The National Association of Basketball Coaches 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 Lindenwood Men's Basketball team was recognized as one of over 400 programs to be honored as an NABC Team Acadmeic Excellence Award winner, while four student athletes from the 2025-26 squad were named to the NABC Honors Court. 

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. 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. 

2025-26 NABC Honors Court
Jeremiah Talton, Business/Supply Chain Management Major, Sr.
Kevin Anthony, International Business Major, Jr.
Milos Nenadic, Mechanical Engineering Major, Grad.
Todd Bieg, Sports Management Major, Grad.