EMMITSBURG, Md. (July 15, 2026) - Four members fo the 2025-26 Mount St. Mary's men's basketball team earned a place on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. In addition, the team as a while recevied recognition to the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award. 

The four players are graduate students Xavier Lipscomb and John Miller IV; and juniors Patrick Haigh and Mason So. 

Per the organization's release, The NABC Honors Court includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "Education is one of the NABC's core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport."