KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC announced the recipients of the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.
 
Four NEWMAC institutions earned the Team Excellence Award, as Clark, MIT, Springfield and WPI each finished the 2022-23 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
 
Additionally, 22 NEWMAC student-athletes were named to the Honors Court, which recognizes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2022-23 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
The full list of NEWMAC honorees is below.

Babson College                         Aaron Gao                         Finance                                   Sr.
Babson College                         John Gorgol                       Finance                                  Jr.
Babson College                         Ryan Cibull                        Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership         Grad.
Clark University                         Charlie Trey-Masters         Psychology                             Sr.
Clark University                         Donovan Price                   Finance                                  Jr.
Clark University                         Jordan Richard                  Business Management           Jr.
Clark University                         Mikey O'Brien                    Business Management           Jr.
MIT                                            Luke Wagner                     Computer Science                  Jr.
Springfield College                    Andrew Rocci                    Business Management           Jr.
Springfield College                    Cameron Garber               Psychology                              Sr.
Springfield College                    Curtis Blische                    Sports Biology                         Jr.
Springfield College                    Nathaniel Gryczka             Finance                                   Jr.
Springfield College                    Panayiotis Kapanides        Movement and Sport Studies              Sr.
Springfield College                    Tre Hodge                          Sport Management                 Jr.
Springfield College                    Tyler Garry                         Health Science/Pre-PT           Sr.
Springfield College                    Zach Falkenburg                Strength and Conditioning      Grad.
WPI                                            Andrew Lufkin                    Business                                 Jr.
WPI                                            Austin Zhou                        Financial Technology              Sr.
WPI                                            Ben Sseruwagi                   Business                                 Sr.
WPI                                            Donovan Sevilla                 Biomedical Engineering          Jr.
WPI                                            John Adams                       Mechanical Engineering          Jr.
WPI                                            Reese Swedberg               Mechanical Engineering          Grad.

About the NEWMAC

The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with four Associate Members: Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime (Football) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), while sponsoring 20 sports.