Announcing the 2018 NABC Give Back Team

The NABC announced today the 2018 NABC Give Back Team, recognizing 10 men’s college basketball players for their outstanding community service efforts.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2018 NABC Give Back Team, recognizing 10 men’s college basketball players for their outstanding community service efforts.
 
The 2018 Give Back Team includes five student-athletes from NCAA® Division I and five from NCAA Division II and III and NAIA Division I and II, selected from a group of 69 nominated by college coaches and sports information directors across the country. 
 
Representing NCAA Division I are Shawn Anderson of the United States Naval Academy, Brian Dawkins of Elon University, Justin Johnson of Western Kentucky University, Desmond Ringer of Mercer University and Osinachi Smart of the College of Charleston.
 
Representing NCAA Division II-III and the NAIA are Alec Andrews of the California Institute of Technology, Seth Hawley of the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Carnegie Mellon University’s Ryan Maha, Nick Mutebi of Wayne State University and Tyler Robinson of Lyon College.
 
“The NABC Give Back Team provides an opportunity to recognize the exceptional selfless humanitarian acts performed by men’s college basketball student-athletes,” said NABC Executive Director Jim Haney. “The 10 young men selected for this honor have made significant contributions to assist those in need while helping lift the human spirit.”
 
Listed below are all of the nominees for the 2018 NABC Give Back Team:
Grayson
Allen
Duke University
Shawn
Anderson
United States Naval Academy
Alec
Andrews
California Institute of Technology
Paris
Ballinger
University of South Carolina Aiken
Frank 
Bartley 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Trae
Bell-Haynes
University of Vermont
Leron
Black
University of Illinois 
Jake
Caudle
John Brown University
Tyler
Clement
Creighton University
Jack
Daly
Middlebury College
Brian
Dawkins
Elon University
Tas
Dixon
Washington College
Joseph
Downes
Rutgers University
Nathan
Ekwu
Davidson College
Mike
Fischer
Penn State University Behrend
Jesse
Flannery
Johns Hopkins University
Will
Gates Jr.
Houston Baptist University
Cobe 
Goosby
University of Arkansas Monticello
Devonte’
Graham
University of Kansas
Rob
Gray
University of Houston
Jaire
Grayer
George Mason University
Marquis
Grays
Faulkner University
Khadim 
Gueye
University of South Carolina
Jared
Harper
Auburn University
Seth
Hawley
University of Arkansas Fort Smith
Carlon
Holder
Southeastern University
TJ
Holyfield
Stephen F. Austin State University
Martins
Igbanu
University of Tulsa
Justin 
Johnson
Western Kentucky University
Isaac
Johnson
Appalachian State Unviersity
Jorden
Kite
The University of the Incarnate Word
Isaiah
Lamb
Marist College
Marcus
Lee
University of California
Trevor
Lucas
Anderson University (IN)
Christian
Mackey
University of Denver
Ryan 
Maha
Carnegie Mellon University
Terance
Mann
Florida State University
D.J.
McCall
IUPUI
Brendon
McCullough
Willamette University
Scott
Meredith 
Saint Francis University 
Sam
Merrill
Utah State State
Matt
Meyer
Coe College
Aaron
Moesch
University of Wisconsin
Trey
Moses
Ball State University
Brandon
Murphy-Blackmon
Indiana State University
Nick
Mutebi
Wayne State University
Andrew
Myers 
Ohio Valley University 
Forrest 
Nettles
DePauw University
Michael
Nzei
Seton Hall University
Albert
Owens
Oral Roberts University
Marcellis
Perkins
College of the Holy Cross
Justin
Porter
Montclair State University
Mason
Ramsey
Tennessee Technological University
Desmond
Ringer
Mercer University
Tyler
Robinson
Lyon College
Joe
Schwartz
University of Texas
TJ
Shorts II
UC Davis
Keenan
Simmons
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Colin
Slater
Tulane University
Osinachi
Smart
College of Charleston
Austin
Sparks
University of South Dakota
Stephen 
Thompson Jr.
Oregon State University
B.J.
Tyson
East Carolina University
Kevin
Vannatta
UNC Asheville
Isaiah
Wilkins
University of Virginia
Johnathan 
Williams
Gonzaga University
Alec
Willis
St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn)
Brent
Wrapp
CSU Bakersfield