Seven MBB Players Named to NABC Honors Court
Posted: Jul 15, 2020

Seven MBB Players Named to NABC Honors Court

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the 2019-20 NABC Honors Court on Wednesday, recognizing those men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.

Seven student-athletes from Mitchell College were recognized. Matt Finke earned the honor for the second time in his career while Elijah Baidoo, Malik Chase, Julius Hemingway, Connel Henderson, Brendan Miller and Tyler Peretz were first-time recipients. To be eligible for the award a student-athlete must be either a junior or senior academically and have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

The seven recipients marked the most ever for the Mitchell program. Mitchell also the only institution from the New England Collegiate Conference that was represented.  

Mitchell finished the season with an overall record of 12-15 but went 8-4 in the New England Collegiate Conference. The Mariners advanced to the NECC Championsthip title game for the second straight year but came up on the wrong end of a buzzer beater against top-seeded New England College.

Click here for the complete list of honorees.

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.