The National Association of Basketball Coaches' (NABC) recently named seven AMCC men's basketball players to the 2016-17 Honors Court. Honorees include D'Youville College junior William VanAuken, senior Mark Jorgensen, and junior Jeremy VanDuluitgaarden, Franciscan University's senior Keoni Sablan, Medaille College senior Johnathan Belton and junior Justice Fagan, and Penn State Altoona senior Quinn Luhr.

For the past 11 years, the NABC Honors Court has recognized men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics each season. To qualify for inclusion on the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria.

The qualifications are as follows:

1. Academically a junior or senior, and a varsity player.

2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 academic year.

3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.

4. Member of an NCAA Division I, II, or III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with an NABC member coach.

The NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. The organization currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches.