Due West, SC – The National Association of Basketball Coaches recently named four Erskine College men's basketball players to the 2016-17 Honors Court.  

The Honors Court recognizes those men's basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the previous school year. 

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 2016-17 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 or II institution with a NABC member coach.
 
Making the Honors Court from the Fleet were seniors Aaron Brown and Mike Byrd and juniors Taylor Ferguson Justin Shelton.