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Gophers Earn Academic Honor | Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball News
The Gopher men’s basketball team just earned major national acclaim, landing the Team Academic Excellence Award from the NABC for crushing it in the classroom during the 2025-26 season—with every player maintaining a GPA above 3.0. Even more impressive: four standout athletes—Cade Tyson, Maximus Gizzi, RJ Spencer, and Robert Vaihola—made the NABC Honors Court, each boasting a 3.2+ GPA as juniors, seniors, or grad students. In a field of over 2,300 individual honorees and 400+ programs, the Gophers stand out as proof that elite athletics and academic excellence can—and do—go hand in hand…
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