All eight UAA men's basketball programs received Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Committee on Academics with 51 student-athletes garnering individual academic recognition.
The team awards recognize outstanding academic achievement with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2019-20 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men’s student-athletes who competed during the 2019-20 season.
The 2019-20 NABC Honors Court recognized more than 1,350 men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season. The NABC Honors Court highlights the talents and gifts that these men possess on the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria.
The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2019-20 academic year.
3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
4. Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach.
Honors Court Recipients
Brandeis (11)
Austin Clamage, Junior, Economics
Collin Sawyer, Senior, Sociology
Chandler Jones, Senior, Sociology
Kyle Downing, Junior, Business
Sam Nassar, Junior, Social Policy
Lawrence Sabir, Senior, Sociology
Nolan Haggerty, Junior, Psychology
Dylan Lein, Junior, Business
Matan Zucker, Junior, History
Darett Justice, Junior, Psychology
Eric D’aguano Senior, Business
Carnegie Mellon (8)
Zach Howarth, Senior, Business Administration
Colin McNeil, Senior, Behavioral Economics
Trent Suddeth, Senior, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cooper Williams, Senior, Economics
Joe Krempa, Junior, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Ethan Miller, Junior, Biology
Zach Watson, Junior, Business Administration
Daniel Weiss, Junior, Computational Finance
Case Western Reserve University (6)
Monty Khela, Senior, Biology (Pre-Med)
Sam Hansen, Senior, Biology (Pre-Med)
Michael Hollis, Senior, Electrical Engineering
Antonio Ionadi, Junior, Accounting
Ignas Masiulionis, Junior, Astronomy & Physics
Michael Volkening, Junior, Finance
Emory University (9)
Pierre Coffy, Junior, Business Administration
Matt Davet, Junior, Business Administration
Luke Morrison, Junior, Economics
Lawrence Rowley, Junior, Economics
Mat Schner, Junior, Business Administration
Nick Stuck, Junior, Business Administration
Nick Tupanjanin, Senior, English
Clay Washburn, Junior, Accounting
Romin Williams, Junior, Business Administration
NYU (3)
Ethan Feldman, Senior, English
Jimmy Martinelli, Senior, Sports Management
Robert Hawkinson, Junior, Economics
University of Chicago (5)
Jordan Baum, Senior, Economics
Mattia Colangelo, Senior, Economics
Cole Schmitz, Senior, Economics
Dominic Laravie, Junior, Public Policy
Ezra Swell, Junior, Economics
University of Rochester (4)
Patrick Benka, Senior, International Relations
Ryan Algier, Junior, Data Science
Kailan Lee, Junior, Business
Trent Noordsij, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Washington University (5)
Jonathan Arenas, Senior, Finance
Matt Nester, Senior, Biology-Neuroscience/Pre-Med
Louis Reinmiller, Senior, Finance
Hank Hunter, Senior, Finance/Organization & Strategic Mgmt
Jack Nolan, Junior, Finance