Five Mustangs were honored individually this week as part of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court.
To receive the award, Sam Boone,Cameron Bandstra, Darryl McDowell-White, Tim Soares and Jordan Starr maintained at least 3.2 GPAs and reached junior or senior status academically. TMU also received the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, which requires a collective GPA of 3.0 or better.
“It’s quite an accomplishment to maintain a GPA like that at our institution and excel on the basketball court,” said Master’s men’s basketball coach Kelvin Starr, whose team tied Menlo for the most Honors Court honorees as far as Golden State Athletic Conference programs go. “It takes great discipline, and these guys have done a great job representing our program on and off the court. I’m proud of them.”
The week’s academic awards come after a promising season was cut short in March due to the coronavirus. The Mustangs were set to make their fourth consecutive NAIA national tournament appearance after compiling a record of 23-8. Master’s has gone 107-21 since Starr took over as head coach before the 2016-17 season.
Soares has been at the center of that success, earing three GSAC Defensive Player of the Year awards and three NAIA All-American honors. He averaged 18.7 points and 8.4 rebounds as a senior this season before being honored by the NABC on Wednesday for his work as a kinesiologymajor.
McDowell-White, also a kinesiology major, finished his Master’s career ninth on the program’s all-time list for three-pointers made (156).
Boone, a liberal studies major, averaged six points and 5.4 rebounds, in his lone season at Master’s, providing the Mustangs with consistent energy off the bench. Jordan Starr, an accounting major, produced 9.7 points and 4.7 assists and is the only starter set to return next season. Bandstra, a business administration major, appeared in eight games last season.
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