Florida State University Athletics
Seminoles Honored By NABC As Team Of Excellence
7/20/2023 1:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State Men's Basketball team has earned an Academic Excellence Award and five Seminoles – Jaylan Gainey, RJ Morris, Tibor Palinkas, Isaac Spainhour and Max Thorpe – were named to the Academic Honors Court as the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their academic awards for the 2022-23 season. The Seminoles are one of just six ACC teams (Florida State, Clemson, Duke, Notre Dame, Virginia, and Virginia Tech) to earn an Academic Excellence Award, while the five Seminoles named to the Honors Court ties the school record for most players named to the NABC Honors Court in a single season.
Academically in 2023, the Seminoles earned their highest team GPA for a single season (3.093), had a school-record 10 players named to the ACC Academic Honor. and two players named to the ACC All-Academic Men's Basketball Team. Under Head Coach Leonard Hamilton, the Seminoles have earned a perfect APR (Academic Progress Rate) score of 1.000 in four of the last five and six of the last eight years.
"I'm really proud of the academic success our team achieved this past season," said Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. "All of our guys worked hard to achieve a team GPA above 3.0 for the entire year. I'm happy for all of our guys as they continue moving forward to earning their degrees. In fact, Max Thorpe and Jaylan Gainey will receive degrees in a couple of weeks at the Florida State commencement. For Max, he earns his degree in three years, and Jaylan continues his academic career with his first graduate degree."
Spainhour, who has been named to the 2021, 2022 and 2023 ACC Academic Honor Roll, and who earned academic Dean's List honors in both 2021 and 2022, was named to the NABC Honors Court for the first time in his career.
"The steps I take to be successful academically are managing my time, so I can give my best effort on every assignment as well as dedicating time each day to study," said Spainhour.
Most recently, the Seminoles had five players named to the NABC Honors Court in 2019.
In order to receive the Team Academic Excellence Award, a program must achieve a team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the previous academic year. To qualify individually, a player must have achieved a GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Academically in 2023, the Seminoles earned their highest team GPA for a single season (3.093), had a school-record 10 players named to the ACC Academic Honor. and two players named to the ACC All-Academic Men's Basketball Team. Under Head Coach Leonard Hamilton, the Seminoles have earned a perfect APR (Academic Progress Rate) score of 1.000 in four of the last five and six of the last eight years.
"I'm really proud of the academic success our team achieved this past season," said Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. "All of our guys worked hard to achieve a team GPA above 3.0 for the entire year. I'm happy for all of our guys as they continue moving forward to earning their degrees. In fact, Max Thorpe and Jaylan Gainey will receive degrees in a couple of weeks at the Florida State commencement. For Max, he earns his degree in three years, and Jaylan continues his academic career with his first graduate degree."
Spainhour, who has been named to the 2021, 2022 and 2023 ACC Academic Honor Roll, and who earned academic Dean's List honors in both 2021 and 2022, was named to the NABC Honors Court for the first time in his career.
"The steps I take to be successful academically are managing my time, so I can give my best effort on every assignment as well as dedicating time each day to study," said Spainhour.
Most recently, the Seminoles had five players named to the NABC Honors Court in 2019.
In order to receive the Team Academic Excellence Award, a program must achieve a team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the previous academic year. To qualify individually, a player must have achieved a GPA of 3.2 or higher.
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