KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the 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 on Thursday morning.
For San Francisco,
Justin Bieker (Entrepreneurship & Innovation),
Volodymyr Markovetskyy (Communications Studies),
Zane Meeks (Business Analytics),
Toni Rocak (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) and
Jonas Visser (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) were named to the NABC Honors Court. Additionally, the 2022-23 Dons also earned the NABC's Team Academic Excellence Award. Notably, this honor marks the fifth straight season in which USF has received the team academic award.
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 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's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball.
"Education is a core value of the NABC, and we are privileged to recognize these outstanding student-athletes and the coaches and support staff who invest in their development," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "The hundreds of teams and thousands of players that qualified for NABC academic awards this season are a testament to our sport's ongoing prioritization of success in the classroom."
Over 1,800 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 300 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2022-23. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by
clicking here.
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