KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Last week, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the 2025-26 Academic Award Honorees. The Messiah University basketball team earned the Team Academic Excellence Award and five Falcons were named to the NABCA Honors Court.
The NABC team academic excellence award is given out to programs that completed the 2025-26 season with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honor's Court is given to upperclassmen that finished the season with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Over 400 programs received Team Academic Excellence honors and over 2,300 players were named to the NABC Honors Court.
Messiah Basketball's NABC Honors Court Honorees
Declan Hersh
Caleb Lyles
Johnny McBride
Peyton Rummler
Ben Wert
