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 Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. 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.
A total of three Landmark Conference men's basketball programs were named to the Team Academic Excellence team, while 28 student-athletes were named to the Honors Court.
Team Academic Excellence: Elizabethtown College, University of Scranton, Susquehanna University
Honors Court |
Student-Athlete |
School |
Major |
Alon Gorham |
Elizabethtown College |
Finance and Marketing |
Austin Finarelli |
Elizabethtown College |
Finance |
Ben Stanton |
Elizabethtown College |
Business Analytics |
EJ Finney |
Elizabethtown College |
Finance |
Kyle Ratner |
Elizabethtown College |
Marketing |
Rance Russo |
Elizabethtown College |
Business Administration |
Reese Ziegler |
Elizabethtown College |
Business Administration |
Bernard Rogers |
Lycoming College |
Corporate Communication |
Ivan Komitski |
Lycoming College |
Criminal Justice |
Cameron Khoza |
University of Scranton |
Cybercrime and Homeland Security |
Colin Merriman |
University of Scranton |
Business Accounting |
Jon Spatola |
University of Scranton |
Business Management |
Luca Baratta |
University of Scranton |
Finance |
Mason Thompson |
University of Scranton |
Kinesiology |
Matthew Hanley |
University of Scranton |
Business |
Audric Washington |
Susquehanna University |
Education |
Billy Anderson |
Susquehanna University |
Business Management |
Brandon Lavitt |
Susquehanna University |
Business |
Cooper Haberern |
Susquehanna University |
Finance |
Emezie Egeonu |
Susquehanna University |
Computer Science |
Jackson Van Wagener |
Susquehanna University |
Business Management |
Luke Edwards |
Susquehanna University |
Elementary Education |
Steve Ressler |
Susquehanna University |
Finance |
Cayden Merrifield |
Wilkes University |
Management |
Lucas Lesko |
Wilkes University |
Civil Engineering |
Joey Zvorsky |
Wilkes University |
Business Administration |
Jack Argento |
Wilkes University |
Accounting |
Matthew Ward |
Wilkes University |
Biochemistry |