Tribe Men's Basketball Earns NABC Academic Honor

College of William & Mary

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The William & Mary men's basketball team gained recognition for its efforts in the classroom, garnering the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Academic Excellence Award, the organization announced on Wednesday. The honor recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2016-17 season. 
It marks the second time in the five-year history of the team honor that the Tribe has been recognized. W&M received the distinction in 2012-13 as well. This season, the Green and Gold was one of 50 Division I programs and 208 across the country in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA to garner in the award. W&M was the only school in the state of Virginia and one of two (along with Elon) in the CAA to receive the accolade. The Tribe achieved a cumulative team grade point average (GPA) of 3.08 for the year at the 'Public Ivy' institution, its best since 2010. Over the last seven years, the Tribe has posted a team GPA of nearly 3.0. In May, the men's basketball program received its fifth-straight NCAA Public Recognition Awards. The award honors teams who registered an APR in the top 10 percent nationally in that sport. 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 ...

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