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National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2011-12 Honors Court
Collegiate Basketball Academic Elite Receive Honors
Kansas City, Mo. (July 10, 2012) -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the NABC Honors Court, recognizing those collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the 2011- 12 season. The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court, and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. In order to be named to the Honors Court, an athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player. 2. Cumulative G.P.A. of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2011-12 academic year. 3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution. 4. Member of an NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Institution.
2011-12 NABC Honors Court
Air Force Academy Todd Fletcher Junior Management
Akron Kyle Petersen Senior Biology Brian Walsh Senior Business C.J. Oldham Junior Mechanical Engineering
Alabama A&M Eddie Hardy, Jr. Junior Industrial Technology Jerome Hunter Junior Accounting Jose Long Junior Mechanical Engineering
Albany Jacob Iati Senior Business Administration
American Mike Bersch Junior Applied Mathematics Daniel Fisher Junior International Studies Riley Grafft Senior Business Administration: Finance and Marketing Joe Hill Senior Business Administration: Finance Blake Jolivette Junior Business Administration: Finance Simon McCormack Senior Business Administration: Marketing Danny Munoz Junior Business Administration: Finance
Amherst Taylor Barrise Senior Political Science Tim Prowitt Senior Political Science 1 Jeff Holmes Senior English and Russian Roshard Bryant Junior Black Studies
Ashford Pete Tanzillo Senior Physical Education Devin Ehrich Senior Sports & Recreation Management Mitch Jankowski Senior Sports & Recreation Management Javier Valdez Senior Business Administration Vesteinn Sveinsson Junior Computer Science & Mathematics Joe Lightfoot Junior Sports & Recreation Management
Augustana (SD) Cameron McCaffrey Junior Exercise Science Leif Nomeland Junior Math/Computer Science Brennan Olson Junior Biology
Austin Gregory Harrell Senior History Joshua Saunders Senior Business Administration Alen Michael Junior Pre-Med/Business Administration Vineeth Kumar Junior Pre-Med/Business Administration
Baylor Jacob Neubert Junior Business Administration
Belmont Drew Hanlen Senior Entrepreneurship Mick Hedgepeth Senior Accounting Scott Saunders Senior Finance/Marketing Adam Barnes Senior Accounting
Bethel Eric Hildebrandt Senior Education Bjorn Westlund Junior Business Marketing Kellan Dahlquist Senior Business Accounting/Finance
Bradley Charonn Woods Senior Health Science Jake Eastman Junior Sports Communication
Briar Cliff Michael Collison Junior English Education John Engler Junior Business Administration Taylor Murren Junior Business
Brigham Young Craig Cusick Junior Accounting Nick Martineau Junior Finance
Brown Matthew Sullivan Junior Economics Stephen Albrecht Junior Entrepreneurship Tyler Ponticeli Junior Economics
Bucknell Brian Fitzpatrick Junior History & Psychology Bryson Johnson Junior Economics Mike Muscala Junior Management
Butler Ronald Nored Senior Education Andrew Smith Junior Business
Caldwell Nikola Otovic Senior Biology Karel Thuwis Junior Global Business
California Institute of Technology Ethan Boroson Junior Mechanical Engineering Arjun Chandar Junior Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics Management Christophe Kunesh Junior Computer Science Alex Runkel Junior Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics Management 2 Pan Wang Junior Computer Science
Cal Lutheran Aaron Van Klaveren Senior Business
Cal Poly Matt Titchenal Senior Mechanical Engineering Dylan Royer Senior Biology
Campbell Darren White Junior Information Technology and Security
Capital Tim Congrove Junior Education Tyler Munro Senior Exercise Science Spencer Niekamp Junior Marketing Mike Sommer Junior Athletic Training Kelly Winter Senior Exercise Science
