NABC Academic Team Excellence/Honors Court Release

            The Wayne State College men's basketball team and three Wildcat players received NABC Honors Court and Team Academic Excellence awards announced Tuesday morning by the National Association of Basketball Coaches office in Kansas City, Missouri.
            For the third straight season, the Wildcat men's basketball team received the Team Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a 3.16 cumulative team grade point average this season.  WSC was one of 10 teams from the NSIC to earn the award, which is given to teams that achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or better.
            Wayne State also had three players awarded NABC Honors Court recognition, given to players that are juniors, seniors and graduate students that maintain a 3.2 grade point average or higher.
            Seniors Ben Dentlinger and Nate Thayer and junior Jordan Janssen received honors from Wayne State. 
            Dentlinger, from New London, Iowa, posted a 3.648 grade point average majoring in pre-vet, averaged 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game last season while ranking second in the NSIC with 45 blocked shots.
            Thayer, from Springfield (Platteview HS), recorded a 3.538 grade point average majoring in accounting and finance while averaging 1.1 points per contest.
            Janssen, a junior from Lincoln (East HS), posted a 3.486 grade point average majoring in finance and economics.  He earned All-NSIC Second Team honors this season averaging 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per contest.  
            Wayne State finished the 2021-22 season with a record of 14-12 overall and third place in the NSIC South Division with an 11-9 league mark.