Kansas City, Mo. (July 17) - MIT men's basketball seniors Luke Wagner (Austin, Texas) and Jake Jones (Weston, Conn.) along with junior Spencer Lin (Menlo Park, Calif.) have been named to the NABC Honors Court, while the Engineers were named as recipients of the 2023-24 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award with a 3.67 team GPA.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2023-24 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 2023-24 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
This is the second NABC honor for Wagner who is a computer science major and team captain. Wagner appeared in 24 games, tallied 48 points, and grabbed 30 rebounds. He is a three-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference member and was named to the NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team this season. Jones, a computer science major, earned NEWMAC Academic All-Conference accolades this season while appearing in four games off the bench. He scored a career-best six points on the road against Wheaton on December 9. Lin finished third on the team in scoring with 10.7 points per game in 25 games. The computer science, economics, and data science major is a two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference member.
 
The NABC's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball.
 
Over 2,100 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 360 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2023-24.
 
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