Carnegie Mellon John Duhring Senior Civil Engineering Max Gordon Senior Business Management/ Creative Writing Joe Kromka Senior Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Carroll College Andrew Garland Senior Business and Sports Management Ben Cutler Junior Elementary Education Tony Dalton Senior Psychology James MacIntyre Senior Education Dan Pearson Junior Education
Carroll University Trey Borgrud Senior Recreation Management Cam Hill Junior Exercise Science Kyle Jones Senior Business Dan Kratz Junior Psychology Andrew Rumler Junior Physical Therapy Christian Shepley Junior Actuarial Sciences
Case Western Reserve Austin Fowler Junior Biology/Pre-Dentistry Tim Maleski Junior Chemical Engineering Robert Scott Junior Management (Finance)
Castleton Keith Schneider Senior Physical Education Greg Hughes Senior Education Mark Comstock Junior Athletic Training Corey Kimball Junior Business
Centenary (NJ) Ryan Donovan Senior Business Administration/Management Max Hughes Junior Secondary Education/Mathematics
Central Florida A.J. Rompza Senior Interdisciplinary Studies
Central Washington Ted Nelson Senior Sociology & Law and Justice Jordan Starr Junior Physical Education & School Health
Chicago Matt Johnson Senior Law, Letters, & Society Stephen Palmtag Senior Public Policy Tommy Sotos Senior Political Science
Christopher Newport Jacob Capin Senior Psychology/Pre-Physical Therapy Hector Feliciano-Ayala Senior Interdisciplinary Studies
Clemson Tanner Smith Senior Marketing Andre Young Senior Health Science
Colby-Sawyer Ian Davis Senior Sports Management 3
Colorado Sabatino Chen Junior Mathematics Trey Eckloff Senior Finance Shane Harris-Tunks Junior Advertising
Columbia (MO) College Blake Walker Junior Business Brock Walker Junior Business Hal Payne Junior Criminal Justice Matt Woodcock Senior Chemistry Taylor Evans Senior Business
Columbia University Brian Barbour Junior History Dean Kowalski Junior Economics
Creighton Matthew Dorwart Senior Exercise Science Ross Ferrarini Senior Public Relations/News Derek Sebastian Senior Education, Natural Science emphasis Taylor Stormberg Junior Accounting & Finance
Dallas Baptist Armie Lewis Senior Business Administration
Davidson JP Kuhlman Junior Religion
Delaware Will Townsville Junior Economics
Denver Justin Coughlin Senior Finance Chase Hallam Junior Accounting Travis Hallam Senior History Brian Stafford Senior Finance Tyler Thalken Senior Finance
Dominican Kevin Blackowicz Senior Business Administration Randy Dilay Junior Accounting Matthew Kuzniar Junior Business Administration
Drake Jordan Clarke Senior Management & Finance
Duke Mason Plumlee Junior Psychology & Cultural Anthropology
Eastern Connecticut Joe Ives Junior Sociology Jamie Kohn Senior Physical Education
Eastern Illinois Nick McFarlin Senior Finance
Eckerd Wayne Sears, Jr. Senior Management Woody Taylor Junior International Business
Elon Egheosa Edomwonyi Junior Accounting Brett Ervin Junior Accounting John Moody Junior Environmental Science & Statistics Drew Spradlin Senior Political Science
Embry-Riddle Ben Redfield Junior Aerospace Engineering Billy Serle Junior Mechanical Engineering Daniel Mondragon Junior Human Factors
Evangel Cameron Allison Senior Business Mitch McHenry Senior Kinesiology Jordan Fielding Junior Kinesiology
4 Evansville Colt Ryan Junior Accounting
Fairfield Ryan Olander Senior Business/Marketing
George Washington Nemanja Mikic Junior Business Administration
Gwynedd Mercy Brendan Stanton Junior Psychology Doug Berzins Junior Business Administration/Finance
Hanover Michael Case Senior Kinesiology Ryan Nowicki Junior Political Science
Harvard Brandyn Curry Junior Sociology Jeffrey Georgatos Junior Economics
Hilbert Dan McFarland Junior Criminal Justice
Hillsdale Matt Justus Senior Biochemistry Tyler Gerber Senior Accounting Brent Eaton Senior Exercise Science Anthony Manno Junior Finance & Marketing
Hiram Andrew Wiegand Senior Religious Studies Justin Wisniewski Junior Accounting/Computer Science Justin Lonis Junior Communication Bob Ritchie Senior Accounting
Hobart Marc Bertucci Senior Economics Josh Kalenderian Senior Economics/Psychology
Holy Cross Charlie Mills Senior Economics
Hope David Krombeen Senior Psychology Logan Neil Senior Exercise Science/Psychology Billy Seiler Junior Exercise Science Nate King Senior Spanish Josh Holwerda Junior Business Management Chris Ray Junior Business Management
