SAN ANTONIO -- The UTSA men's basketball program has earned the Team Academic Excellence Award and student-athletes Byron Frohnen and Knox Hellums have been named to the Honors Court, it was announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
UTSA earned the Team Academic Excellence Award after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.39 in the spring semester.
Frohnen, a senior forward in 2019-20, and Hellums a redshirt junior, were each named to the honors court, which consists of juniors and seniors, who had been on campus at least a year during the 2019-20 season, and boasts cumulative GPAs of 3.2 or higher.
Hellums, a native of Tomball, Texas, has a 3.88 cumulative GPA as an accounting major. In his first year on the court after sitting out the 2018-19 season as a transfer from Pepperdine, Hellums was a weapon off the bench with his ability to sink 3-pointers. Hellums averaged 5.0 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in 27 of UTSA's 32 games, missing five games due to a hand injury.
A product of Las Vegas, Frohnen sports a 3.21 cumulative GPA as a mechanical engineering major. Frohnen etched his name throughout the UTSA record book in his decorated four-year career. He broke the UTSA career records for rebounds, games played and games started. As a senior, Frohnen averaged 6.9 rebounds per game, chipping in 3.5 points and 2.0 assists per game. In his career, Frohnen played and started in all 132 games, grabbing 912 rebounds, while scoring 863 points.
