KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced their annual recipients of the NABC Honors Court, and Saint Mary's has two players landing on the list. Kyle Bowen and Tommy Kuhse qualified for this year's NABC Honors Court by meeting the academic and athletic qualifications.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2021-22 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2021-22 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. The NABC's academic awards include honorees from all levels of college basketball.
 
Kyle Bowen lands on the list with a 3.76 grade point average as a business administration major. The junior out of Perth, Australia started all 34 games for the Gaels during the 2021-22 season, and set career-bests in minutes per game (29.4), points per game (5.6), and three-point field goal percentage (39.2%) to name a few. He set a career-best in points on four different occasions, and was the team's second-best shooter from beyond the arc.
 
Tommy Kuhse ends his Saint Mary's career with a 3.45 grade point average, with a Master's in Business Administration. Kuhse was named to the All-WCC First Team as well as taking home Sixth Man of the Year award honors after his best season to date. He shot 49.4% from the floor, 45.0% from beyond the arc, and averaged 12.2 points per game while breaking the 1,000-point mark late in the regular season.
 
Both Bowen and Kuhse were also named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic First Team, giving the Gaels two on the list for the first time since 2016.