Glendale, Ariz.- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the 2025-26 NABC Academic Honors and Arizona Christian Men's Basketball made the grade(s).

ACU MBB was one of over 400 programs at all collegiate levels to finish the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher to earn the Team Academic Excellence Award.

In addition, five Firestorm that are juniors, seniors, or a grad student concluded the academic year with 3.2 or better cumulative GPA for NABC Honors Court membership. 

Those five high achievers are:
Amaechi Chukwu (Grad/ Education)
EJ Pyers (SR/ Business Administration)
Kyle Fraser (SR/ Business Administration)
Mark Blodgett (JR/ Business Administration)
Zack Reighard (JR/ Business Administration)
 
Well done.