KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2024-25 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players.

The NABC has placed both the Berry Vikings and the Hendrix Warriors men's basketball teams among the Team Academic Excellence Award honorees. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

The Southern Athletic Association players represented on the NABC Honor Court were:
Braxton Benham - Berry
Jacob Morgan - Berry
Parker Godwin - Berry
Carson Bower - Hendrix
Beau Kronenberger - Hendrix
Sky Tschurr - Hendrix
Colten Berry - Hendrix
Colin Wade - Hendrix

The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Over 2,400 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2024-25. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here.