The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) unveiled its 2024-25 academic honors, with five North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) men's basketball programs receiving the Team Academic Award and 32 student-athletes named to the NABC Honors Court.
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards honor programs that finished the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. Denison, DePauw, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan and Wabash were among the 400 programs recognized.
The NABC Honors Court recognizes men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season. To be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must be academically a junior, senior or graduate student and achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. Denison and Ohio Wesleyan led with eight nominees each, while DePauw, Oberlin, Wabash and Wooster all had four student-athletes named to the honors court.
2024-25 NABC Honors Court
| Name |
Institution |
Field of Study |
| Aidan King |
Denison |
Health Exercise and Sports Studies |
| Cam Smith |
Denison |
Computer Science |
| Darren Rubin |
Denison |
Economics and History |
| Dre Rodgers |
Denison |
Global Commerce |
| Gates Flynn |
Denison |
Economics |
| Jay Jackson |
Denison |
History and Black Studies |
| Ricky Radtke |
Denison |
Financial Economics |
| Scotty Dean |
Denison |
Global Commerce |
| Billy Bach |
DePauw |
Economics |
| Kyle Lillwitz |
DePauw |
Biochemistry |
| Patrick Joyce |
DePauw |
Economics and Political Science |
| Sam Jacobs |
DePauw |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Andrew Gannon |
Oberlin |
Economics |
| Asaan Snipes-Rea |
Oberlin |
Computer Science |
| Will Bousquette |
Oberlin |
Economics |
| Yuuki Okubo |
Oberlin |
Psychology |
| Henry Hinkle |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Business Administration |
| Isaac Ward |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Exercise Science |
| Jessee Battle |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Psychology |
| Landon Turnbull |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Elementary Education |
| Lukas Muench |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Business Administration |
| Matt Butler |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Biochemistry |
| Phillip Wallace |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Sport and Exercise Management |
| Ryan Smudz |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Finance |
| Gavin Schippert |
Wabash |
Financial Economics |
| Grant Brown |
Wabash |
Economics |
| Randy Kelley |
Wabash |
Psychology |
| Vinny Buccilla |
Wabash |
Rhetoric |
| Ashton Price |
Wooster |
Business Economics |
| J.J. Cline |
Wooster |
Math and Education |
| Jonathan Diederich |
Wooster |
Business Economics |
| Nick Everett |
Wooster |
Business Economics |