KANSAS CITY, Mo. – University of Dayton men's basketball players Ryan Mikesell and Jack Westerfield were both named today to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2018-19 NABC Honors Court.

Mikesell and Westerfield were two of the four student-athletes from the Atlantic 10 who were honored today.  Nick DeClementi of George Mason and Toliver Freeman of Saint Joseph's were the other two.  Both earned their undergraduate degrees in May.

The NABC Honors Court was created to recognize academic achievement at all levels of men's college basketball.  To be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better, and have attended his school at least one academic year.

Westerfield, a four-year walk-on, recently completed his Flyer career.  A Finance major, He was a member of A-10 Academic Honor Roll, UD's All-Academic Team and a team representative on UD's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Mikesell is a returning starter for Dayton coming up in the 2019-20 season.  After missing all of the 2017-18 season following double hip surgery, he bounced back to start 32 of 33 games played in 2018-19 and averaged 10.1 points a game..  A 2018-19 co-captain, he led the team in FT%, and ranked second in blocks, assists and steals, third in FG% and fourth in scoring and rebounding.  He was named Atlantic 10 All-Academic last year.  He is a Mechanical Engineering major.