TOLEDO, Ohio - Toledo has received the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award, the association announced on Wednesday. The award is in its fifth year of existence, and the Rockets have received the award in three of the last four years. UT was one of just two Mid-American Conference schools to be honored this year and is one of 12 schools to achieve this accomplishment on three occasions in the last four years.
The Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes NCAA and NAIA men's basketball teams that earned a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.