{"id":374223,"date":"2026-07-15T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374223\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:49:09","slug":"atwell-francis-earn-nabc-academic-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374223\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwell, Francis earn NABC academic honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/donovan-atwell\/13949\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13949\" target=\"_blank\">Donovan Atwell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jack-francis\/13940\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13940\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Francis<\/a> were announced as recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Honors Court award, representing achievement in the classroom by men&#8217;s college basketball individual players. Along with helping Texas Tech reach its third straight NCAA Tournament, Atwell and Francis both graduated following the season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The NABC Honors Court includes junior, senior and graduate student men&#8217;s basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. The NABC&#8217;s academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball. Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Atwell, an Applied Finance major at Texas Tech, spent one season with the Red Raiders and established a new program single-season record with 130 made 3-pointers last season. Francis, a Business Management major, was part of three teams at Texas Tech \u2013 advancing to the NCAA Tournament in all three seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration,&#8221; said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. &#8220;Education is one of the NABC&#8217;s core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Follow the Red Raiders:\u00a0Keep up with Texas Tech men&#8217;s basketball news at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/texastechuniversity-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/wes_bloomquist_ttu_edu\/Documents\/texastech.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/texastechuniversity-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/wes_bloomquist_ttu_edu\/Documents\/texastech.com. 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