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Men’s Basketball Earns Team Academic Award
July 11, 2017 | Men's Basketball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State men's basketball team was honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) with a Team Academic Excellence Award on Wednesday.
This award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2016-17 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2016-17 season.
Oregon State and Stanford are the only Pac-12 schools to earn the recognition from the NABC.
A program record seven Oregon State student-athletes earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors this past season. Daine Muller, Gligorije Rakocevic and Stephen Thompson Jr. were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, Tres Tinkle was selected to the Second Team, and Matt Dahlen, Drew Eubanks and Tanner Sanders earned honorable mention recognition.
The most Pac-12 All-Academic selections Oregon State had previously in a year was two in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
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.
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This award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2016-17 season. In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2016-17 season.
Oregon State and Stanford are the only Pac-12 schools to earn the recognition from the NABC.
A program record seven Oregon State student-athletes earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors this past season. Daine Muller, Gligorije Rakocevic and Stephen Thompson Jr. were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, Tres Tinkle was selected to the Second Team, and Matt Dahlen, Drew Eubanks and Tanner Sanders earned honorable mention recognition.
The most Pac-12 All-Academic selections Oregon State had previously in a year was two in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
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.
OREGON STATE ATHLETICS' EVERYDAY CHAMPIONS CULTURE
Through the power of sport, we help people discover and pursue their passions, talents and purpose in order to live a life of balance and positive contribution.
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