NABC Honors 2 Teams, 15 Student-Athletes for 2025-26 Academics
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has honored 15 Big South men's basketball student-athletes on its annual Honors Court, which recognizes juniors, seniors and graduate students who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. In addition, two Big South men's programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for completing the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
It is the fourth time in league history that two programs received Team Academic Excellence Award distinction, while the 15 Honors Court honorees is the conference's most since before 2004-05.
Below are the Big South's recipents for 2025-26:
NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
Charleston Southern
High Point
NABC Honors Court
A'lahn Sumler, Charleston Southern
Jesse Hafemeister, Charleston Southern
Kaleb Lofton, Charleston Southern
Lase Olalere, Charleston Southern
Luke Williams, Charleston Southern
Nate Brafford, Charleston Southern
Reis Jones, Charleston Southern
Trent Coleman, Charleston Southern
Conrad Martinez, High Point
Khalon Hudson, Presbyterian
Brayden Rivers, UNC Asheville
Connor Dubsky, UNC Asheville
Daniel Thomas, UNC Asheville
DJ Patrick, UNC Asheville
Jakel Powell, UNC Asheville