The National Association of Basketball Coaches released its annual Honors Court on Tuesday. The list is to recognize those men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
The criteria for making this prestigious list include:
• Academically being a junior or senior and a varsity player
• Having a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2016-17 academic year • Having matriculated at least one year at the current institution
• Being a member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach
There were 20 from Kansas colleges to make the 2016-2017 Honors Court. Bethany put four on the list.
• Aaron Bachura, McPherson, junior, business management major
• Chase Banister, Bethel, junior, business administration major
• Zach Batman, Bethany, senior, chemistry major
• C.J. Bolton, Baker, senior, secondary education and business administration major
• Zach Bush, Wichita State, senior, sport management major
• Myron Fisher, Southwestern, junior, education/mid-level math major
• Grant Holmes, Fort Hays State, junior, marketing major
• Jacob Horsch, Southwestern, junior, business administration major
• Jordan Horstick, Tabor, junior, psychology major
• Kyle Huxman, Tabor, junior, business administration major
• Taylor Johnson, Baker, senior, biology major
• Tyler Larkin, Bethany, senior, biology major
• Tanner Long, Bethel, junior, business administration major
• Cody May, Tabor, senior, business administration major
• Ian Merzwinsky, Bethany, senior, exercise science major
• Jacob Miller, Bethel, senior, communication and literary studies major
• Mason Schoen, Kansas State, junior, business-financial management major
• Brady Skeens, Washburn, junior, business major
• Jalen Thompson, Bethany , senior, physical health and wellness major
• Clay Young, Kansas, junior, sport management major