GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team, under the direction of 23rd year head coach
Jeff Mountain, was one of more than 440 member collegiate programs from across the country to be awarded the 2024-25 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 2024-25 academic year. W&J finished the 2024-25 year with a 3.29 team GPA.
Nearly 300 high school programs and more than 440 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award. The program had 18 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 18. 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 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.
W&J finished with a 28-15 overall record which included a 16-4 mark in conference play. The Presidents were once again the top seed for the PAC Tournament. The season was highlighted by wins over four NCAA Tournament qualifiers - a home win over Mount Union on Feb. 26, a sweep of Marymount on March 10, a sweep of Grove City on April 2 and a non-conference road victory over Baldwin Wallace on April 10.
