FORT MYERS, Fla. – For the third consecutive season, the FGCU men's basketball team was honored with multiple student-athletes recognized on the NABC Honors Court for the 2021-22 campaign. The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) highlights collegiate basketball players who have excelled the prior season in the classroom with the Honors Court distinction.
 
Representing FGCU were Caleb Catto, Carlos Rosario, Chance Jackson, Cyrus Largie, and Lenny Ricca. This marks the second time Catto has been honored on the group after receiving the accolade last year. Overall in the last three years, 11 different players have been honored.
 
"This is a great honor for our players and the work they have put into their academic pursuits," said head coach Pat Chambers. "The staff in the Hartley Academic Resource Center has done a tremendous job in working with our student-athletes and we are greatly appreciative of the support they provide."
 
For Catto, this marks the most recent accolade for the returning fifth year senior. He earned his undergraduate degree this past Spring semester and was the program's first-ever ASUN Academic All-Conference selection (2021, 2022) and also the first CoSIDA Academic All-District selection (2022).  
 
Throughout his career, he has been honored on the NABC Honors Court, the President's List, the Dean's List, and the ASUN Honor Roll. Catto served last year on the Eagles Council (SAAC) as the group's Secretary and has been a member of the E.A.G.L.E.S. Leadership Institute.
 
The NABC recognizes student-athletes representing the NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA Division I levels. To be named to the Honors Court, student-athletes must be in their junior or senior years academically, while holding a 3.2-or-higher cumulative grade-point-average at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season.
 
Over 2,000 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 300 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2021-22. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here.

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COACH CHAMBERS
Pat Chambers was officially introduced as the fifth FGCU men's basketball head coach in March 2022 bringing a wealth of experience in college basketball highlighted by head coaching stints at Penn State and Boston University. Chambers spent nine years leading the Penn State (2011-20) program and two years as head coach at Boston University (2009-11). He has 190 career victories in that span including four 20-plus win seasons. Part of his career as a head coach was highlighted by leading the Nittany Lions to a No. 9 national ranking in 2019-20 which tied the program's best-ever ranking set in 1996. Prior to becoming a head coach, he spent five seasons as part of the Villanova staff helping the Wildcats to a Final Four (2009), two Elite Eight, and three Sweet Sixteen appearances during his tenure.
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 92 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 45 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn at at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 26 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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