KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its 2021-22 NABC Honors Court, recognizing men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season with University of Hawai'i's Mate Colina, Jerome Desrosiers and Zoar Nedd making the list.

It is the third straight year that Colina made the Honors Court. The native of Melbourne, Australia, who is also a four-time all-Big West academic honoree, graduated this past spring with a degree in human development and family studies. Nedd, meanwhile, earned a spot on the list for the second straight year. The native of Kapolei, O'ahu graduated this past spring with a degree in communication. Desrosiers gained a sport on Honors Court in his first year at Hawai'i as a graduate student studying marketing.  Desrosiers  was previously an academic all-Ivy League selection at Princeton.   

The NABC Honors Court highlights the talents and gifts that these men possess on the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. They must hold a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2021-22 academic year; be at least a junior in academic standing; and have been enrolled  at least one year at their current institution.