KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has 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. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
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 and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's basketball program was among the programs recognized with the Team Excellence Award, along with student-athletes, Marzouq Abdur-Razaaq, Gunter Daniels, James Ellis, Brady Jones, Xavier Martinez, and Joshua Ray who all earned spots on the honors court.
The Mountain Lions finished the season with a 15-14 overall record, reaching the RMAC Quarterfinal game for the second straight season. They will tip off the 2026-27 season on November 13th at home against Cameron University.
2026 UCCS Men's Basketball Honors Court
- Marzouq Abdur-Razaaq (Jr., Business: Aurora, Colo.)
- Gunter Daniels (R-Fr., Business: Liberty Hills, Texas)
- James Ellis (Jr., Engineering: Brisbane, Australia)
- Brady Jones (R-So., Geography & Environmental Science: Monument, Colo.)
- Xavier Martinez (Jr., Sports Management: San, Antonio, Texas)
- Joshua Ray (R-Fr., Business: Aurora, Colo.)
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
