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National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2019-20 Team Academic Excellence Awards

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 16, 2020) -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the eighth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics. These awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2019-20 season.

In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men’s student-athletes who competed during the 2019-20 season.

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 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.com.

2019-20 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards

Adelphi University Bluffton University Chaminade University of Honolulu Anderson University (IN) Boston University Charlotte Aquinas College Bradley University Chico State Arkansas State University Brandeis University Christopher Newport University Augsburg University Briar Cliff University Clarkson University Augusta University Brigham Young University Clemson University Augustana University Bryant University Coe College Azusa Pacific University Caldwell University Colgate University Babson College California Baptist University College of Mount Saint Vincent Baker University California Institute of Technology College of Saint Rose Barton College California State University, Bakersfield Colorado School of Mines Baruch College California State University, East Bay Columbia College Bates College Calvin University Concordia University Ann Arbor Belmont University Carleton Concordia University Wisconsin Bemidji State University Carnegie Mellon University Crown College Benedictine College Carthage College Daemen College Benedictine University Case Western Reserve University Dallas Baptist University Bentley University Cedarville University Denison University 1 DePaul University Kansas State University Pace University DePauw University Kent State University Pacific Lutheran University Dixie State University Kenyon College Palm Beach Atlantic University Doane University King's College Penn State Abington Dominican University LaGrange College Penn State Altoona Dominican University of California Lake Forest College Penn State Behrend Drury University Langston University Penn State Harrisburg East Central University Lawrence Technological University Pennsylvania State University East Texas Baptist University Lawrence University Peru State College Eastern Michigan University Lehigh University Piedmont College Eastern Washington University LeTourneau University Point Loma Nazarene University Eckerd College Lewis University Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Edgewood College Liberty University Pratt Institute Elmira College Lincoln University- Missouri Principia College Elon University Loyola University Chicago Quinnipiac University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (FL) Loyola University Maryland Rice University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ) Lynn University Ripon College Emerson College Madonna University Rockhurst University Emory University Maine Maritime Academy Roosevelt University Ferris State University Marist College Rowan University Florida Gulf Coast University Marywood University Rutgers University Florida Southern College Menlo College Saint John's University (MN) Franklin & Marshall College Mercer University Saint Joseph's College Maine Geneva College Mercy College Saint Martin's University Georgia College Michigan State University Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Gettysburg College Michigan Technological University Salt Lake Community College Gonzaga University Midland University Salve Regina University Grand View University Milligan College San Francisco State University Guilford College Milwaukee School of Engineering Sarah Lawrence College Hamilton College Minnesota State University Moorhead Seattle Pacific University Hamline University Minnesota State University, Mankato Seattle University Hanover College Mitchell College Seton Hall University Harding University Molloy College Shenandoah University Hartwick College Monmouth University Siena College Harvard University Moravian College Simpson College Hawai'i Pacific University Morningside College South Dakota School of Mines Henderson State University Mount St. Joseph University South Dakota State University Hendrix College Nazareth College Southeastern Oklahoma State University High Point University New England College Southwestern College Hillsdale College New York Institute of Technology Southwestern University (TX) Hofstra University New York University Spring Arbor University Holy Names University Newberry College Springfield College Hood College North Central College St. Ambrose University Hope College North Dakota State University St. Cloud State University Houston Baptist University Northeastern University St. Edward's University Humboldt State University Northern Arizona University St. Francis College Brooklyn Hunter College Northern Kentucky University St. John Fisher College Idaho State University Northern Michigan University Stanford University Illinois Springfield Northern Vermont University-Lyndon State University of New York - Plattsburgh Illinois Wesleyan University Ohio Valley University Stephen F Austin Indiana Institute of Technology Ohio Wesleyan University Stevens Institute of Technology Indiana University East Oklahoma State University Stonehill College John Brown University Old Dominion University Suffolk University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Olivet Nazarene University SUNY Canton 2 Susquehanna University University of Virginia Swarthmore College University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire The Citadel University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh The College of New Jersey University of Wisconsin-Platteville The College of St. Scholastica University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point The College of Wooster Upper Iowa University The Master's University Ursinus College The Sage Colleges Utah State University The University of Texas at Austin Vassar College The University of Texas at Dallas Villanova University Thomas More University Virginia Military Institute Trinity College Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Trinity University Wabash College Tulane University Waldorf University Union College Wartburg College Univ. of Hawaii Hilo Washington & Jefferson College Univ. of Minnesota Crookston Washington and Lee University University of Arkansas Fort Smith Washington College University of California, Berkeley Washington University in St. Louis University of Chicago Wayland Baptist University University of Dallas Wayne State College University of Hartford Wayne State University University of La Verne Waynesburg University University of Louisville West Liberty University University of Maine, Farmington West Texas A&M University University of Mary West Virginia University University of Mary Washington Western Carolina University University of Miami Western Michigan University University of Minnesota Westmont College University of Minnesota Duluth Wheaton College (IL) University of Missouri Kansas City Wichita State University University of Montana Willamette University Men's Basketball University of Nebraska Omaha William Jewell College University of New Hampshire Winona State University University of New Haven Wisconsin-River Falls University of North Dakota Wofford College University of Northwestern-St. Paul Wright State University University of Notre Dame Yale University University of Pennsylvania York College of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Youngstown State University University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown University of Redlands University of Rochester University of Saint Katherine University of San Francisco University of South Carolina University of South Dakota University of South Florida University of St. Thomas (Minn.) University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas at San Antonio University of The Incarnate Word University of Toledo University of Utah 3