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Jones and Dibble earn academic honors. [screenshot from DavidsonWildcats.com]

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Drew Dibble and Michael Jones of the Davidson men’s basketball team have been named to the 2020-21 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court, which recognizes student-athletes in all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, who excelled in academics during the past season.

In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1.     Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2.     Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year.
3.     Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
4.     Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I institution with a NABC member coach.

A computer science major and rising senior from Nashville, Tenn., Dibble appeared in five games a year ago.

Jones, who played in all 22 games last season, while scoring in double figures three times, is a red-shirt junior from Woodbury, Minn., that majors in Mathematics.

Coming off its 18th postseason appearance under head coach Bob McKillop, Davidson finished the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign 13-9 overall and third in the Atlantic 10 standings with a 7-4 conference mark.