GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The American Baseball Coaches Association is proud to recognize the nearly 800-member college and high school programs from across the country who have been awarded the 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, and two Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams were recognized.
Schreiner University and Texas Lutheran University were the two SCAC programs on the list, alongside 179 other NCAA Division III teams. This year marks the third-straight season the Mountaineers have been recognized, while it is the first time since 2022 and sixth time in the last eight years for Bulldogs have earned the distinction.
Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2023-24 academic year.
Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 13. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2022-23 academic year
The American Baseball Coaches Association has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams are the nation's oldest, founded in 1949, and the ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-America Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
To view the entire 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award list, click here.