the team in rebounding at 10.6 per game and averaged a double-double with 16.6 points per game. Steen averaged 29.4 minutes per game and shot a team-best 58.6 percent from the field making 160 baskets. He ended his second campaign with 398 total points and 255 rebounds while registering 86 blocks for 3.58 per game which was second most in the nation.
 
He scored in double-figures in 22 of his 24 games with 15 double-doubles. Steen notched his career-high in scoring with 28 points which was one of his six 20-point scoring performances where his career-high rebound performance came against Savannah State when he pulled down 17 boards on his way to finishing the season with 15 double-digit rebounding performances.
 
During the NCAA South Region Championship, he tallied 16 total blocks which led the nation in total blocks during the postseason at 5.33 per game in regional action. Overall, through the three games, he tallied 36 points and had 26 rebounds to go along with his 16 blocks. In the Moccasins' first game of the regional, Steen finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and six blocks against Clark Atlanta before posting nine points, eight rebounds, and three blocks in the win over No. 13 West Georgia. Against the No. 1 Sharks, for the championship game, Steen finished with 10 points, six rebounds, and seven blocks.

2023-24 NCAA Division II Academic All-America