Conference Carolinas Trio Earn Team Academic Excellence Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) recognized nearly 800 member college and high school programs from across the country with the 2022-23 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. Conference Carolinas had three programs honored in Emmanuel, Mount Olive and newest member Young Harris.
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 2022-23 academic year.
More than 450 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
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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