KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the fourth consecutive campaign, the Suffolk men's basketball team was acknowledged for academics as the Rams were recognized with a Team Academic Excellence Award by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the organization unveiled Thursday morning.
The award, which was created by the NABC Committee on Academics, has honored institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA for academic achievements over the last eight years. The Rams have been on that list each of the last four years.
In order to achieve NABC Team Academic Excellence Award status, which started in 2012-13, programs must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2019-20 academic year. For a full list of honorees, click here.
Since the blue-and-gold debuted on the list in 2016-17, the Rams have been joined by only one other conference counterpart, Saint Joseph's (Maine). This season is no different as Suffolk is just one of two members of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) to earn the distinction with the Monks joining Jeff Juron's team with the distinguished accolade for the third time in as many years. Additionally, Juron's squad was one of only two Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) teams, which the Rams will compete against in 2020-21, on the list as well with Salve Regina picking up the nod.