Hamilton College men's basketball earned a 2025-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award and seven Continentals made the NABC Honors Court on Wednesday, July 15 when the organization released both lists.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the academic year with a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. The Hamilton men have collected this award 13 years in a row under Head Coach Adam Stockwell.
 
The NABC Honors Court includes junior, senior and graduate students who finished the academic year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better. Garret Keyhani '26 and Sharif Nelson '26 were two-time recipients. The entire list of Continentals on the Honors Court can be found below.
 
Max Freishtat '26 (Potomac, Md./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.])
Will Holmes '27 (Ithaca. N.Y./Ithaca HS)
Garret Keyhani (Hillsborough, Calif./Junipero Serra HS)
Sharif Nelson (New York, N.Y./Millbrook School)
Nate Raub '27 (Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton College Prep HS)
Jalen Reese '27 (Gilford, N.H./Gilford HS)
Matthew Rideout '27 (Sherman Oaks, Calif./Crossroads School)