GRINNELL, Iowa — Three Midwest Conference (MWC) institutions received academic recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches on July 17 as the NABC Honors Court and Team Academic Excellence Awards were announced by the organization.
Grinnell College, Lake Forest College, and Ripon College accounted for 17 spots on the Honors Court list. Grinnell tallied 11 honors, while Lake Forest and Ripon each were represented three times.
The full list of MWC honorees is below.
The NABC Honors court includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Grinnell and Lake Forest were also named NABC Team Academic Excellence Award winners for completing the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Grinnell
David Bluder, Sr.
Dillon Gestring, Sr.
Jack Ruhanen, Sr.
Jackson Leone, Sr.
Max DeGeorge, Sr.
Mitch Priest, Sr.
Nick Courtney, Jr.
Sean Murphy, Jr.
Sean Walser, Jr.
Tolu Johnson, Sr.
Zach Rosen, Jr.
Lake Forest
Alex Brown, Jr.
Alex Knight, Sr.
Michael Michaud, Sr.
Ripon
Cade Tackmier, Sr.
Jayden Fitch, Sr.
Matthew Murphy, Sr.