SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of San Francisco baseball program earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award for the fourth time in the last five years, announced by the association Wednesday morning.
 
Following the 2023-24 academic year, the ABCA has recognized over 800 college and high school programs nationwide with the Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were acknowledged with this year's award.
 
Coaches nominated their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters before the nomination deadline of July 11. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:

• Must be a high school or college team
• The head coach must be a current ABCA member
• The team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale for the 2023-24 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. 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 awards, such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
 
The full 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award recipients can be viewed here.
 
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