Husson Brad Libby Senior Physical Therapy
Illinois State Jon Ekey Junior Business Administration
Indiana State Jordan Printy Senior History Education Lucas Eitel Junior Math Education
IUPUI Nick Kitcoff Senior Biology
Johns Hopkins Daniel Gergen Senior Public Health Timothy McCarty Senior Economics Alex Pandrangi Junior Economics Michael Rhoads Junior Civil Engineering
Johnson & Wales (Denver) Jake Campbell Junior Criminal Justice Cody Derner Junior Management/Entrepreneurship Chris O’Neal Junior Criminal Justice Kahler Grandbouche Junior Marketing
Kalamazoo Travis Braun Junior Economics Evan Levine Senior Classics Joseph Prepolec Senior Economics 5 Brad Woelke Junior Biology
Kansas Jordan Juenemann Senior Exercise Science
Kansas State Victor Ojeleye Senior Finance and Management
Lafayette Rob Delaney Senior Government & Law Ryan Willen Senior Neuroscience
La Verne Alex Wolpe Junior Computer Science Jonathan Bastos Senior Business Administration
Lander David Pruett Junior Mass Communications
Lebanon Valley Danny Brooks Junior Business Administration
Lees-McRae Will Lopez Junior Sports Management Daniel Sepokas Junior Communication Arts DJ Brown Junior Health & Physical Education Robert Hawthorne Junior Business Administration Juan Urbina Junior Business Administration
Lehigh Gabe Knutson Junior Accounting
Lewis Marty Strus Senior Math Education Matt Toth Senior Business Administration David Bryant Junior Special Education/Elementary Education
Lindenwood Alex Bazzell Junior Mass Communications Efkan Eren Junior Graphic Design Tyler Harris Junior Exercise Science Kramer Soderberg Senior Mass Communications
Lindsey Wilson Darren Ballou Junior Criminal Justice Chase Spreen Senior Business Administration
Lipscomb Justin Glenn Senior Accounting/Finance Jacob Arnett Senior Biology
Longwood Jan van der Kooij Senior Business Management
Louisville Kyle Kuric Senior Management Michael Marra Junior Sports Administration Peyton Siva Junior Sociology Stephan Van Treese Junior Sports Administration
Loyola (Chicago) Ben Averkamp Junior Biology John Benkoske Senior Finance/Operations Management Walt Gibler Senior Psychology
Lynchburg Tristan Boysaw Junior Accounting Brandan Connor Junior Business Administration Robby Kaiser Junior Health & Physical Education Michael Glover Junior Sport Management
Lyon Aaron Farris Junior Music
Maine Andrew Rogers Senior Kinesiology/Education
6 Maine-Farmington Daniel Kane Senior Community Health
Maine-Presque Isle Patrick Manifold Junior Business Brad Trask Senior Biology Brennen Morton Senior Psychology Kyle Corrigan Junior Accounting
Manhattan Kevin Laue Senior Management Liam McCabe-Moran Senior Finance Torgrim Sommerfeldt Junior Business
Mercer R.J. Miskimon Senior Business Jakob Gollon Senior English
Michigan Zack Novak Senior Business Matt Vogrich Junior Business Josh Bartelstein Junior Sport Management
Midland Luke Borst Senior Business Ben Knobbe Junior Education Brad Pieper Junior Business Gavin Blum Junior Business Alex McCleary Senior Education Alex Knobbe Senior Business
Millsaps Brian Merkel Senior Business Administration Jeff Brown Senior English Taylor Meades Junior Chemistry Nicholas Cortese Junior Classics/Political Science
Missouri Baptist Kyle Ford Senior Biology Kalvin Lewis Junior Physical Education LeAndre’ Johnson Junior Sports Management
Missouri State Isaiah Rhine Senior Speech & Language Pathology Michael Bizoukas Senior Sports Management
Mobile Marcus Poinett Junior Accounting Christian Salinas Senior Exercise Science Matthew Turner Senior Elementary Education
Morehead State Ty Proffitt Senior Finance
Mount Marty Thomas Kahler Senior Biology/Chemistry Jeff Larsen Junior Elementary Education
Mount St. Mary (NY) Ryan Straub Junior Mathematics
Navy Ted Connolly Senior History
Newberry Renard Flowers Senior Business Administration
New Hampshire Brian Benson Senior Kinesiology: Pedagogy
North Carolina Tyler Zeller Senior Finance/Business Administration
UNC-Asheville Matt Dickey Senior Health & Wellness Jeremy Harn Senior Political Science
North Carolina State Kendall Smith Senior Biochemistry 7
North Carolina Wesleyan Matt Dougherty Senior Math/Business John Kostet Senior Political Science Alex Murray Senior Business Cornelius Snow Junior Accounting
