KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the seventh consecutive year, Seattle University men's basketball has earned the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award. In addition, nine Redhawks were named to the NABC Honors Court.
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2023-24 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 2023-24 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
The Redhawks compiled a 3.418 team GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, including an impressive 3.709 team GPA during the spring quarter. Seattle U was one of just three WAC programs to make the list along with California Baptist and Utah Tech. The nine Redhawks honored marked the most among WAC schools, which combined for 25 honorees.
Alex Schumacher, Brandton Chatfield, Cameron Tyson, John Christofilis, Kobe Williamson, Matthew Levis, Seyi Reiley, Vasja Pandža and Viktor Rajkovic all took home the Honors Court recognition. This marked a third straight honor for Chatfield while Levis, Pandža, Rajkovic, Reiley, Schumacher, Tyson and Williamson earned the honor for the second straight year. Christofilis was a first-time honorees as he was academically a junior in 2023-24.
This marks the sixth consecutive year that multiple Redhawks have been named to the NABC Honors Court. A record 11 players were honored in 2022-23, six players were honored in 2021-22, three players were honored in 2020-21, four were honored in 2019-20 and two players were honored in 2018-19.
Over 2,100 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 360 programs (all three divisions) received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2023-24. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here.
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2023-24 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 2023-24 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
The Redhawks compiled a 3.418 team GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, including an impressive 3.709 team GPA during the spring quarter. Seattle U was one of just three WAC programs to make the list along with California Baptist and Utah Tech. The nine Redhawks honored marked the most among WAC schools, which combined for 25 honorees.
Alex Schumacher, Brandton Chatfield, Cameron Tyson, John Christofilis, Kobe Williamson, Matthew Levis, Seyi Reiley, Vasja Pandža and Viktor Rajkovic all took home the Honors Court recognition. This marked a third straight honor for Chatfield while Levis, Pandža, Rajkovic, Reiley, Schumacher, Tyson and Williamson earned the honor for the second straight year. Christofilis was a first-time honorees as he was academically a junior in 2023-24.
This marks the sixth consecutive year that multiple Redhawks have been named to the NABC Honors Court. A record 11 players were honored in 2022-23, six players were honored in 2021-22, three players were honored in 2020-21, four were honored in 2019-20 and two players were honored in 2018-19.
Over 2,100 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 360 programs (all three divisions) received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2023-24. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here.