Greensboro, North Carolina - The American Baseball Coaches Association has announced the winners of its 2026 Team Academic Excellence Award with the Piedmont University baseball team making the list once again.
More than 800 member high school and college programs nationwide were honored with the ABCA's Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. This is Piedmont's 11th straight season being honored with the award.
The award honors ABCA member programs that posted a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the 2025-26 academic year.
Following the conclusion of the spring semester, coaches were invited to nominate their teams for the award before the July 17 deadline. To qualify, a program was required to meet the following criteria:
- Be a high school or college baseball program
- Have a head coach who is a current ABCA member
- Post a minimum cumulative team GPA of 3.0 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.
ABOUT THE AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION (ABCA)
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at all levels of the game. Today, the Association serves more than 15,000 members across all 50 states and 41 countries, reflecting the global growth and reach of baseball.
ABOUT SPORTS ATTACK
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