NABC Release

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players. The NSIC had seven teams and 30 student-athletes honored. 

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 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 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

The NABC’s academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.

“College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration,” said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “Education is one of the NABC’s core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport.”

Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26.  

University of Jamestown
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Sioux Falls
Southwest Minnesota State University
St. Cloud State University
Wayne State College
Winona State University
 

Cole Glasgow	Sr.	Jamestown	Business Administration - Information and Technology
Malek Wieker	Jr.	Jamestown	Business Administration
Owen Hektner	Sr.	Jamestown	Business Administration - Information and Technology
Spencer Barr	Jr.	Jamestown	Physical Education
Caleb Siwek	Sr.	Minnesota Duluth	Business
Cole Lahti	Jr.	Minnesota Duluth	Biology
Karon Abdullah	Sr.	Minnesota Duluth	Marketing and Graphic Design
Mattie Thompson	Grad.	Minnesota Duluth	Business
Noah Paulson	Grad.	Minnesota Duluth	Business
Owen Leach	Jr.	Minnesota Duluth	Exercise Science
Alex Mattes	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Business Administration
Gerard Bosch	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Business Administration
Kyle Ingwerson	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Exercise Science
Lewis Woosnam	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Media Studies
Taylen Ashley	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Computer Science/Data Science
Aeron Stevens	Jr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Business
Buay Koak	Jr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Exercise Science
Calvin Buss	Jr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Exercise Science
Ethan Koltz	Jr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Business Management
Luke Stevens	Sr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Finance
Mason Lund	Sr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Environmental Science
Mekhi Shaw	Sr.	Southwest Minnesota State	Sports Management
Anish Ramlall	Jr.	St. Cloud State	Business Management/Human Resources
Nate Dahl	Jr.	St. Cloud State	Engineering
Wyatt Hawks	Jr.	St. Cloud State	Biology
Evan Inselman	Sr.	Wayne State	Business
Landon Classon	Jr.	Wayne State	Applied Human and Sport Physiology
Wade Voss	Jr.	Wayne State	Business
Johnny Papadakos	Jr.	Winona State	Business Administration
Tyler Borowski	Sr.	Winona State	Business Administration