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Baseball Aaron Thompson, Sports Information Director

W&J baseball earns ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team, under the direction of 22nd year head coach Jeff Mountain, was one of more than 470 member collegiate programs from across the country to be awarded the 2023-24 The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack.

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 2023-24 academic year. W&J finished the 2023-24 year with a 3.24 team GPA. 

Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award. The program had 17 student-athletes recognized on the Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll earlier this summer. 

Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 11. To be honored, 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 during the 2023-24 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.

W&J finished with a 34-14 overall record which included a 16-4 mark in conference play. The 34 wins is tied for the seventh most in a single season in program history. The Presidents made its 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament after claiming its 16th conference title. The conference championship was the fifth-straight for the Presidents. 

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