Three individual AMCC men's basketball players were recognized for success in the classroom by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) when the organization released its academic awards this week. The Penn State Altoona men's team was also recognized as a whole for their classroom excellence.

On Tuesday, Penn State Altoona junior forward/center Dominic Frucella, senior guard Nate Gillen, as well as Hilbert College's Christian Przybyla were announced as having earned spots on the NABC Honors Court, which recognizes men's collegiate basketball student-athletes in all NCAA divisions and NAIA who excelled in academics during the past season.

In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must academically be a junior or senior and a player on the varsity level of his team, hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year, have matriculated at least one year at his current institution, and be a member of an NCAA or NAIA institution with an NABC member coach.

View the complete list of 2020-21 NABC Honors Court student-athletes

Additionally, the NABC announced its ninth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards on Wednesday, and it included the Penn State Altoona men's basketball team as a recipient. These awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for the 2020-21 season.

To earn an NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA, and two-year colleges must count the GPAs of all men's student-athletes on the basketball roster during the 2020-21 year.

View the complete list of 2020-21 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award recipients