KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2025-26 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 2025-26 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 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

FGCU was one of three ASUN men's basketball programs to earn a Team Academic Excellence Award, alongside Lipscomb and Bellarmine. Five Eagles earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court for their performance in the classroom, including George Washington III, who returns for the 2026-27 campaign, D1-AAA ADA Scholar Athlete Michael Duax, Rory Stewart, Brandon Dwyer and Isaiah Malone.
 
The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.
 
"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "Education is one of the NABC's core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport."
 
Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26. The following programs earned Team Academic Excellence Awards:
 
2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
Albion College
Alfred University
Allegheny College
Alma College
Appalachian State University
Aquinas College
Arizona Christian University
Arizona Western College
Asbury University
Ashland University
Auburn University
Augsburg University
Augusta University
Augustana College
Baker University
Baldwin Wallace University
Bard College
Barry University
Baruch College
Bates College
Baylor University
Bellarmine University
Bentley University
Berry College
Bethany Lutheran College
Bluefield State University
Bossier Parish Community College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University
Briar Cliff University
Bushnell University
Butler University
BYU
Cal Polytechnic State University
California Institute of Technology
California Lutheran University
California State University Fullerton
California State University Sacramento
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fresno
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Carolina University
Carroll University
Carson-Newman University
Carthage College
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University
Cedarville University
Central College
Central Methodist University
Central Michigan University
Chadron State College
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Charleston Southern University
Chestnut Hill College
Christian Brothers University
Clark University
Clarkson University
Coastal Carolina University
Coe College
Colgate University
College of Staten Island
College of the Canyons
Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University Pueblo
Columbia University
Concordia College-Moorhead
Concordia University Wisconsin
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Cornerstone University
Crown College
Dakota State University
Dallas Baptist University
Davidson College
Dawson Community College
Denison University
DePauw University
Des Moines Area Community College
Dickinson College
Doane University
Dominican University (IL)
Dominican University of California
Drew University
Duke University
East Stroudsburg University
Eastern Arizona College
Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Washington University
Eckerd College
Edgewood University
Elizabethtown College
Elmhurst University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emory University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Southern College
Fordham University
Forsyth Technical Community College
Fort Hays State University
Franklin & Marshall
Franklin College
Fresno Pacific University
Geneva College
George Mason University
Georgian Court University
Gettysburg College
Goldey-Beacom College
Gonzaga University
Grand Valley State University
Grinnell College
Grove City College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamilton College
Hamline University
Hampden-Sydney College
Hanover College
Harding University
Hardin-Simmons University
Harvard University
Henderson State University
High Point University
Hillsdale College
Hobart College
Hofstra University
Holy Cross College
Holy Family University
Hood College
Hope College
Houghton University
Howard College
Husson University
Idaho State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University Indianapolis
Iona University
Iowa State University
John Brown University
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Wales University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Keiser University
Kent State University
Kentucky State University
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Keuka College
King's College (PA)
Lafayette College
LaGrange College
Lake Forest College
Lake Superior State University
Lakeland University
Lasell University
Lawrence Technological University
Lebanon Valley College
Lehigh University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
LeTourneau University
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis-Clark State College
Liberty University
Lindenwood University
Lindsey Wilson University
Lipscomb University
Loras College
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Maryland
Luther College
Lycoming College
Lynn University
Malone University
Manhattanville University
Marquette University
Maryville College
Marywood University
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College
McPherson College
Menlo College
Mercer University
Mercy University
Mercyhurst University
Merrimack College
Messiah University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Middlebury College
Midland University
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri Valley College
Montana State University
Montana Technological University
Montclair State University
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount St. Joseph University
Mount St. Mary's University
Muhlenberg College
Nazareth University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
New England College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Mexico Junior College
New Mexico State University
New York University
Newberry College
North Central Missouri College
North Dakota State College of Science
North Dakota State University
North Greenville University
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northeastern State University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern University
Norwich University
Oakland City University
Ohio State University
Oklahoma State University
Olivet Nazarene University
Otterbein University
Oxford College of Emory University
Pace University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Penn State University
Pennsylvania State University Behrend
Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg
Piedmont University
Point Loma Nazarene University
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Post University
Principia College
Purdue University
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Rend Lake College
Rice University
Roanoke College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rockford University
Rockhurst University
Rocky Mountain College
Roger Williams University
Rollins College
Rowan University
Russell Sage College
Rutgers University
Saint Francis University (PA)
Saint John's University (MN)
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Saint Peter's University
Salisbury University
Salve Regina University
San Francisco State University
Sarah Lawrence College
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
Seton Hall University
Simpson College
Skagit Valley College
South Dakota State University
South Georgia State College
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Southern Methodist University
Southwest Minnesota State University
Southwestern College
St. Cloud State University
St. Edward's University
St. John Fisher University
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's University (TX)
St. Norbert College
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
Stanislaus State
Stevens Institute of Technology
Suffolk University
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Oneonta
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Susquehanna University
Taylor University
TCU
Texas Lutheran University
The College of New Jersey
Thomas More University
Transylvania University
Trine University
Trinity College
Trinity University
Truett McConnell University
Truman State University
Tusculum University
Union College (NY)
Union University
University of Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Arizona
University of California Davis
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California, Merced
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Chicago
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
University of Dallas
University of Denver
University of Findlay
University of Hawaii
University of Hawai'i at Hilo
University of Idaho
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Springfield
University of Iowa
University of Jamestown
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of La Verne
University of Lynchburg
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Maine at Presque Isle
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
University of Mary Washington
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Montana
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of New Haven
University of North Georgia
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa
University of Northwestern - St. Paul
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pikeville
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Rochester
University of San Francisco
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
University of Sioux Falls
University of St. Francis (IL)
University of St. Thomas
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Texas
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of the Ozarks
University of Toledo
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of West Alabama
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin - Stout
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin-Superior
UNLV
Upper Iowa University
Ursinus College
UVA Wise
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Vermont State University Castleton
Vermont State University Lyndon
Vincennes University
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Wabash College
Wake Forest University
Warner University
Washburn University
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington and Lee University
Washington State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne State College
Wayne State University
Waynesburg University
Wesleyan University
West Texas A&M University
West Virginia University
Western Colorado University
Western Kentucky University
Western Michigan University
Western New England University
Western New Mexico University
Westmont College
Wheaton College (IL)
Wheeling University
Whitman College
Whittier College
Whitworth University
Willamette University
William & Mary
William Jewell College
Williams College
Wilmington College (OH)
Winona State University
Wittenberg University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
Yeshiva University
York College of Pennsylvania
Young Harris College