JONESBORO, Ark. (7/29/24) – The Arkansas State baseball program has received the American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2023-24 season.
 
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.
 
The Red Wolves posted a 3.15 GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, joining Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, and Louisiana as the only Sun Belt Conference programs to receive the honor.
 
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 cumulative 2023-24 academic year. Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
 
A-State has earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award in five consecutive seasons dating back to 2019-20, recording a total of eight since its establishment in 2015.

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