University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Baseball Earns ABCA Team Academic Honors
7/24/2023 8:32:00 AM | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS – The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) has announced the recipients of the 2022-23 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. 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 cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2022-23 academic year.
More than 300 high school programs and 450 collegiate programs were recognized with the 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 13. To receive the honor, 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 3.0 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-Region 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.
2022-23 NCAA Division I ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Recipients
Abilene Christian University (TX)
Alabama A&M University
Alabama State University
Arkansas State University
Ball State University (IN)
Baylor University (TX)
Belmont University (TN)
Bethune-Cookman University (FL)
Bradley University (IL)
Brown University (RI)
Bryant University (RI)
Cal State Bakersfield
California Baptist University
Campbell University (NC)
Canisius College (NY)
Central Michigan University
Charleston Southern University (SC)
Coastal Carolina University (SC)
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
College of William & Mary (VA)
Columbia University (NY)
Coppin State University (MD)
Creighton University (NE)
Davidson College (NC)
Duke University (NC)
East Carolina University (NC)
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Michigan University
Elon University (NC)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)
Florida Atlantic University
Fordham University (NY)
Gardner-Webb University (NC)
Georgetown University (DC)
Georgia State University
Georgia Tech
Gonzaga University (WA)
Grand Canyon University (AZ)
Harvard University (MA)
Hofstra University (NY)
Illinois State University
Indiana State University
Indiana University
Lamar University (TX)
Liberty University (VA)
Lindenwood University (MO)
Long Island University (NY)
Marist College (NY)
Mercer University (GA)
Michigan State University
Mississippi State University
Monmouth University (NJ)
Mount St. Mary's University (MD)
Murray State University (KY)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Niagara University (NY)
North Carolina State University
North Dakota State University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University
Northwestern University (IL)
Oakland University (MI)
Oklahoma State University
Ole Miss
Oral Roberts University (OK)
Oregon State University
Purdue University (IN)
Saint Joseph's University (PA)
Saint Louis University (MO)
Seton Hall University (NJ)
St. John's University (NY)
St. Peter's University (NJ)
Stanford University (CA)
Stetson University (FL)
Stevenson University (MD)
Stonehill College (MA)
Stony Brook University (NY)
Texas A&M University
The Citadel (SC)
The University of Texas at Austin
Towson University (MD)
Tulane University (LA)
UNC Asheville
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
University of Akron (OH)
University of Alabama - Birmingham
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Cincinnati (OH)
University of Evansville (IN)
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville (KY)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Minnesota
University of New Mexico
University of New Orleans (LA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Portland (OR)
University of San Diego (CA)
University of San Francisco (CA)
University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina Upstate
University of South Florida
University of Southern Mississippi
University of St. Thomas (MN)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of Toledo (OH)
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
UNLV
Utah Valley University
Valparaiso University (IN)
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Washington State University
Western Carolina University (NC)
Western Michigan University
Wichita State University (KS)
Winthrop University (SC)
Wofford College (SC)
Yale University (CT)
Youngstown State University (OH)