Bluejay Baseball Earns ABCA Team Academic Award
7/24/2024 1:10:00 PM | Baseball
Omaha, Neb. -- For the second consecutive season and third time in the last five year Creighton Baseball was one of over 470 college and high school programs from across the country who were awarded the 2023-24 ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. 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..
The Bluejays closed the 2023-24 academic year with a GPA of 3.35, including a 3.25 in the spring of 2024. Five members of the BIG EAST Conference collected the ABCA Academic honor, with Butler, Georgetown, St. John's and Seton Hall joining Creighton.
Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 11th. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- 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, 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.
2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Recipients
| Abilene Christian University (TX) |
| Alabama State University |
| Arkansas State University |
| Auburn University (AL) |
| Ball State University (IN) |
| Baylor University (TX) |
| Belmont University (TN) |
| Bethune-Cookman University (FL) |
| Bowling Green State University (OH) |
| Bradley University (IL) |
| Brown University (RI) |
| Bryant University (RI) |
| Butler University (IN) |
| University of California |
| California Baptist University |
| Canisius University (NY) |
| Central Michigan University |
| Charleston Southern University (SC) |
| Coastal Carolina University (SC) |
| Columbia University (NY) |
| Coppin State University (MD) |
| Creighton University (NE) |
| Dartmouth College (NH) |
| Davidson College (NC) |
| Duke University (NC) |
| East Carolina University (NC) |
| Eastern Illinois University |
| Eastern Michigan University |
| Elon University (NC) |
| Fairfield University (CT) |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ) |
| Florida Atlantic University |
| Florida State University |
| Fordham University (NY) |
| Gardner-Webb University (NC) |
| Georgetown University (DC) |
| Georgia Tech |
| Georgia State University |
| Grand Canyon University (AZ) |
| Harvard University (MA) |
| Hofstra University (NY) |
| College of the Holy Cross (MA) |
| Indiana University |
| Jacksonville State University (AL) |
| University of Kansas |
| Kent State University (OH) |
| University of Kentucky |
| Lamar University (TX) |
| Ohio State University |
| Liberty University (VA) |
| Lipscomb University (TN) |
| Long Island University (NY) |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| University of Louisville (KY) |
| Marist College (NY) |
| McNeese State University (LA) |
| Mercer University (GA) |
| Merrimack College (MA) |
| Michigan State University |
| Mississippi State University |
| Monmouth University (NJ) |
| Mount St. Mary's University (MD) |
| Murray State University (KY) |
| North Dakota State University |
| Northeastern University (MA) |
| Northern Illinois University |
| Northern Kentucky University |
| Northwestern University (IL) |
| Oakland University (MI) |
| Oklahoma State University |
| Oregon State University (OR) |
| Purdue University (IN) |
| Saint Joseph's University (PA) |
| San José State University (CA) |
| Seton Hall University (NJ) |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale |
| St. Bonaventure University (NY) |
| St. John's University (NY) |
| Stanford University (CA) |
| Stetson University (FL) |
| Texas A&M University |
| The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| Tulane University (LA) |
| UNC Asheville |
| UNC Wilmington |
| University of Illinois-Chicago |
| University of Akron (OH) |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| University of Arizona |
| University of Arkansas, Little Rock |
| University of Central Arkansas |
| University of Central Florida |
| University of Cincinnati (OH) |
| University of Delaware |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| University of Massachusetts |
| University of Memphis (TN) |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Minnesota |
| University of Missouri |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| University of New Mexico |
| University of New Orleans (LA) |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| University of Pittsburgh (PA) |
| University of Portland (OR) |
| University of Richmond (VA) |
| University of San Francisco (CA) |
| University of South Carolina |
| University of Tennessee (TN) |
| University of the Incarnate Word |
| University of Toledo (OH) |
| University of Utah |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Utah Tech University |
| Utah Valley University |
| Valparaiso University (IN) |
| Washington State University |
| West Virginia University |
| Western Carolina University (NC) |
| Western Michigan University |
| Wichita State University (KS) |
| William & Mary (VA) |
| Wofford College (SC) |
| Yale University (CT) |
| Youngstown State University (OH) |
