KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC recently 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. Gustavus men’s basketball earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award and had four student-athletes recognized on the Honors Court.
Adam Biewen (Jr., Golden Valley), Landon Lantz (Jr., Lake Crystal), Jordan Schommer (Sr., Merrifield), and Evan Wieker (Jr., St. Michael) were selected to the honors court.
The Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes men’s basketball programs that completed the 2022-23 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court 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. The NABC’s academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball.
“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, and the following programs earned Team Academic Excellence Awards: