KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Northern Michigan Men's Basketball team has received academic honors for the fourth consecutive season, as the NABC has announced the recipients of the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.

Carson Smith (Financial Management) and Connor McCance (Accounting) earned positions on the NABC Honors Court for the Wildcats. 

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2022-23 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 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.

"Education is a core value of the NABC, and we are privileged to recognize these outstanding student-athletes and the coaches and support staff who invest in their development," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "The hundreds of teams and thousands of players that qualified for NABC academic awards this season are a testament to our sport's ongoing prioritization of success in the classroom."

Over 300 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2022-23, with  Wayne State joining NMU as the only GLIAC schools to be honored. The full release from the NABC is available by clicking here.

In 2022-23, NMU won the GLIAC Tournament, earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the field of 32. The first-round win over Hillsdale set a school record for most wins in a single season (25). Max Bjorklund earned All-GLIAC First Team, Dylan Kuehl was also a First-Team recipient as well as landing on the All-Defensive Team, while Max Weisbrod was the GLIAC Freshman of the Year along with All-GLIAC Second Team.