Five baseball programs from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) were recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) with the Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack.
The American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award honors high school and college programs coached by ABCA members that post a cumulative Grade Point Average over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Criteria for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award include:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale during the 2021-22 academic year. GPA may not be rounded up.
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 Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
The MIAA teams receiving academic recognition include Adrian College, Albion College, Hope College, Kalamazoo College, and Trine University.
ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award page
MIAA Programs Recognized by ABCA
Adrian College
Hope College
