KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches recently 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 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. For the first time in recent memory, the Arizona Western Men's Basketball team is presented the award for their hard work in the classroom. 

"Championships are earned in the gym. Character is built in the classroom," Arizona Western men's basketball head coach Kyle Isaacs said. "It's the first time in a very long time. Proud of our team for earning the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award by committing to excellence in every area of student-athlete life."

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 which includes college junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26.

The Arizona Western Men's Basketball team earned a team GPA of 3.273 in the Spring, improving on the 3.19 GPA the team compiled in the fall 2025 semester.