INDIANAPOLIS – Recognizing student-athletes for their success both in competition and in the classroom, the Horizon League released its 2019-20 Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team on Thursday. A total of five student-athletes were honored in balloting by the League’s faculty athletics representatives.
Four Horizon League institutions are represented among the All-Academic team. Wright State garnered two selections, while IUPUI, Northern Kentucky and UIC each earned one. Dantez Walton of Northern Kentucky and Wright State’s Bill Wampler earned their second-straight All-Academic Team honors.
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.
2019-20 Horizon League Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team
Grant Weatherford, IUPUI
Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
Jamie Ahale, UIC
Cole Gentry, Wright State
Bill Wampler, Wright State
