July 10, 2012

MILWAUKEE - Two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball players have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Honor Court.

Tony Meier and Christian Wolf were both honored by the organization today for their excellence in academics.

Meier, who earned a bachelor's degree with a 3.638 grade-point average as a business major, played in over 100 games in his Panther career, scoring better than 1,000 points while grabbing nearly 500 rebounds. He also was a two-time NACDA Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete and claimed a spot this past season on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-Region team.

Wolf has played in 37 games at Milwaukee over the last two seasons after playing for a year at Florida Gulf Coast. This past year he appeared in 20 contests, averaging just under a point per game. The religious studies major has a 3.256 GPA.

To qualify for the honors court, student-athletes must be a junior or senior varsity player with at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average. Students must also have spent at least one full year at their institutional, with NCAA Division I, II and III as well as NAIA student-athletes eligible.