KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Wednesday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, recognizing outstanding academic achievement by men's college basketball teams and individual student-athletes.

Charleston Southern earned recognition for its academic excellence during the 2025-26 school year, while eight members of last season's squad were named to the NABC Honors Court.

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 student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 academic year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and student-athletes from all levels of college basketball.

"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "Education is one of the NABC's core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport."

The eight Buccaneers who earned NABC Honors Court recognition are Nate Brafford, Trent Coleman, Jesse Hafemeister, Reis Jones, Kaleb Lofton, Lase Olalere, A'lahn Sumler and Luke Williams.

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