GREENSBORO, NC (July 23, 2026) - Announced earlier this week, the Georgian Court Baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack.
To qualify, teams must 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
Georgian Court posted a team GPA of 3.36 for the 2025-26 academic year. They are one of nearly 500 collegiate and 320 high school programs to earn the accolades.
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.
It's been a very successful year for Georgian Court Baseball in the classroom. In addition to their Team Academic Excellence Award, individuals
Jack Greenspan and
Ely Houston made the CACC All-Academic and CSC Academic All-District Team.
Matt DiOttavio joined them on the CACC All-Academic Team. The Lions also put 35 on the spring CACC Academic Honor Roll with at least a 3.0 GPA.
