NABC Honors Court | NABC Team Academic Excellence Award

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. –Saint John's University earned its fourth consecutive National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award and six student-athletes were named to the 2015-16 NABC Honors Court on Wednesday, July 27.

To be eligible for the honor, a college or university must submit the grade points earned and hours attempted for each player on its official squad list for the academic year and carry a team GPA of 3.00 or higher. To be eligible for the Honors Court, student-athletes must be a junior or senior academically, a varsity player during the 2015-16 season, boast a 3.2 GPA or higher at the conclusion of the academic year, and have spent at least one full year at the current institution.

The 21 Johnnies on the official roster combined for a 3.31 GPA.

The Johnnies recognized were:

-Junior Will Bauman (Monticello, Minn.), biology major; 
-Junior Tim Immelman (Sartell, Minn./Sartell-St. Stephen), psychology major;
-Senior Mitchell Kuck (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial), accounting major;
-Senior Jordan Peterson (Eden Prairie, Minn.), economics major;
-Senior Joe Risinger (Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka), global business leadership major;
-Junior Conrad Sexe (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge), philosophy and psychology double-major.

SJU finished third in the MIAC with a 13-7 record (19-8 overall) and earned its 23rd trip to the conference playoffs under the direction of first-year head coach Pat McKenzie '04 in 2015-16.