University of Dayton men’s basketball players Nate Santos and CJ Napier have been honored by being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2023-24 Honors Court.
The NABC Honors Court recognizes academic excellence among men’s college basketball players. To qualify, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Santos earned several accolades this season, including Third Team All-Atlantic 10, Academic All-A-10, and Academic All-District. He received UD’s Chris Daniels Memorial Most Improved Player Award for 2024. Starting all 33 games for the Flyers, he was the team’s second-leading scorer with 11.7 points per game and rebounder with 6.3 rebounds per game. Before transferring from Pitt, he averaged 1.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 7.3 minutes per game in 29 games. Santos is majoring in communications.
Napier, an MBA graduate student, joined the Flyers as a walk-on after a standout career at Ohio Northern University, where he started 73 of 75 games, averaged 17.1 points per game, and scored 1,279 career points. He was a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection. This season, he appeared in five games for the Flyers, scoring five points and grabbing three rebounds. Napier was also a member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and is now a graduate assistant with the UD men’s basketball program.
“NABC is proud to celebrate these accomplished student-athletes and the coaches and staff who support their success in the classroom,” said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “Education is a core value of the NABC, and the teams and athletes receiving these awards demonstrate that academic achievement remains a priority across our sport.”
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