Men's Basketball | 7/15/2026 12:05:00 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2025-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and individual players.

Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26. The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 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 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Barry University earned the team award with a 3.17 combined GPA for the year, while six Bucs were named to the Honor Court: Jose Benitez, Michael Bradley III, Sami Elkamel, Adren Roberts, Breno Silva and Tarrence Warren. The six member of the honors court tied the program record for selections in a year.

"Our goal at Barry is to meet the standard in all areas," head coach Justin Furr said. "We enter each semester with the goal of doing your best on the court, in the community, and in the classroom. I'm extremely proud of our guys for upholding the standard academically this season. The academic support team at Barry is one of the best I have been around. Frank Gonzalez, Lisa Perez-Santiago, and Mariana Bertran provide our guys with all the resources needed to be successful. Their staff always goes the extra mile for all our student-athletes. Excited to see what we can achieve moving forward."

Benitez, who joined the team this year from Southern Miss, graduated with a 3.445 GPA in Spanish. The 6-1 guard played in 21 games, making 16 starts for the Bucs. He averaged 5.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists.

Bradley, a junior in criminology, carried a 3.24 GPA for the year. On the court, he played in 26 games, making 15 starts. He averaged 4.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game, while shooting 31.8 percent from three-point range and 81.8 percent from the line.

Elkamel, another criminology major, is a junior with a 3.65 GPA. He saw action in 23 game off the bench, averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds, while shooting 63.3 percent from the floor. He tied for the team lead in blocked shots with 24, despite averaging just 10.8 minutes per contest.

Roberts, who graduated with a 3.394 GPA in international business, saw limited action during the season due to injury. In four games, all starts, he averaged 8.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks, shooting 73.7 percent from the floor.

Silva, a junior who transferred from Florida Southwestern College, carried a 3.372 GPA in international business. The sharpshooter from Brazil played in 29 games, making nine starts. He averaged 5.5 points and 2.1 rebounds, connecting at a 37.9 percent clip behind the arc and 75.9 percent from the line.

Warren, another transfer from Arizona Western College, compiled a 3.472 GPA in sport management. In 29 games, five starts, he was the team's third-leading scorer at 13.4 points per game, adding 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 steals, while shooting 31.8 percent from three-point range and 75.6 percent from the line.

"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson said. "Education is one of the NABC's core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport."

ABOUT the NABC

The National Association of Basketball Coaches is a professional development and advocacy organization supporting coaches at every level of the sport. Over 5,000 basketball coaches throughout the ranks of the NCAA, NAIA, USCAA, NCCAA, two-year colleges, high schools, youth programs and international clubs hold NABC memberships.