KANSAS CITY, MO – The Iona University men's basketball team earned NABC Team Academic Excellence honors and five student-athletes were recognized individually on its Honors Court for their performance in the classroom during the 2025-26 year. Graduate students
Toby Harris,
Luke Jungers and
Lamin Sabally were joined by senior
Denver Anglin and junior
Kosy Akametu on the Honors Court. The NABC has announced the recipients of the awards, representing achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and individual players.
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.
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. Four Metro Conference programs (Iona, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary's and Saint Peter's), nine New York Metropolitan area programs (Columbia, FDU, Fordham, Hofstra, Iona, NJIT, Rutgers, Saint Peter's, and Seton Hall) and six schools from New York State (Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Hofstra and Iona). Individually, 28 Metro Conference, 44 New York Metropolitan Area, and 39 New York state school student-athletes were recognized.
2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
| Metro Conference |
NY Metropolitan Area |
New York State |
| Iona |
Columbia |
Colgate |
| Merrimack |
FDU |
Columbia |
| Mount St. Mary's |
Fordham |
Cornell |
| Saint Peter's |
Hofstra |
Fordham |
|
Iona |
Hofstra |
|
NJIT |
Iona |
|
Rutgers |
|
|
Saint Peter's |
|
|
Seton Hall |
|
2025-26 NABC Honors Court - Metro Conference
| Player Name |
School Name |
Academic Year |
Major |
| Kosy Akametu |
Iona |
Jr. |
Media and Strategic Communication |
| Denver Anglin |
Iona |
Sr. |
Entrepreneurship |
| Toby Harris |
Iona |
Gr. |
Sports Communication and Media |
| Luke Jungers |
Iona |
Gr. |
Business |
| Lamin Sabally |
Iona |
Gr. |
Business |
| Aryan Arora |
Manhattan |
Gr. |
Business |
| Jackson Delaney |
Manhattan |
Jr. |
Accounting |
| Devin Dinkins |
Manhattan |
Sr. |
Organizational Leadership |
| Terrance Jones |
Manhattan |
Gr. |
PSLG |
| Michael Lawlor |
Manhattan |
Sr. |
Economics |
| Rhyjon Blackwell |
Marist |
Gr. |
Integrated Marketing Communication |
| Jadin Collins-Roberts |
Marist |
Sr. |
Communication |
| Jason Schofield |
Marist |
Jr. |
Business Administration |
| Todd Brogna |
Merrimack |
Jr. |
Computer Science |
| Aliou Cisse |
Merrimack |
Sr. |
Education |
| Malik Edmead |
Merrimack |
Gr. |
Communications |
| Andres Marrero |
Merrimack |
Gr. |
Management |
| Ernest Shelton |
Merrimack |
Jr. |
Business Management |
| KC Ugwuakazi |
Merrimack |
Jr. |
Business Management |
| Patrick Haigh |
Mount St. Mary's |
Sr. |
Data Science |
| Xavier Lipscomb |
Mount St. Mary's |
Gr. |
Sport Management |
| John Miller IV |
Mount St. Mary's |
Gr. |
Business Administration |
| Mason So |
Mount St. Mary's |
Jr. |
Business |
| Griffin Barrouk |
Sacred Heart |
Gr. |
MBA |
| Jaden Slaughter |
Sacred Heart |
Sr. |
Political Science |
| J'Quan Ewing |
Saint Peter's |
Gr. |
Psychology |
| Eric Morgan Jr. |
Saint Peter's |
Sr. |
Business Management |
| Shaedon Simpson |
Saint Peter's |
Jr. |
Real Estate and Business |
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