KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced the 2023-24 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season. The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference was represented by a conference record 37 student-athletes. To view the entire 2023-24 NABC Honors Court, click here.
This year marks the 12th-straight season 14 or more SCAC student-athletes have earned NABC Honors Court recognition.
The student-athletes hail from seven of the league's nine member schools, including Austin College, Colorado College, University of Dallas, Schreiner University Southwestern University, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University. Colorado College paced all SCAC schools with 10 members on the NABC Honor Court, followed by Schreiner (8), Trinity (7), Southwestern (5), Dallas (4), Texas Lutheran (2) and Austin College (1).
The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom.
Below are the 37 SCAC student-athletes who were recognized:
Austin College
Nate Williams - Junior - Business Administration
Colorado College
Adrian Price - Junior - English-Creative Writing
Alex Russo - Senior - Economics
Devin Philio - Junior - Economics
Edgar Romero - Junior - Economics
Kevin Dittman - Junior - Economics
Kyle Lee - Junior - Neuroscience
Leo Magnus - Junior - Economics
Scott Ruegg - Junior - Economics
Taylor Harris - Senior - Neuroscience
Trey Crawford - Senior - Mathematics
University of Dallas
Aaron Pizana - Junior - Business
Louis Christifano - Senior - Business
Marcus Juarez - Senior - Business
Zac Olmsted - Graduate Student - Business Administration
Schreiner University
Anello Hill Zanoni - Junior - Political Science
Beau Cervantes - Senior - Political Science
Bradley Russell - Junior - Engineering
Christian Caldwell - Senior - Finance
Cristian Guajardo - Senior - Biology
Damian Maldonado - Senior - Public Health
Marcus Villarreal - Senior - Exercise Science
Mateus Reichert Blume - Senior - Eercise Science
Southwestern University
Brock Luechtefeld - Junior - Business
Casey Knudson - Junior - Kinesiology
Jacob Hester - Senior - Business
Nick Crump - Senior - Business
Stephen Smith - Junior - Business
Texas Lutheran University
Easton Allen - Junior - Communication Studies
Isaac Orozco - Junior - Integrated Studies
Trinity University
Abdullah Roberts - Senior - Mathematical Finance
Braxton Barry - Junior Accounting
Grant Jacobs - Junior - Business Administration
Grayson Herr - Senior - Mathematical Finance
Jacob Harvey - Junior - Communication
Tanner Brown - Senior - Biology
Ty Williams - Junior - Environmental Science
In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year.
3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
4. Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach.
Click here to see the full list of 2023-24 NABC Honors Court members.
