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 |
