Men's Basketball | 7/18/2025 9:00:00 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (pacathletics.org) – Six Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) programs and 46 student-athletes were honored for their performances in the classroom when the 2024-25 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court were announced by the organization.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

The NABC's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball. Over 2,400 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2024-25.

The six programs who were recognized with a Team Academic Award included: Allegheny College, Franciscan University, Geneva College, Grove City College, Washington & Jefferson College and Waynesburg University,

There were eight PAC programs with players earning a spot on the Honors Court, headlined by Geneva and Grove City with eight each. Franciscan placed seven on the Court, followed by Bethany College, Saint Vincent College, W&J and Waynesburg with five each, Allegheny had two on the list and Westminster College had one recognized.

The complete list of PAC student-athletes on the NABC Honors Court is listed below.
 

Name	School	Year	Major	Hometown/High School
Luke Barker	Allegheny	Sr.	Computer Science	New Castle, Pa./Struthers (Ohio)
Isaiah Portis	Allegheny	Jr.	Business	Medina, Ohio/Norwayne
Cole Dailey	Bethany	Jr.	Sports Management	East Liverpool, Ohio/East Liverpool
Troy Hixson	Bethany	Sr.	Marketing	Grove City, Ohio/Bishop Ready
Tyler Kytta	Bethany	Jr.	Management	Marietta, Ohio/Marietta
Ryan Reasbeck	Bethany	Jr.	Finance	Washington, Pa./Wheeling Central Catholic
Jacob Sanders	Bethany	Sr.	Psychology	Washington, Pa./Trinity
Nicholas Allienello	Franciscan	Grad.	Theology	Johnston, R.I./Providence Country Day
Frank Bellissimo	Franciscan	Jr.	Theology	New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach
Derrick Derrow	Franciscan	Sr.	Management	Moundsville, W.Va./John Marshall
Reece Miller	Franciscan	Jr.	Management	Strongsville, Ohio/Columbia Station
Malachi Rose-Burton	Franciscan	Jr.	Criminal Justice	Woodsfield, Ohio/Monroe Central
Yann Yonkeu	Franciscan	Sr.	Finance	Manchester, N.H./Holy Family Academy
Travis Zimmerman	Franciscan	Jr.	Management	Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park
Trey Barker	Geneva	Jr.	Marketing	Apex, NC/Trinity Academy
Jonathan Bertovich	Geneva	Jr.	Business	East Palestine, Ohio/Heartland Christian
Brayden Costea	Geneva	Jr.	Engineering	Minerva, Ohio/Minerva
KC Johns	Geneva	Grad.	MBA	Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley
Danny Lauer	Geneva	Jr.	Business	Brookville, Pa./Brookville
Mark Rachic	Geneva	Sr.	Nursing	Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert
Ryan Rachic	Geneva	Grad.	Cybersecurity	Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert
Alec Srock	Geneva	Jr.	Business	DuBois, Pa./DuBois Central Catholic
Jonah Bock	Grove City	Sr.	Finance	Erie, Pa./McDowell
Ben Cano	Grove City	Sr.	Biology	Greenville, Pa./Greenville
Mike Christenson	Grove City	Jr.	Biochemistry	Oakton, Va./Trinity
David Olinger	Grove City	Jr.	Computer Science	Glenside, Pa./Phil-Mont Christian
Kyle Randle	Grove City	Jr.	Exercise Science	Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North
Christian Suceveanu	Grove City	Jr.	Business	Pacific Palisades, Calif./Loyola
John Ward	Grove City	Sr.	Accounting	Indian Land, SC/Covenant Day-NC
Chase Yarberough	Grove City	Sr.	Business	Lititz, Pa./Warwick
Jaden Bailey	Saint Vincent	Jr.	Marketing	Monroeville, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Jevontae Jones	Saint Vincent	Grad.	Management: Operational Excellence	Beaver Falls, Pa./Richmond Heights-Ohio
Osyon Jones	Saint Vincent	Grad.	Management	Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore
Dev Ostrowski	Saint Vincent	Jr.	Sports Management	Niantic, Conn./East Lyme
Julien Vonovier	Saint Vincent	Jr.	Sports Management	Pully, Switzerland/DME Acdemy
Alex Acosta	W&J	Jr.	Chemistry/Engineering Foundations	Acworth, Ga./North Cobb
Joshua Chambers	W&J	Jr.	Computing and Information Studies/Business and African American Studies	Hanover, Md./Indian Creek
Brandon Jakiela	W&J	Jr.	Psychology/Business	McDonald, Pa./South Fayette
Brandon Learn	W&J	Jr.	Economics/Entrepreneurship	New Stanton, Pa./Hempfield
Conor Roberts	W&J	Jr.	Psychology	Washington, Pa./Trinity
Grant Barnhart	Waynesburg	Jr.	Business	St. Mary's, W.Va./St. Mary's
Jordan Fisher	Waynesburg	Sr.	Business/Sport Management	Munhall, Pa./Steel Valley
Jalen Goins	Waynesburg	Jr.	Business	Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown
Casey Keesee	Waynesburg	Jr.	Business	Tipp City, Ohio/Bethel
Hayes Ramirez	Waynesburg	Sr.	Education	San Antonio, Texas/William H. Taft
Mick Hergenrother	Westminster	Jr.	Accounting	Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney