Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association baseball programs from Hope and Trine received recognition for the second consecutive year for their accomplishments in the classroom for the 2018-19 academic year, earning the American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award.

Hope and Trine are among 208 ABCA-member NCAA programs to garner academic accolades this season. 

The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award honors ABCA-member teams that post a grade-point average over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the current 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/Diamond Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Ethics in Coaching Award.

2018-19 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award release

MIAA Teams Honored by ABCA

Hope - story link

Trine -team page

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