NABC Honors Court

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Five Saint John's University basketball student-athletes were named to the 2018-19 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court on Wednesday, July 18.

To be eligible for this distinction, student-athletes must be a junior or senior academically, a varsity player during the 2018-19 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 Johnnies recognized were (alphabetically):

-Senior wing Ethan Larson (Independence, Minn./Orono), a global business leadership major; 
-Junior post Ethan Novacinski (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Apollo), a biology major;
-Junior guard Sean Ryan (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview), a global business leadership major;
-Senior guard David Stokman (Maple Lake, Minn.), an economics and philosophy double-major;
-Junior post Lucas Walford (Elko, Minn./New Prague), a global business leadership major.

SJU earned its seventh consecutive NABC Team Academic Excellence Award July 11. To be eligible for the honor, a college or university must submit the grade points earned for each player on its official squad list for the academic year and carry a team GPA of 3.00 or higher.

The 23 Johnnies on the official roster combined for a 3.30 GPA.