NABC Release

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2025-26 Saint John's University basketball team collected its 14th-straight National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award and three Johnnies were named to the 2025-26 NABC Honors Court on Wednesday, July 15.

To be eligible for the Team Academic Excellence Award, 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 3.0 or higher.

The 24 Johnnies combined for a 3.61 GPA in 2025-26.

To be eligible for the NABC Honors Court, student-athletes must be a junior or senior academically, a member of the 2025-26 roster, boast a 3.2 cumulative 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, academic years are for 2025-26):

-Junior wing Jamison Lien (Prior Lake, Minn.), an exercise and health science major;
-Junior guard A.J. McCleery (Mahtomedi, Minn.), a finance major;
-Senior guard Thomas Menk (Lewiston, Minn./Lewiston-Altura), an accounting major.

The Johnnies finished second in the MIAC with an 11-5 record (16-11 overall) and advanced to their sixth MIAC playoff championship game in the past seven seasons in 2025-26.