Kansas City, Mo. - On Thursday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 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. Three members of the St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Basketball team were recognized for their achievements in the classroom. In addition, the team was recognized as a whole for its collective successes during the 2022-2023 Academic Year.

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 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 Excellence Awards for 2022-23.

2022-2023 NABC Men's Basketball Honors Court Recipients - St. Thomas Aquinas College

Antonio Vendola

Jamal Barnes

Lawrence Foreman

Congratulations to all of our Spartan Men's Basketball Student-Athletes on a job well done.

Official 2022-2023 NABC Academic Awards Release: Honors Court | Teams