MERCED, Calif. - The University of California, Merced men's basketball team had six student-athletes named to the NABC Honors Court, the organization announced Wednesday morning.

Jordan Bateman, Austin Dewes, Cyprus Graham, Pawllos Habtom, Khoi Nguyen, and Jon Taylor all provided excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA. Student-athletes must be a junior or senior academic standing, or a graduate student to earn the award.

UC Merced is one of three CCAA programs that saw at least half its roster earn the honors, along with Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State East Bay.

Additionally, head coach Gary Stewart's squad earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

UC Merced NABC Honors Court Recipients

Jordan Bateman, JR, Psychology

Austin Dewes, JR, Management & Business Economics

Cyprus Graham, JR, Management & Business Economics

Pawllos Habtom, SR, Management & Business Economics

Khoi Nguyen, SR, Management & Business Economics

Jon Taylor, JR, Computer Science & Engineering