HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky senior Adrian Nelson has been named a Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention, the league announced Thursday.
Nelson has a 3.45 GPA in Organizational Leadership. He averages 7.0 points and a team-best 7.7 rebounds this season. He also averages 3.2 offensive rebounds – good for first in the Horizon League and 24th in the country – while peppering the Norse record books with his achievements.
The 6-foot-8 forward, a Horizon League All-Academic Team member in 2021, is No. 6 all-time in career rebounds (699), sixth in career defensive rebounds (442) and ninth in career offensive rebounds (257). His 63.9% career field goal percentage is second in Norse annals.
The Horizon League recognizes student-athletes with seasonal Academic All-League Teams in each of its 19 championship sports. To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team's overall contests.
An Honorable Mention is awarded to student-athletes who received at least 25 percent of votes, but did not make the All-Academic team.
2021-22 #HLMBB All-Academic Team (ties are not broken)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Mike DePersia, IUPUI
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Kahliel Spear, RMU
Grant Basile, Wright State
Michael Akuchie, Youngstown State
Shemar Rathan-Mayes, Youngstown State
2021-22 #HLMBB All-Academic Honorable Mention Team
Nathan McClure, IUPUI
Adrian Nelson, Northern Kentucky
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