Coker, Lincoln Memorial and Tusculum Baseball Teams Receive ABCA Team Academic Award
The American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award honors high school and college programs coached by ABCA members that post a cumulative Grade Point Average over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the current academic year.
Three South Atlantic Conference baseball teams received the Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2020-21 season; Coker University, Lincoln Memorial University, and Tusculum University.
Criteria for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award include:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale during the current academic year (see form for details regarding 2020 academic interruptions). GPA may not be rounded up.
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-Region Awards, the ABCA/Diamond Sports Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
Angelo State University (TX)
Ashland University (OH)
Assumption College (MA)
Augustana University (SD)
Azusa Pacific University (CA)
Bentley University (MA)
Biola University (CA)
Bloomsburg University (PA)
California State University, East Bay
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Concordia University - St. Paul (MN)
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Southwest Baptist University (MO)
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St. Edward's University (TX)
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Union University (TN)
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