TOWSON, Md. – The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced the 2024-25 Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. A total of eight Landmark Conference baseball programs earned recognition.
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 2021-22 academic year.
More than 440 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. 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 2023-24 academic year
| Team |
Head Coach |
| Catholic University |
Ross Natoli |
| Drew University |
Brian Eberly |
| Elizabethtown College |
Adam Sheibley |
| Juniata College |
Pat Christopher |
| Lycoming College |
Rick Oliveri |
| Moravian University |
Doug Coe |
| University of Scranton |
Mike Baroletti |
| Wilkes University |
Mike Guy |
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.