NABC ANNOUNCES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) placed 20 AMCC student-athletes on the NABC Honors Court for the 2025-26 academic year, recognizing their outstanding achievements in the classroom. 

The organization also announced the Penn State Behrend men's basketball team as recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for carrying a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. Student-athletes with a GPA of 3.2 or higher earned the individual accolades.

Hilbert College
Darrian Jones, Digital Media & Communications
Jordan Mitchell, Business Management
Ronnie Lewis, Criminal Justice Administration

Penn State Altoona
Kaden Claar, Kinesiology
Mason Kargo, Accounting
Aidan McCormack, Business Management/Marketing

Penn State Behrend
Matthew McDonough, MBA
Charlie Breindel, Environmental Science
Michael Sopko, Psychology
Mason Blankenberg, Software Engineering
Dolan Waldo, Marketing
Jacob Jenisch, Electrical Engineering
Jake Ziegler, Data Analytics
James Wesling, Industrial Engineering
Shawn Mason, Mechanical Engineering

Pitt-Greensburg
Matthew Marinchak, Early Childhood and Special Education
Trent Rozich, Data Analytics
Jackson Byer, Management
Ben Thomas, Management 
Michael Bigley, Management