NABC Honor Court 

KANSAS CITY, MO - Four Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball student-athletes named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor Court as announced by the organization July 21. 

Reigning MASCAC Player of the Year from Worcester State Dane Jobst along with teammate Brendan Rios and Bridgewater State's Justin Clark and Matthew Daniels were given the accolade. The Honor Court recognizes student-athletes from all divisions in their junior or senior semesters who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher and played at least one year at their current school.

Nearly 900 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II and III along with Divisions I and II of the NAIA were included on the list. 

Jobst, who was distinguished on last year's NABC Honors Court, wrapped up a sensational two-year career at Worcester State. In addition to being named the MASCAC Player of the Year, he was also recognized as a Capitol One Co-SIDA Academic First-Team All-American and Worcester State's first MASCAC Scholar-Athlete recipient since 2002.

After walking across his degree in Criminal Justice and an outstanding 3.94 GPA, Jobst will pursue his Masters in Public Administration at Roger Williams this fall with the intent of obtaining a job working for the federal government.

In his first season as a Lancer after transferring from St. Joseph's College Vermont, Rios had a great year academically. On the back of a dean's list nod for the spring semester, he also earned a spot on the MASCAC Winter All-Academic team.

Rios averaged 15.8 points per game. 4.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists while he also had a .436 clip from the field and a .354 percentage from beyond the arc with 56 trifectas drained en route to All-MASCAC Second-team accolades.

In 62 games over three seasons with the Bridgewater State men's basketball team, Clark has amassed 294 points, 117 rebounds, 126 assists and 49 steals.  Last year, he started all 28 games at points guard for the MASCAC Tournament Champion Bears as he averaged 7.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 35% (37-105) from three-point range.  Daniels appeared in four games off the bench in his second season with the squad.

In the classroom as management majors, Daniels currently sports a 3.52 GPA while Clark enters the 2014 fall semester with an equally impressive 3.51 GPA. Earlier this year, the duo was named to the MASCAC Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams. 

Portions of this release courtesy of Bridgewater and Worcester State Sports Information