North Central Vince Kmiec Junior Education Kevin Gillespie Senior Finance
North Dakota State Jordan Aaberg Junior Management Information Systems
North Greenville Chris Dean Junior Sport Management Jason Wray Senior Biology Luke Lattimer Junior Sport Management Jonathan Bozymowski Senior Sport Management
Northern Arizona Ben Olayinka Junior Electrical Engineering Luis Flores Junior Biomedical Science
Northern Iowa Austin Pehl Junior Marketing and Studio Art
Northern Kentucky Ethan Faulkner Junior Physical Education Eshaunte Jones Junior Educational Leadership Anthony Rack Senior Finance
Northwest Missouri State Kyle Haake Senior Biology
Northwestern College (MN) Ethan Benton Senior Accounting Gabriel Jefferson Senior Biology Aaron Reep Senior Social Studies Education Tom Gisler Junior Accounting
Oakland Travis Bader Junior Communications
Ohio Dominican Aaron Gibbs Senior History Kip Kelley Senior Business Jake Mochoskay Senior Business
Ohio Valley Mustafa Helal Junior Bio-Chemistry
Ohio Wesleyan Tim Brady Senior Economics Management Marshall Morris Junior Economics Management Greg White Junior Economics Management
Oregon Institute David Clarke Junior Psychology of Technology Kyle Gomez Senior Environmental Science Alex Zerbach Junior Business
Pepperdine Taylor Darby Senior Integrated Marketing Communications Don Martin Senior Sports Medicine Corbin Moore Senior Economics
Pomona-Pitzer Danny Brown Senior Psychology/Economics Harrison Green Junior English Brett Lingle Junior Politics Donald Okpalugo Junior Philosophy/Politics/Economics Greg Wright Senior Economics Evan Zahniser Senior Cognitive Science 8
Purdue Dru Anthrop Junior Management
Queens (NY) Matthew Bowman Junior Media Studies
Quinnipiac Kevin Tarca Senior Finance
Rhode Island Nikola Malesevic Junior Marketing
Rice Connor Frizzelle Senior Kinesiology Lucas Kuipers Senior Kinesiology Omar Oraby Junior Civil Engineering Nathan Schwarze Senior Economics, Sports Management
Roanoke Zach Barrett Junior Business Jimmy Bradshaw Junior Business Conner Toomey Junior English
Rochester Nathan Novosel Senior Political Science and Economics John DiBartolomeo Junior Financial Economics Dan Shapiro Junior Financial Economics
Rockhurst Gabe Jones Senior Political Science/Economics Terance Tatum Senior Communication Brett Hornung Junior Corporate Finance
Sacred Heart Olufemi Akinpetide Senior Business Administration Justin Swidoski Senior Finance
The Sage Colleges Matthew Farbotko Junior Law and Society Jeff Stopera Junior Physical Education
St. John’s God’sgift Achiuwa Junior Administrative Studies
Saint Joseph’s Christopher Coyne Junior Finance Saint Leo Marcus Ruh Junior Management Shaun Adams Junior Education Thomas Neary Junior Management
St. Mary’s (CA) Matthew Dellavedova Junior Psychology Beau Levesque Junior Sports Management
Salve Regina William Smiley Senior Business
Santa Clara Marc Trasolini Senior Finance Phillip Bach Senior Finance Kyle Perricone Junior Bio-Engineering
Seattle Pacific Jake Anderson Senior Communications Scott Morse Junior Biology Jobi Wall Junior Business
Siena OD Anosike Junior Political Science
Slippery Rock John Bossle Senior Business Management
South Dakota State Tony Fiegen Junior Biology Brayden Carlson Junior Business Economics
9 Southeast Missouri State Nick Niemczyk Junior General Studies
Southwestern Jared Irvin Senior Business Chris Nelson Senior Business Ethan Randolph Senior Education Mike Morales Senior Business
Springfield George Adams Junior Exercise Science
Stanford Jack Trotter Senior Economics Andrew Zimmerman Senior Biology
Stevens Institute Michael Curti Senior Business and Technology of Technology Michael Nattis Junior Business and Technology
SUNY Old Westbury Rashawn McCarthy Junior Business Administration
Temple T.J. DiLeo Senior Marketing
Tennessee State Chris Conner Senior Agricultural Studies
Tennessee Tech Riley Hunley Senior Engineering
Texas J’Covan Brown Junior Education Andrew Dick Junior Finance Dean Melchionni Junior Corporate Communications
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Kennon Dvorak Junior Kinesiology
Texas A&M Kingsville Reid Wallace Junior Bio-Medical Sciences
Texas State Brooks Ybarra Senior Management Jordan Kirschke Senior Communication
