Mountaineers Earn ABCA Academic Honor
July 27, 2022 03:28 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University baseball team earned the 2021-22 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.
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The award 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. The Mountaineers earned a team GPA of 3.11 in Fall 2021, and a 3.01 in Spring 2022 for a cumulative mark of 3.06.
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With the honor, WVU secured its first Team Academic Excellence Award. In all, more than 250 high school and 420 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
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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 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.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The award 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. The Mountaineers earned a team GPA of 3.11 in Fall 2021, and a 3.01 in Spring 2022 for a cumulative mark of 3.06.
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With the honor, WVU secured its first Team Academic Excellence Award. In all, more than 250 high school and 420 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
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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 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.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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