IRVING, Texas – The Marshall duo of Jon Elmore and Austin Loop, Old Dominion’s Trey Freeman, UAB’s Nick Norton and Dominic Artis of UTEP were honored for their achievements in the classroom and on the court with their selection to the 2016 Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team. All five hold a minimum 3.25 GPA and are starters on their respective teams.
Loop and Elmore are among just two other Marshall players – Adam Williams in 2009 and Johnny Thomas in 2011 – to land on the All-Academic Team for basketball since Marshall joined the league in 2005-06.