Men's Basketball | 7/20/2020 10:57:05 AM
Twenty-one student-athletes from five Empire 8 men's basketball programs earned National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court accolades. The NABC Honors Court highlights the talents and gifts that these men possess on the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom.
More than 1,350 men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season were honored. 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 2019-20 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.
League champion St. John Fisher led all Empire 8 programs with seven student-athletes honored. Elmira and Russell Sage each had four student-athletes earn the honor, while Hartwick and Nazareth both had three.
2019-20 NABC Honors Court Recipients (from Empire 8)
Elmira College
Jeremy Every, Senior
Joe Amoddio, Junior
Shawn Backus, Junior
Mason Weir, Junior
Hartwick College
Kyle Bradshaw, Senior
Pat Garey, Junior
Austin Haskell, Junior
Nazareth College
Cody Green, Senior
Issac Nelson, Junior
Kevin Underwood, Junior
Russell Sage College
Christian Larson, Senior
Josh Gonzalez, Junior
Morgan Shute, Junior
Nick Taylor, Junior
St. John Fisher College
James Leone, Senior
Sammy Robinson, Senior
Connor Sullivan, Senior
Matt Asenjo, Junior
Nick Klein, Junior
Louden Porter, Junior
Mark Valeriani, Junior
ABOUT THE EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE
The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit
www.empire8.com.
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