KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced their recipients of the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.

The Alaska Nanooks men's basketball program earned the award and had five individual representatives named to the 2022-23 NABC Honors Court; Nick Hopkins, Paul Johnson, Bryan Nguyen, Terrell Peter and Ketan Sidhu. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2022-23 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 2022-23 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. 

The NABC's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball. Full list here.

"We are very excited that our men's basketball team has been recognized by the NABC for the Academic Excellence Award for our program." Said head coach Greg Sparling, "Our team takes academics at UAF very seriously and it shows with this award. As individuals, Bryan, Ketan, Nick, Paul and Terrell all excelled in the classroom and on the hardwood. These national academic awards we received are something our men's basketball program and individuals pride ourselves on. Great job to the individuals and we look forward to the start of the new school year. Go 'Nooks!"

The men's basketball team posted a 3.00 GPA in the fall semester before upping their GPA in the spring with a 3.15 for an academic cumulative of 3.07. 

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