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Men's Basketball, Men's and Women's Fencing Win Team Academic Awards

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has named the New York University men's basketball team as one of the winners of the NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards. The team had 11 student-athletes also make the NABC Honors Court. 

The United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) has named both the NYU men's and women's fencing teams to the Collegiate All-Academic Teams.

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 USFCA recognized twenty women's teams and twelve men's teams received All-Academic recognition for their combined in-season team GPA. The NYU men's fencing team finished with an average GPA of 3.42, while the women's fencing team finished with a 3.58 team GPA. 

NYU's men's basketball honorees on the NABC Honors Court are listed below:

Leyi Adebayo
Kawika Akina
Zach Brooker
Zay Freeney
Tristan How
Riyaan Jiwani
Emmanuel Onuama
Chuma Oyigbo
Jack Stone
Brock Susko
Matt Volkening 

Players Mentioned

Kawika Akina

#4 Kawika Akina

G
5' 10"
Senior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Zay Freeney

#23 Zay Freeney

G
6' 2"
Senior
Sports Management (School of Professional Studies)
Riyaan Jiwani

#10 Riyaan Jiwani

G
6' 3"
Junior
Sports Management (School of Professional Studies)
Emmanuel Onuama

#45 Emmanuel Onuama

C
6' 8"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
Matt Volkening

#25 Matt Volkening

F
6' 6"
Junior
Real Estate (School of Professional Studies)
Zach Brooker

#15 Zach Brooker

G
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
Chuma Oyigbo

#20 Chuma Oyigbo

G/F
6' 4"
Graduate Student
Computing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Leonard N Stern School of Business & Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Jack  Stone

#22 Jack Stone

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
Tristan How

#30 Tristan How

F
6' 7"
Graduate Student
Human Capital Analytics and Technology (School of Professional Studies)
Brock  Susko

#34 Brock Susko

G/F
6' 5"
Graduate Student
Real Estate (School of Professional Studies)

Players Mentioned

Kawika Akina

#4 Kawika Akina

5' 10"
Senior
Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
G
Zay Freeney

#23 Zay Freeney

6' 2"
Senior
Sports Management (School of Professional Studies)
G
Riyaan Jiwani

#10 Riyaan Jiwani

6' 3"
Junior
Sports Management (School of Professional Studies)
G
Emmanuel Onuama

#45 Emmanuel Onuama

6' 8"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
C
Matt Volkening

#25 Matt Volkening

6' 6"
Junior
Real Estate (School of Professional Studies)
F
Zach Brooker

#15 Zach Brooker

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
G
Chuma Oyigbo

#20 Chuma Oyigbo

6' 4"
Graduate Student
Computing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Leonard N Stern School of Business & Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
G/F
Jack  Stone

#22 Jack Stone

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Sports Business (School of Professional Studies)
G
Tristan How

#30 Tristan How

6' 7"
Graduate Student
Human Capital Analytics and Technology (School of Professional Studies)
F
Brock  Susko

#34 Brock Susko

6' 5"
Graduate Student
Real Estate (School of Professional Studies)
G/F