KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Wednesday its sixth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics.

These awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2017-18 season. The NABC invites you to share the success of these student-athletes on social media using the hashtag #NABCTeamExcellence.

Northwest's men's basketball team compiled a 3.07 team GPA and was one of only four junior colleges nationwide to be honored by the NABC. Bubba Skelton's squad was also honored with All-Academic distinction from the MACJC and the NJCAA earlier this summer.

On the court, Northwest finished 22-4 overall as MACJC North Division Champions, MACJC runner-up and was ranked 12th in the final NJCAA poll.
 
In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2017-18 season.