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Greensboro, NC -- The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announce its Team Academic Excellence Award winners with three Northeast Conference (NEC) squads making the NCAA Division I list.

Coppin State, FDU and Maryland Eastern Shore all compiled the minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 of a 4.0 scale for the 2024-25 academic year to claim the honor.

Coppin State has earned Team Academic Excellence Award honors for eight consecutive years, while FDU has been recognized in each of the last four seasons.

The ABCA is proud to celebrate nearly 750-member high school and college programs nationwide that have earned the 2024-25 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. This award recognizes ABCA member teams from all levels of high school and collegiate baseball that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the 2024-25 academic year.

This year, more than 440 college programs and 300 high school programs were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement.

The ABCA 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.

ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Winners
Coppin State
FDU
Maryland Eastern Shore