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º£½ÇÍø Baseball Earns Team Academic Excellence Award From American Baseball Coaches Association

Runnin’ Bulldogs Have Achieved the Honor for Nine Consecutive Seasons

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—For the ninth straight year, the º£½ÇÍø baseball team has earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award. The honor 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.

The º£½ÇÍø baseball team achieved a 3.47 cumulative GPA for the year. The Runnin’ Bulldogs have earned the ABCA honor in every season under Head Coach Jim Chester.

More than 470 college programs were recognized, and º£½ÇÍø was one of four Big South programs to earn the award. The ABCA also honors high school baseball programs.

The American Baseball Coaches Association, headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., 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. The ABCA’s awards program also includes the ABCA/ATEC Regional and National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards—including the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.

Follow the baseball team on X at @GWUBaseball or on Instagram at @gwubaseball.

Source: gwusports.com

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