BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Posted via MIAC Website) -- Six Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) baseball teams received Team Academic Excellence Awards from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) last week.
Augsburg, Carleton, Hamline, Macalester, Saint John's, and St. Olaf were among the more than 580 ABCA member institutions across the country to receive Team Academic Excellence Awards for the 2020-21 year. 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 2020-21 academic year.
Over 200 high school programs and more than 380 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
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 12. 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 2020-21 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-Region Awards, the ABCA/Diamond 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.
