STANFORD, Calif. – For the fifth time in six years, Stanford was recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) with the Team Academic Excellence Award.
The award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2017-18 season. Stanford completed the academic year with a 3.07 cumulative grade point average as a team.
In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's basketball student-athletes in the 2017-18 season.
Stanford is one of just six men's basketball programs among the power five conferences and one of three Pac-12 programs (Oregon State and Utah) to receive the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.
Let by the 2018 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, Dorian Pickens, Stanford placed three members on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team. Pickens, who was a member of the 2017 NABC Honors Court, was a first-team conference all-academic selection for the third consecutive year.
The Cardinal has been honored with the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award both seasons under head coach Jerod Haase's direction. Stanford completed the 2017-18 season 19-16 overall and 11-7 in the Pac-12 for a third-place finish in the conference. The Cardinal, which reached the postseason for the first time in three years last season, is coming off its most conference wins and best league finish in a decade.
