KANSAS CITY, Mo. - This week the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) released its 2025-26 Academic Awards, and the University of Northwestern Men's Basketball team was well-represented. Eight student-athletes were among the NABC Honors Court recipients, while the team was also recognized as one of the Team Academic Excellence Award honorees.

The full NABC press release can be accessed here.

According to the NABC, "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 (by credit) 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."

2025-26 NABC Honors Court
- Isaac Aune (New Brighton, Minn./Avail Academy)
- Jonah Burnett (Orr, Minn./North Woods)
- Blake Dalluge (Rogers, Minn./Rogers)
- Will Foster (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie)
- AJ Greene (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy)
- Samson Hagstrom (Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria Area)
- Jacob Hoefs (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista)
- Ben Tschida (Andover, Minn./Legacy Christian Academy)