GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's basketball program earned the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2025-26 academic year while seven members of the squad earned placement on the NABC Honors Court for their individual academic achievements last year. 

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Four recent graduates earned Honors Court recognition: guard Mike Christenson (Oakton, Va./Trinity), forward David Olinger (Glenside, Pa./Phil-Mont Christian), guard Kyle Randle (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North) and center Christian Suceveanu (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Loyola). 

Christenson graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry while Olinger graduated with a degree in computer science. Randle graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science while Suceveanu completed his bachelor's degree in marketing.

Three rising seniors also earned Honors Court distinction: forward Caleb Haller (Delaware, Ohio/Marion Hawks), center Austin Johncour (Sewickley, Pa./Avonworth) and center Owen Wolf (South Lyon, Mich./Firebirds H.E.A.). Haller is majoring in exercise science, Johncour majors in marketing and Wolf is a mechanical engineering major.

Grove City has earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award in each of the last five seasons.