Beavers Earn Academic Honors
July 20, 2023 | Men's Basketball
CORVALLIS – The Oregon State men's basketball team has earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for posting a GPA better than 3.0 during the 2022-23 season, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Thursday. In addition, four Beavers were named to the NABC Honors Court, as Dexter Akanno, Chol Marial, Felipe Palazzo and Dzmitry Ryuny all took the honor.
Akanno made the Honors Court for the second-straight season. The guard is a senior majoring in speech communication, and started 26 games for the Beavers last season.
Marial holds a 3.84 Oregon State GPA as a sociology major. The center started eight of Oregon State's first nine games in 2022-23, before missing the bulk of the campaign due to injury.
Ryuny spent his lone season with the Beavers working towards a graduate degree in business. The forward made 18 starts, and was second on the team in rebounds with 126 on the year.
Palazzo is studying finance and business analytics, and has a 3.69 GPA. The Argentine appeared in one contest last season, his first year on the Oregon State roster.
In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic year.
3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
4. Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Akanno made the Honors Court for the second-straight season. The guard is a senior majoring in speech communication, and started 26 games for the Beavers last season.
Marial holds a 3.84 Oregon State GPA as a sociology major. The center started eight of Oregon State's first nine games in 2022-23, before missing the bulk of the campaign due to injury.
Ryuny spent his lone season with the Beavers working towards a graduate degree in business. The forward made 18 starts, and was second on the team in rebounds with 126 on the year.
Palazzo is studying finance and business analytics, and has a 3.69 GPA. The Argentine appeared in one contest last season, his first year on the Oregon State roster.
In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic year.
3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
4. Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. For additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, go to www.nabc.org.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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