INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI junior guard Grant Weatherford was among five players voted to the Horizon League All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office on Thursday (Feb. 27). Weatherford was joined by Jamie Ahale (UIC), Cole Gentry (Wright State), Dantez Walton (Northern Kentucky) and Bill Wampler (Wright State). 

Weatherford, who has already completed his undergraduate degree in General Studies/Liberal Arts, is now pursuing his graduate studies in Organizational Leadership. The Cicero, Ind.-native owns a 3.67 grade point average and was named to the NABC Honors Court in 2019. He's a three-time Horizon League Academic Honor Roll honoree and been on IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List four times. 

On the court, Weatherford has made 62 appearances and 55 starts in his two seasons with the Jaguars, averaging 7.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while 46 percent from the floor and 38 percent from three-point range. This season, he's averaging a career-best 9.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, while having also collected a team-high 47 steals, ranking among the league leaders. He's scored in double-digits 14 times this season, including a season-high 19 points at Youngstown State on Feb. 1. He grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in the overtime win at Oakland University on Jan. 25. 

IUPUI has had at least one All-Academic Team honoree in each season dating back to 2015, when voting was reconfigured to recognize just five players from the league. 

2019-20 Horizon League Men's Basketball All-Academic Team
Grant Weatherford, IUPUI
Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
Jamie Ahale, UIC
Cole Gentry, Wright State
Bill Wampler, Wright State