Thomas More Michael Ryan Hamm Junior Secondary Education Todd Krohman Senior Secondary Education
Tiffin Cody Dennison Junior Business Administration
Transylvania Nick Fudge Junior Business Administration Leavitt Morrison Junior Mathematics
Trevecca Nazarene Peyton Henry Junior Business Blake Carden Junior Sports Medicine
Trinity (TX) Ryan Beall Senior Political Science John Boxberger Junior Pre Med/Economics Heath Hopson Junior Geo Sciences Gil Melchior Senior Economics
Troy Justin Wright Junior Social Science
Tulsa Steven Idlet Senior History Will Sanger Senior Geophysics
UIC Hayden Humes Junior Management
UMKC Dustin Dibble Senior Accounting Kirk Korver Junior Communication Studies Trevor Mason Senior Nursing Thomas Staton Junior Liberal Arts 10
Union Rusmir Dzanko Senior Economics Keven Donohue Junior Math Matt Petrone Junior Economics Cal Shorey Junior American Studies
Utah David Foster Senior Speech Communications
Valley City State Dillan Ostrom Junior Exercise Science & Communications
Valparaiso Ben Boggs Junior Sports Management Ryan Broekhoff Junior Exercise Science Nick Shelton Senior Sports Media Kevin Van Wijk Spanish Junior
Vanderbilt Jordan Smart Senior English Aaron Noll Senior Biology/Pre-Med
Vermont Ben Crenca Junior Psychology Luke Apfeld Junior English
Wabash Derek Bailey Senior Biology Nick Curosh Senior Political Science Brian Shelbourne Senior Economics Evan Johnson Junior History Jordan Surenkamp Junior Rhetoric
Wagner Ryan Schrotenboer Senior Business Administration
Washington State Abe Lodwick Senior Communication & Political Science
Waynesburg Kurt Bonnet Junior Business Management Ben Altmeyer Senior Secondary Education/Biology Luke Baker Senior Business Management James Allenby Senior Criminal Justice Jeff Nairne Senior Criminal Justice Patrick Crawford Senior Forensic Science
Webster Cody Bradfisch Junior Education Gabe Maichel Junior Music Education
Wentworth Institute Corey Therriault Junior Computer Science of Technology
Western Michigan Brandon Pokley Senior Finance Nick Stapert Junior Pre-Occupational Therapy
Wheaton (Illinois) Chase Almen Junior Business/Economics and Political Science
Wichita State Ben Smith Senior Elementary Education Ehimen Orukpe Junior Mathematics
William & Mary Quinn McDowell Senior Religious Studies Doug Howard Junior Marketing Kyle Gaillard Junior Business
William Jessup Anthony Anderson Senior Business Preston Bramow Senior Business Nikita Evdokimov Senior English Kevin Stanley Junior Business
11 William Paterson Rick DeStefano Junior Professional Sales
Wilmington (Delaware) Brett Foskey Senior Criminal Justice Edward Freeman Senior Business Management Matthew King Senior Business Management Michael Sammons Senior Business Management R.J. Tucker Senior Accounting
Winona State Taylor Cameron Junior Business Administration Xavier Humphrey Junior Criminal Justice Alexander Culver Junior Special Education
Wisconsin – Madison Jared Berggren Senior Personal Finance Dan Fahey Junior Political Science
Wisconsin – Milwaukee Tony Meier Senior Finance Christian Wolf Senior Religious Studies
Wisconsin – Stevens Point Jordan Brezinski Senior Business Administration
Wittenberg Clayton Black Senior Philosophy Alex Brandt Senior Management Michael Cooper Senior History Michael Duffy Senior Management Sam Gardner Senior Political Science Josh McKee Senior Management Eli Pavlatos Junior Physics Jacob Weide Senior Management
Wofford Brad Loesing Senior Business Economics Kevin Giltner Senior Business Economics Matt Steelman Senior Business Economics Joseph Tecklenburg Senior Government and Economics Domas Rinksalis Junior Accounting & Finance Drew Crowell Senior Economics
Wooster Matt Fegan Senior History
Yale Reggie Wilhite Senior Political Science Sam Martin Junior Political Science/Economic Austin Morgan Junior Architecture Brian Katz Senior Political Science
York (Pennsylvania) Andrew Pawlyk Senior Finance Todd Maciejewski Junior Recreation Michael Oursler Senior Finance Chad Styer Junior Public Relations Jordan Martz Junior Sport Management
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective 12 group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.
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