KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court on Wednesday, which represent outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.
The Bears have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.68, earning the Team Academic Award for the 14
th-consecutive year. WashU has earned the award every year since its inception in 2012-13.
To earn the team award, a program must have completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. In total, more than 400 programs across all divisions earned this award.
Additionally, eight players were named to the NABC Honors Court:
Calvin Kapral,
George Gale,
Jake Davis,
Kyle Beedon,
Lucas Vogel,
Ryan Cohen,
Will Grudzinski and
Yogi Oliff.
To earn a spot on 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 2025-26 academic year, more than 2,300 players earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court.
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