August 01, 2024 | Baseball
This is the ninth straight season the Runnin' Bulldogs have earned the honor
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the ninth straight year, the Gardner-Webb baseball team earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, announced on Wednesday, July 24.
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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 entire 2023-24 academic year. More than 470 college programs were honored this season.
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The Gardner-Webb baseball team earned a 3.47 cumulative GPA during the 2023-24 academic year. The Runnin' Bulldogs have earned the ABCA honor in every season under Head Coach Jim Chester.
Gardner-Webb was one of four Big South programs to earn the award.Â
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The American Baseball Coaches Association, headquartered in nearby Greensboro, 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/ATEC Regional and National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards – including the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
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For more information on Gardner-Webb baseball, including information on baseball camps at Gardner-Webb this summer, fans can head over to gwusports.com. Also follow the team on X at @GWUBaseball or on Instagram at @gwubaseball.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the ninth straight year, the Gardner-Webb baseball team earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, announced on Wednesday, July 24.
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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 entire 2023-24 academic year. More than 470 college programs were honored this season.
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The Gardner-Webb baseball team earned a 3.47 cumulative GPA during the 2023-24 academic year. The Runnin' Bulldogs have earned the ABCA honor in every season under Head Coach Jim Chester.
Gardner-Webb was one of four Big South programs to earn the award.Â
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The American Baseball Coaches Association, headquartered in nearby Greensboro, 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/ATEC Regional and National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards – including the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
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For more information on Gardner-Webb baseball, including information on baseball camps at Gardner-Webb this summer, fans can head over to gwusports.com. Also follow the team on X at @GWUBaseball or on Instagram at @gwubaseball.
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