Pirates Earn Third Straight NABC Academic Award
7/11/2018 10:01:00 AM | Men's Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -  The Seton Hall men's basketball team has been named a recipient of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2017-18 season, the organization announced Wednesday. Created by the NABC Committee on Academics and now in its sixth year, the Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. This is Seton Hall's third consecutive NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.
The Pirates were one of three BIG EAST teams to receive the honor this season. Butler and Villanova were the other two. Seton Hall and Butler are the only two BIG EAST teams to earn the honor each of the last three years.
Academics are a priority for head coach Kevin Willard and his staff, and he has been able to recruit student-athletes who not only have led the Pirates to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, but also three straight years of holding a cumulative GPA over 3.0. In addition, the men's basketball program has had 16 selections to the BIG EAST All-Academic team since 2016 (with more to be named for the 2017-18 later this month) and seven selections to the Seton Hall University Dean's List (3.4 GPA or higher for the semester) in the 2017-18 academic year. The program has had a 990 or higher NCAA multi-year academic progress rate in each of the last four , earning the NCAA's APR Public Recognition Award three times from 2015-17.
Click here to view archives for the NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards.
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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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The Pirates were one of three BIG EAST teams to receive the honor this season. Butler and Villanova were the other two. Seton Hall and Butler are the only two BIG EAST teams to earn the honor each of the last three years.
Academics are a priority for head coach Kevin Willard and his staff, and he has been able to recruit student-athletes who not only have led the Pirates to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, but also three straight years of holding a cumulative GPA over 3.0. In addition, the men's basketball program has had 16 selections to the BIG EAST All-Academic team since 2016 (with more to be named for the 2017-18 later this month) and seven selections to the Seton Hall University Dean's List (3.4 GPA or higher for the semester) in the 2017-18 academic year. The program has had a 990 or higher NCAA multi-year academic progress rate in each of the last four , earning the NCAA's APR Public Recognition Award three times from 2015-17.
Click here to view archives for the NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards.
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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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