Posted: Jul 19, 2022

Men's Basketball Collects NABC Team Academic Excellence Award

Kansas City, MO| The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's basketball team was honored with a Team Academic Excellence Award when the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its end-of-year academic awards on Tuesday morning.

Additionally, graduate Gordon Shouler, seniors Kevin O'Halloran and Matt Hirdt, and juniors Jake Gaudiello, Marcin Termena, and Mark Roberts Jr. collected NABC Honors Court accolades.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards "recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2021-22 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 2021-22 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher."

"Academic success is a core value of the NABC and a priority shared by men's basketball programs across the country," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "Excellence in the classroom requires hard work and dedication, and the NABC considers it a privilege to honor these deserving student-athletes and the coaches and staff who support them."

Over 300 programs and 2,000 players were honored across all three divisions.