{"id":145648,"date":"2021-07-28T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=145648"},"modified":"2021-07-28T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:09:01","slug":"nabc-honors-court-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/28\/nabc-honors-court-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Five <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> basketball players grab national academic honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_145660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145660\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hilo-manoa-nabc-honors-court-2021.jpg\" alt=\"U H basketball players\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hilo-manoa-nabc-honors-court-2021.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hilo-manoa-nabc-honors-court-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hilo-manoa-nabc-honors-court-2021-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Mate Colina, Anthony Haskett, Steven Hubbell, Zoar Nedd and Sasa Vuksanovic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> men\u2019s basketball players were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (<abbr>NABC<\/abbr>) Honors Court, which recognizes men\u2019s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled academically during the past season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/index.aspx\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Mate Colina<\/strong> and <strong>Zoar Nedd<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/index.aspx\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s<\/a> <strong>Steven Hubbell<\/strong>, <strong>Sasa Vuksanovic<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Haskett<\/strong> were named to the prestigious team.<\/p>\n<p><strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a second straight year, Colina, a human development and family studies major, made the Honors Court.<\/li>\n<li>Nedd, a communications major, earned a spot on the list after becoming the team&#8217;s top scholar this past academic year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the second year in a row that this trio made the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haskett carried a 3.83 grade point average (<abbr>GPA<\/abbr>) in kinesiology and exercise science.<\/li>\n<li>Hubbell graduated with a 3.67 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> in business management.<\/li>\n<li>Vuksanovic graduated with a 3.63 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> in kinesiology and exercise science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be named to the Honors Court, the student-athlete must hold a cumulative 3.2 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> or higher at the conclusion of the 2020\u201321 academic year, be a junior or senior in academic standing and have been enrolled at least one year at their current institution.<\/p>\n<p>For more go the <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2021\/7\/27\/mens-basketball-pair-of-rainbow-warriors-gain-nabc-academic-honors.aspx\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/news\/2021\/7\/27\/mens-basketball-three-vulcans-named-to-nabc-honors-court.aspx\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> athletics website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> basketball players Mate Colina, Zoar Nedd, Steven Hubbell, Sasa Vuksanovic and Anthony Haskett were named to the <abbr>NABC<\/abbr> Honors 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