NEW HAVEN, Conn. – For the 11th consecutive season, Yale men's basketball has received a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, announced on Thursday afternoon. Additionally, four student-athletes on the team garnered NABC Honors Court accolades.
 
The four Bulldogs to earn Honors Court recognition are: Casey Simmons, John Poulakidas, Teo Rice, and Nick Townsend.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
Over 2,400 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2024-25.
 
"Education is one of the NABC's five core values, and we are proud to recognize the academic accomplishments of these programs and individual student-athletes across our sport," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "The dedication and hard work of these athletes, along with their coaches and support staff members who prioritize academic success, deserves to be widely celebrated."