Hamden’s Van Nes Selected to NABC Honors Court

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden’s and Lucas Van Nes was one of five members of the Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team to be selected as honorees for the National Association of Basketball Coaches' 2015-16 Honors Court.

It was the second straight selection to the NABC Honors Court for Van Nes.

The other Owls selected were Michael Bozzuto (Wolcott, Conn.), Austin Carter (Bloomfield, Conn.), Michael Mallory (Waterbury, Conn.), and Jonathan Paul (Westlake Village, Calif.).

In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. Student-athletes must be a junior or senior academically and a varsity player, have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher, matriculated at least one year at their current institution and be the member of a NCAA or NAIA institution with a NABC member coach.

Van Nes played as a redshirt junior this past season and appeared in 16 games.

Southern Connecticut finished the past year with a record of 22-8 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year, a program-first. The Owls also claimed their third straight Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division title and were ranked as high as No. 2 nationally during the year.

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