JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 23, 2025) – Following a memorable season on the field, the ETSU baseball team earned more acclaim for its work off it on Tuesday as it earned the Team Academic Excellence Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). 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.
 
ETSU, which held a team GPA of 3.41 during the last academic year, was one of 440 college programs across the country to earn this honor for their work in the classroom. The Buccaneers joined fellow SoCon schools The Citadel, Mercer, Western Carolina and Wofford as programs recognized. The entire list can be found HERE.
 
To be eligible for this award, 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 for the 2024-25 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.

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