KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its 2024-25 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court on Thursday, which represent outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.
 
With an average cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.52, the Bears earned the Team Academic Excellence Award for the 13^th-straight season, having earned the award every year since its inception in 2012-13. To earn this award, basketball programs must have completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
 
Additionally, five players were named to the NABC Honors Court – Calvin Kapral (data science), Hayden Doyle (finance and psychology), Kyle Beedon (data science), Will Grudzinski (economics) and Yogi Oliff (finance). To make it on to the NABC Honors Court, a player must be a junior, senior or graduate student with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
For the 2024-25 academic year, more than 2,400 players earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards.
 
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