Findlay, Ohio - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its' annual Honors Court on Friday, July 18 and seven players from the University of Findlay men's basketball team were named. Josh Thorbahn, Max Roth, Mason Brandt, Jagger Landers, Anthony Johnson, Austin Ruhe, and Luke Denbow all earned the distinction. As a team, the Oilers also earned the NABC's Team Academic Excellence Award. 

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 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 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Located in Kansas City, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve and enhance the sport. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches.