The Pacific men's basketball team and 11 of its players were recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for academic excellence during the 2025-26 season.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs 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. Representing the Boxers on the Honors Court were Anthony Gehring (Business), Anthony Hrboka (Psychology), Colby Beck-Watts (Business), Gavin Siddoway (Kinesiology), Ian Coates-White (Business Administration), Jared Pamintuan (Finance), Max Vacco (Business), Nate Willis (SLAM), Romyn Johnson (Business Finance), Ryder Mackay (Business) and Tyler Vineyard (Accounting). 

The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.

"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "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."

Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26.

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