KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the third annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics. These awards, earned by more than 175 colleges and universities, recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2014-15 season. @NABC1927 invites you to share the success of these student athletes using #NABC #TEAMEXCELLENCE.
In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, III, and NAIA Divisions I and II, must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2014-15 season.
2014-15 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
Alfred University
Alma College
American University
Ashland University
Austin College
Azusa Pacific
Bard College
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont University
Beloit College
Bentley University
Bluffton University
Briar Cliff University
Caldwell University
California Baptist University
California Institute of Technology
California State Univ. East Bay
Calvin College
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Castleton University
Central Michigan University
Coe College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Colorado Christian University
Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Concordia College (MN)
Concordia University (OR)
D'Youville College
Dallas Baptist University
Denison University
Dominican University
Dominican University (CA)
Drake University
Eastern Washington University
Emory & Henry College
Emory University
Florida Southern College
Franklin College
George Fox University
Gettysburg College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Hampden-Sydney College
Harvard University
Hendrix College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Holy Cross College
Holy Names University
Hood College
Idaho State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University East
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Kansas Wesleyan University
Kenyon College
Lake Erie College
Lawrence Technological Univ.
Lawrence University
Lewis University
Lynn University
Lyon College
Macalester College
Malone University
Marywood University
Messiah College
Metropolitan State University
of Denver
Michigan Technological University
Midland University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Molloy College
Mount Aloysius College
Nazareth College
Nebraska Wesleyan University
New York University
North Dakota State University
University of North Florida
Northwestern-St. Paul
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oklahoma Christian University
Oswego State
Pacific Lutheran University
Piedmont College
Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Post University
Principia College
Rhodes College
Rice University
Rockhurst University
Rogers State University
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology
Saint John's University (MN)
Saint Joseph's College (ME)
Saint Xavier University
Salve Regina University
Seattle Pacific University
South Dakota Mines & Technology
Southern Connecticut State Univ.
Southwestern College (KS)
Southwestern Oklahoma State
Southwestern University
Springfield College
St. Ambrose University
St. Edward's University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Summit University
SUNY Oneonta
SUNY-New Paltz
Swarthmore College
The Citadel
The College of St. Rose
The College of St. Scholastica
The University of Scranton
Trine University
Trinity University
Union College (NY)
University of Alaska-Anchorage
University of Chicago
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Northern Iowa
University of Redlands
University of Rio Grande
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of the Sciences
Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Urbana University
Utah Valley University
Valley City State University
Vassar College
Wabash College
Washington U. in St. Louis
Wayne State University
Waynesburg University
Wesleyan University
Westminster College (UT)
Westminster College (PA)
Whitworth University
Willamette University
William Jewell College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.