KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) 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.
Chadron State men's basketball received the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award and had five players be named to the Honors Court.
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs 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.
The five individuals named to the Honors Court include
Gage Delimont (Ainsworth, Neb.); Connor McCracken (Scottsbluff, Neb.);
Jarrett Taylor (Evergreen, Ala.);
Josh Robinson (Paris, Texas); and
Martin Poznanovic (Uzice, Serbia).
As a team, CSC men's basketball had a cumulative GPA of 3.111.
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 Awards.