Concordia Receives NABC Academic Honors
Concordia earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, and had four individual student-athletes receive NABC Honors Court accolades.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (7/24/23)---Concordia was recognized as one of the eight MIAC teams to earn the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award. The Cobbers also had four individual student-athletes receive NABC Honors Court accolades.
Concordia finished the year with a team GPA above 3.0, while student-athletes David Birkeland, Nels Birkeland, Talon Hoffer and Matthew Johnson were placed on the Honors Court list. It is the second consecutive year for David Birkeland to receive the award.
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Team Academic Excellence Awards honor outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better during the 2022-23 season. In order to earn the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA must count the GPA of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2022-23 season.
The NABC also recognized 42 men's basketball student-athletes from the MIAC with Honors Court distinction. Established in 2007, the NABC Honors Court spotlights outstanding academic achievement by basketball student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of each academic year. Student-athletes must be academically a junior or senior varsity player and have matriculated at least one year at their current NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA institution.
The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2022-23 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
The NABC's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball.
Over 1,800 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court, and over 300 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2022-23.