Georgia’s Connor O’Neill has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. The accolade recognizes men’s basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
To be eligible, players must be a junior or senior academically with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. They also have to have attended their current university for at least one year.
O’Neill is one of just five Southeastern Conference players and five Division I players from schools in Georgia to receive the honor for the 2017-18 season.
A 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward from Roswell, Ga., O’Neill is majoring Finance within UGA’s Terry College of Business. He played in three games last season, averaging 0.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. He was named to the SEC’s Academic Honor Roll for the third-consecutive year and was Georgia’s representative on the SEC Men’s Basketball Leadership Council. O’Neill has been chosen as the male student-athlete representative for the UGA Athletic Board for the 2018-19 academic year.
To be eligible, players must be a junior or senior academically with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. They also have to have attended their current university for at least one year.
O’Neill is one of just five Southeastern Conference players and five Division I players from schools in Georgia to receive the honor for the 2017-18 season.
A 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward from Roswell, Ga., O’Neill is majoring Finance within UGA’s Terry College of Business. He played in three games last season, averaging 0.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. He was named to the SEC’s Academic Honor Roll for the third-consecutive year and was Georgia’s representative on the SEC Men’s Basketball Leadership Council. O’Neill has been chosen as the male student-athlete representative for the UGA Athletic Board for the 2018-19 academic year.
