Kansas City, Mo. – For the second consecutive season, West Texas A&M Men's Basketball has been named a recipient of the 2025-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award, as announced by the organization Wednesday afternoon. In addition, seniors James Shiers, Brock Mishak, Nicholas Jett, and junior Kemper Jones were selected to the NABC Honors Court.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
 
To be selected for the NABC Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet the following criteria:

• Academically a junior, senior or graduate student and a varsity player.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the academic year.
• Member of a four-year institution with at least one active NABC-member coach.

 
"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."
 
As a team, the Buffs tallied a cumulative GPA of 3.065. 
 
This was also the second straight season that Mishak and Jett have been named to the NABC Honors Court.
 
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