The American Baseball Coaches Association released their list of squads who earned the 2024-25 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award on July 23, 2025. They celebrated nearly 750 teams nationwide that earned the award, presented by Sports Attack. This award recognizes ABCA member teams from all levels of high school and collegiate baseball that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the 2024-25 academic year.
The Big Blue met the metric, earning recognition for their achievements in the classroom last academic year.
This year, more than 440 college programs and 300 high school programs were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement.
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.
To view the entire list of team recipients, click here.
