GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The American Baseball Coaches Association is proud to recognize more than 800 member high school and college programs nationwide with the 2025-26 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack, and seven Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams were recognized.
Austin College, Hendrix College, LeTourneau University, McMurry University, University of the Ozarks (Ark.), Schreiner University and Texas Lutheran University were the seven SCAC programs on the list, alongside 190 other NCAA Division III teams.
This year marks the sixth time in the last eight years the ‘Roos have been recognized, while it is the second time in three years for both the Warriors and Bulldogs. LeTourneau was honored with its third-straight award, McMurry with its second-straight and the Mountaineers earned the distinguished honor for the fifth-straight season. For Ozarks, this marks the fifth time in program history the Eagles have been recognized.
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 2025-26 academic year.
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 17. 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 for the 2025-26 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.
To view the entire 2025-26 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award list, click here.
