KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs from all levels of college basketball that completed the 2022-23 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2022-23 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
Four CCAA teams and 20 men's basketball student-athletes collected the honor for their performances on the court and in the classroom last season. San Francisco State, Chico State, Cal State San Marcos, and Cal State East Bay earned Team Academic Excellence Awards and placed student-athletes on the NABC Honors Court. CSUEB and SFSU led the way with six selections apiece. Team Academic Excellence Awards | NABC Honors Court
 
"Education is a core value of the NABC, and we are privileged to recognize these outstanding student-athletes and the coaches and support staff who invest in their development," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "The hundreds of teams and thousands of players that qualified for NABC academic awards this season are a testament to our sport's ongoing prioritization of success in the classroom."
 
Over 1,800 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 300 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2022-23. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here.
 
The following programs earned Team Academic Excellence Awards and placed members on the Honors Court:

Chico State
Brennan Wheeler, Kinesiology
Carter Mahaney, Business Administration: Entrepreneur
Joshua Hamilton, Social Science
Justin Vigil, Interdisciplinary, Studies
 
Cal State East Bay
Chris James, Criminal Justice
Dimitrios Klonaras, Business Administration
Garrett Pascoe, Business Administration
Julian Lopez, Business Administration
Kevin Ebiriekwe, Business Administration
Tim Andreolli, Biology
 
Cal State San Marcos
Edwyn Collins, Sociology
Jack Schultz, Business
Jayce McCain, Communications Sr.
Zack Perlstein, MBA Grad
 
San Francisco State
Alex Gilat, Business
Devon Jackson, Business
Eche Okeke, Kinesiology Sr.
Jalen Flanagan, Communications Sr.
John Bakke, Business
Jonah Roth, Biology